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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Page 153
... palm trunk , angled so he could see the deck of the bar . Benches and tables were built around coconut palms that grew up through the deck ; orange lights in the form of plastic palms were mounted on the trunks . Not an unpleasant place ...
... palm trunk , angled so he could see the deck of the bar . Benches and tables were built around coconut palms that grew up through the deck ; orange lights in the form of plastic palms were mounted on the trunks . Not an unpleasant place ...
Page 156
... palms , banana trees , and bushes - sharpened , loomed , grew more encircling . He felt a measure of hilarity on seeing himself as he'd been in the jungle of Lang Biang , freakishly alert . It conjured up clichéd movie images . Prince ...
... palms , banana trees , and bushes - sharpened , loomed , grew more encircling . He felt a measure of hilarity on seeing himself as he'd been in the jungle of Lang Biang , freakishly alert . It conjured up clichéd movie images . Prince ...
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... palms thrashed and shivered . Rotting coconuts cast shadows on the sand . And then the light swarmed up from the house , scattering into a myriad fiery splinters and settling on palm tops , on the prows of dinghies , on the reef , on ...
... palms thrashed and shivered . Rotting coconuts cast shadows on the sand . And then the light swarmed up from the house , scattering into a myriad fiery splinters and settling on palm tops , on the prows of dinghies , on the reef , on ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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