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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... glow , and Prince saw that he was passing above them toward a dim wall ( the reef ? ) at whose base thousands upon thou- sands of witchy fires burned , flickering , ranging in color from in- digo to violet - white , all clinging ( he ...
... glow , and Prince saw that he was passing above them toward a dim wall ( the reef ? ) at whose base thousands upon thou- sands of witchy fires burned , flickering , ranging in color from in- digo to violet - white , all clinging ( he ...
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... glow ' round dere bodies . Now Ray he smile and come a step to me , but dis other cotch he arm and ' pear to be scoldin ' him . It point behind dem , and dere , right where it pointin ' , some of de glow clear a spot , and de spot ...
... glow ' round dere bodies . Now Ray he smile and come a step to me , but dis other cotch he arm and ' pear to be scoldin ' him . It point behind dem , and dere , right where it pointin ' , some of de glow clear a spot , and de spot ...
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... glow - feeble at first , then brightening to a blaze - shone from within . The light and the music set my heart racing . I backed away , and as I did , I thought I saw a face forming in the midst of that red glow . Hitler's face , I ...
... glow - feeble at first , then brightening to a blaze - shone from within . The light and the music set my heart racing . I backed away , and as I did , I thought I saw a face forming in the midst of that red glow . Hitler's face , I ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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