The Jaguar HunterFourteen of Lucius Shepard's most memorable stories are combined with a previously unanthologized novella, Radiant Green Star, to form a stunning sci-fi collection. In the Nebula Award-winning title story, a poor Honduran hunter is coerced into tracking the forbidden black jaguar of Barrio Carolina. |
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... bottle lifted from the grass . She made a grab for it and missed . “ Goddamn it ! " she yelled . " Bring that back ! " The bottle sailed to a height of about twenty feet and tipped over ; the beer spilled out , collected in half a dozen ...
... bottle lifted from the grass . She made a grab for it and missed . “ Goddamn it ! " she yelled . " Bring that back ! " The bottle sailed to a height of about twenty feet and tipped over ; the beer spilled out , collected in half a dozen ...
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... bottle to her breast . Wind uncoiled a length of rope on the deck behind her , and then she could hear it moaning ... bottle in her surprise . Then she saw they weren't really waves but shapes of water made by the elemental . " You're ...
... bottle to her breast . Wind uncoiled a length of rope on the deck behind her , and then she could hear it moaning ... bottle in her surprise . Then she saw they weren't really waves but shapes of water made by the elemental . " You're ...
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... bottles of brandy . She'd show it who was boss . And could be one day she'd sail into the harbor at Nantucket with ... bottle , igniting the brandy so that it glowed like a magic elixir , a dark red ruby flash- ing from her hand . Her ...
... bottles of brandy . She'd show it who was boss . And could be one day she'd sail into the harbor at Nantucket with ... bottle , igniting the brandy so that it glowed like a magic elixir , a dark red ruby flash- ing from her hand . Her ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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