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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... Raimundo Esteves was leaning against the wall of the Cantina Atómica , talking to two girls wearing jeans and frilly blouses ; the girls were fluttering their hands and dancing to the music that issued from the cantina , and to Este ...
... Raimundo Esteves was leaning against the wall of the Cantina Atómica , talking to two girls wearing jeans and frilly blouses ; the girls were fluttering their hands and dancing to the music that issued from the cantina , and to Este ...
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... Raimundo spat in the sand . " Let me and my friends hunt the jaguar . " The idea of Raimundo and his loutish friends thrashing through the jungle was so ludicrous that Esteban could not restrain a laugh . " Be careful , Indian ! " Raimundo ...
... Raimundo spat in the sand . " Let me and my friends hunt the jaguar . " The idea of Raimundo and his loutish friends thrashing through the jungle was so ludicrous that Esteban could not restrain a laugh . " Be careful , Indian ! " Raimundo ...
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... Raimundo was saying , his voice atremble with excitement . " Everyone will think the jaguar killed him ! " " Fool ! " said Onofrio . “ He might have killed the jaguar , and you could have had a sweeter revenge . His wife . . . ” " This ...
... Raimundo was saying , his voice atremble with excitement . " Everyone will think the jaguar killed him ! " " Fool ! " said Onofrio . “ He might have killed the jaguar , and you could have had a sweeter revenge . His wife . . . ” " This ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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