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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... Lisa replied that she couldn't blame the people , because they were proba- bly irritated by the flies ; this set Richard to laughing , and though Lisa had not meant it to be funny , after a moment she joined in . They needed laughter ...
... Lisa replied that she couldn't blame the people , because they were proba- bly irritated by the flies ; this set Richard to laughing , and though Lisa had not meant it to be funny , after a moment she joined in . They needed laughter ...
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... Lisa here was sorta hard ' cause she never liked her name . Ain't that so ? " Lisa nodded , surprised . " Yeah , see when a person don't like their name it muddies up the writin ' , so to speak , and you gotta scour away a lotta half ...
... Lisa here was sorta hard ' cause she never liked her name . Ain't that so ? " Lisa nodded , surprised . " Yeah , see when a person don't like their name it muddies up the writin ' , so to speak , and you gotta scour away a lotta half ...
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... Lisa shook off the fog that had enveloped her . The afterimages vanished . " He's trying to help you , " she said , going toward the kid . " Don't you under- stand ? " The girl pushed her back and aimed her rifle at Lisa's stomach ...
... Lisa shook off the fog that had enveloped her . The afterimages vanished . " He's trying to help you , " she said , going toward the kid . " Don't you under- stand ? " The girl pushed her back and aimed her rifle at Lisa's stomach ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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