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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... seemed alive , a fang of dark red meat , and the charred smell of the bricks was like a hum in Eliot's nostrils . ... Ignoring the Khaa , who was again flapping its arms , Eliot broke for the landing ; there he paused , and after a ...
... seemed alive , a fang of dark red meat , and the charred smell of the bricks was like a hum in Eliot's nostrils . ... Ignoring the Khaa , who was again flapping its arms , Eliot broke for the landing ; there he paused , and after a ...
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... seemed to have carved an unnecessary ounce of fullness from her face . " That depends on whether or not you'll go with me , " he said . " I don't want to stay . Whenever the wind changes pitch , every nerve in my body signals an air ...
... seemed to have carved an unnecessary ounce of fullness from her face . " That depends on whether or not you'll go with me , " he said . " I don't want to stay . Whenever the wind changes pitch , every nerve in my body signals an air ...
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... seemed familiar . He drew a rectangle around them with his finger and it seemed even more familiar , but the voices told him to forget about it and keep go- ing . One voice advised him to wash his cuts in the pothole . The water smelled ...
... seemed familiar . He drew a rectangle around them with his finger and it seemed even more familiar , but the voices told him to forget about it and keep go- ing . One voice advised him to wash his cuts in the pothole . The water smelled ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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