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 178
... watching Mingolla and Baylor , and some of the soldiers were watching , too : they looked pleased , as if they had been hoping for a spot of violence to liven things up . Mingolla felt debased by their attentiveness , ashamed of his ...
... watching Mingolla and Baylor , and some of the soldiers were watching , too : they looked pleased , as if they had been hoping for a spot of violence to liven things up . Mingolla felt debased by their attentiveness , ashamed of his ...
Page 256
... watching her I got the feeling I was watching something magical , something that went on and on . . . . ” She trailed off , feeling foolish at having to legitimize with conversa- tion what had been a momentary whimsy ; but she could ...
... watching her I got the feeling I was watching something magical , something that went on and on . . . . ” She trailed off , feeling foolish at having to legitimize with conversa- tion what had been a momentary whimsy ; but she could ...
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... watching me , not moving at all , an insignificant fig- ure being merged by distance into the dark green gnarl of the mangrove ; even when I could barely see him , he continued to stand there , as ritually attendant as his mythical ...
... watching me , not moving at all , an insignificant fig- ure being merged by distance into the dark green gnarl of the mangrove ; even when I could barely see him , he continued to stand there , as ritually attendant as his mythical ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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