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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... ain't too ripe for you folks . " He chugged down a third of his beer . " So ! How you like Guatemala ? " " Fine , " said Richard . " Why do you live in a volcano ? " " Kinda peculiar , ain't it , " said Dowdy by way of response ; he ...
... ain't too ripe for you folks . " He chugged down a third of his beer . " So ! How you like Guatemala ? " " Fine , " said Richard . " Why do you live in a volcano ? " " Kinda peculiar , ain't it , " said Dowdy by way of response ; he ...
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Lucius Shepard. " Don't get me wrong . I ain't talkin ' Apocalypse , here . And I for sure ain't no Bible basher like them Mormons you see walkin ' ' round the villages . Huh ! Them suckers is so scared of life they travel in pairs so's ...
Lucius Shepard. " Don't get me wrong . I ain't talkin ' Apocalypse , here . And I for sure ain't no Bible basher like them Mormons you see walkin ' ' round the villages . Huh ! Them suckers is so scared of life they travel in pairs so's ...
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... ain't my place to explain . Look here , Rich . I ain't gonna twist your arm , but if you go back to Panajachel you're just gonna wander ' round and maybe buy some garbage . If you stay , well , whether or not you believe Murciélago's a ...
... ain't my place to explain . Look here , Rich . I ain't gonna twist your arm , but if you go back to Panajachel you're just gonna wander ' round and maybe buy some garbage . If you stay , well , whether or not you believe Murciélago's a ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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