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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... black lights illuminating four Jimi Hendrix posters . Though of island stock , Rudy was American - born and , like Prince , a child of the sixties and a veteran . He said that the lights and posters put him in mind ... black Black Coral 161.
... black lights illuminating four Jimi Hendrix posters . Though of island stock , Rudy was American - born and , like Prince , a child of the sixties and a veteran . He said that the lights and posters put him in mind ... black Black Coral 161.
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... black coral . " Dis de upful stuff , Mr. Prince , " he said . " Rife with de is- land's secret . " He pulled out a knife and whittled at the branch . Curly black shavings fell onto the table . “ You just scrapes de color off and dass ...
... black coral . " Dis de upful stuff , Mr. Prince , " he said . " Rife with de is- land's secret . " He pulled out a knife and whittled at the branch . Curly black shavings fell onto the table . “ You just scrapes de color off and dass ...
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... black stone lined his throat . The coolness spread to his arms and legs , weighting them down , and he imagined it ... coral - a bristling jungle of coral , stalks twenty and thirty feet high , and more . The fires were smaller than ...
... black stone lined his throat . The coolness spread to his arms and legs , weighting them down , and he imagined it ... coral - a bristling jungle of coral , stalks twenty and thirty feet high , and more . The fires were smaller than ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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