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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... felt that if she was to argue the jaguar's cause again , he would let himself be persuaded . But she did not put in an appearance , and as he sat upon the beach , watching the evening sun decline through strata of dusky orange and ...
... felt that if she was to argue the jaguar's cause again , he would let himself be persuaded . But she did not put in an appearance , and as he sat upon the beach , watching the evening sun decline through strata of dusky orange and ...
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... felt as if he were undergoing a subtle refinement of form , a winnowing , and he remembered having felt much the same on the day when he had run out the door of Santa María del Onda , putting behind him its dark geometries and cobwebbed ...
... felt as if he were undergoing a subtle refinement of form , a winnowing , and he remembered having felt much the same on the day when he had run out the door of Santa María del Onda , putting behind him its dark geometries and cobwebbed ...
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... felt it : it was acting independent of the offshore wind , touching delicate fingers to his lips , his eyes ... felt no sympathy for its lone- liness , because it felt no sympathy for him . It wanted him not as a friend or companion but ...
... felt it : it was acting independent of the offshore wind , touching delicate fingers to his lips , his eyes ... felt no sympathy for its lone- liness , because it felt no sympathy for him . It wanted him not as a friend or companion but ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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