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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... laughed . Encar- nación's frivolousness , his skill at hunting , Onofrio's greed , the jaguar , the television . . . all these things were neatly woven together like the elements of a spell , one whose products would be a denial of ...
... laughed . Encar- nación's frivolousness , his skill at hunting , Onofrio's greed , the jaguar , the television . . . all these things were neatly woven together like the elements of a spell , one whose products would be a denial of ...
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... laughed louder , and he felt his own lips twitch in a smile , an involuntary reaction to all the good humor in the room . " Oh , damn ! " Maud slammed the flat of her hand down on the counter , starting up the bar flies and hiccuping ...
... laughed louder , and he felt his own lips twitch in a smile , an involuntary reaction to all the good humor in the room . " Oh , damn ! " Maud slammed the flat of her hand down on the counter , starting up the bar flies and hiccuping ...
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... laughed and reminded me that he had bought the last two rounds . Though he was always the protagonist of his stories , I realized that some of them must have been secondhand , otherwise he would have been a much older , much unhealthier ...
... laughed and reminded me that he had bought the last two rounds . Though he was always the protagonist of his stories , I realized that some of them must have been secondhand , otherwise he would have been a much older , much unhealthier ...
Contents
THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
Copyright | |
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