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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... goin ' to trouble all de ladies , goin ' to be kissin ' after dem and huggin ' dem . . . . " " Can't you talk ? " asked the bald man . He thought he could , but there were so many voices , so many words to choose from . . . maybe later ...
... goin ' to trouble all de ladies , goin ' to be kissin ' after dem and huggin ' dem . . . . " " Can't you talk ? " asked the bald man . He thought he could , but there were so many voices , so many words to choose from . . . maybe later ...
Page 289
... goin ' to work out in de end . " Other Americans have used Hatfield's method of fortune- telling to exemplify the islanders ' gullibility and ignorance , and even Hatfield would admit to an element of hoax . He did not think he had ...
... goin ' to work out in de end . " Other Americans have used Hatfield's method of fortune- telling to exemplify the islanders ' gullibility and ignorance , and even Hatfield would admit to an element of hoax . He did not think he had ...
Page 353
... goin ' to be atop his head , how're you goin ' to get it to where the paintin's done ? " " That's no problem . We'll pipe it to wherever it's needed . " She nodded again . " You're a clever fellow , " she said ; and when Meric , pleased ...
... goin ' to be atop his head , how're you goin ' to get it to where the paintin's done ? " " That's no problem . We'll pipe it to wherever it's needed . " She nodded again . " You're a clever fellow , " she said ; and when Meric , pleased ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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