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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... Katmandu as a member of the Peace Corps , Mr. Chatterji had presented a far less pom- pous image : a scrawny kid dressed in Levi's that he had whee- dled from a tourist . He'd been one of the hangers - on - mostly young Tibetans - who ...
... Katmandu as a member of the Peace Corps , Mr. Chatterji had presented a far less pom- pous image : a scrawny kid dressed in Levi's that he had whee- dled from a tourist . He'd been one of the hangers - on - mostly young Tibetans - who ...
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... Katmandu Valley for the next year . It was one of Eliot's traditions to make a try for the fish , though he knew that it wasn't luck he needed . Beyond the square , the streets were narrow , running be- tween long brick buildings three ...
... Katmandu Valley for the next year . It was one of Eliot's traditions to make a try for the fish , though he knew that it wasn't luck he needed . Beyond the square , the streets were narrow , running be- tween long brick buildings three ...
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... Katmandu , the musicians at Swayambhunath . Cheerful , exotic topics . Her listlessness was such an inessential part of her that Eliot was led to chip away at it , curious to learn what lay beneath ; and the more he chipped away , the ...
... Katmandu , the musicians at Swayambhunath . Cheerful , exotic topics . Her listlessness was such an inessential part of her that Eliot was led to chip away at it , curious to learn what lay beneath ; and the more he chipped away , the ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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