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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... Dowdy by way of response ; he turned to Lisa . " And how you like it here ? ” " We haven't seen much , " she said . “ Just the lake . ” “ Oh , yeah ? Well , it ain't so bad ' round here . They keep it nice for the tourists . But the ...
... Dowdy by way of response ; he turned to Lisa . " And how you like it here ? ” " We haven't seen much , " she said . “ Just the lake . ” “ Oh , yeah ? Well , it ain't so bad ' round here . They keep it nice for the tourists . But the ...
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... Dowdy . " It's hard to accept the existence of magic . But that ain't how it hap- pened . " He drained the dregs of his beer . " You were easy to read , but Lisa here was sorta hard ' cause she never liked her name . Ain't that so ...
... Dowdy . " It's hard to accept the existence of magic . But that ain't how it hap- pened . " He drained the dregs of his beer . " You were easy to read , but Lisa here was sorta hard ' cause she never liked her name . Ain't that so ...
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... Dowdy turned to them . “ It's like this , " he said . " The world is not one but many . Thousands upon thou- sands ... Dowdy . " Only that you understand his words . Do you ? " “ Yes . ” Richard mulled it over . “ Ask him what the ...
... Dowdy turned to them . “ It's like this , " he said . " The world is not one but many . Thousands upon thou- sands ... Dowdy . " Only that you understand his words . Do you ? " “ Yes . ” Richard mulled it over . “ Ask him what the ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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