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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... somethin ' . Monsters and shit , with big red eyes and tentacles . You wanna miss that , man ? You wanna miss bein ' the first grunt on Mars ? " Soon LeDoux was raring to go , giggling at DT's rap . Moody kept his mouth shut , but he ...
... somethin ' . Monsters and shit , with big red eyes and tentacles . You wanna miss that , man ? You wanna miss bein ' the first grunt on Mars ? " Soon LeDoux was raring to go , giggling at DT's rap . Moody kept his mouth shut , but he ...
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... somethin ' like a girl standin ' by his woodpile while he was movin ' ' round . Six o'clock's dinnertime for most folks , and you got a nice view of the woodpile out your kitchen window . ' " " " I didn't see her . " The spell was ...
... somethin ' like a girl standin ' by his woodpile while he was movin ' ' round . Six o'clock's dinnertime for most folks , and you got a nice view of the woodpile out your kitchen window . ' " " " I didn't see her . " The spell was ...
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... Somethin ' fierce , man . I wanna fight somethin ' fierce . ' Chaco says he's got some monkeys and shit , and the Knight says he hears Chaco's got a jaguar . Chaco he hems and haws , says , ' Maybe so , maybe not , but it don't matter ...
... Somethin ' fierce , man . I wanna fight somethin ' fierce . ' Chaco says he's got some monkeys and shit , and the Knight says he hears Chaco's got a jaguar . Chaco he hems and haws , says , ' Maybe so , maybe not , but it don't matter ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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