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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... shanties set on pilings against the storm tides - appear to be dancing on thin rubbery legs . Their tin roofs were ... shanty steps , for a second going eye to eye with Spurgeon . The old man's mouth worked , and a strand of spittle ...
... shanties set on pilings against the storm tides - appear to be dancing on thin rubbery legs . Their tin roofs were ... shanty steps , for a second going eye to eye with Spurgeon . The old man's mouth worked , and a strand of spittle ...
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... shanty bar whose sole designation as a bar was a cardboard sign , tacked on a palm tree beside it , which read FRENLY CLUB NO RIOT . Prince lured him outside with the promise of marijuana , and Jubert , stupidly drunk , followed to a ...
... shanty bar whose sole designation as a bar was a cardboard sign , tacked on a palm tree beside it , which read FRENLY CLUB NO RIOT . Prince lured him outside with the promise of marijuana , and Jubert , stupidly drunk , followed to a ...
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... shanty painted all the colors of the rainbow . Footsteps sounded inside the shanty , and a black bald - headed man wearing shorts came out and stretched himself on the landing . " Damn ! " he said . " Just look 168 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
... shanty painted all the colors of the rainbow . Footsteps sounded inside the shanty , and a black bald - headed man wearing shorts came out and stretched himself on the landing . " Damn ! " he said . " Just look 168 THE JAGUAR HUNTER.
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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