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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... felt it : it was acting independent of the offshore wind , touching delicate fingers to his lips , his eyes ... felt no sympathy for its loneliness , because it felt no sympathy for him . It wanted him not as a friend or companion but as ...
... felt it : it was acting independent of the offshore wind , touching delicate fingers to his lips , his eyes ... felt no sympathy for its loneliness , because it felt no sympathy for him . It wanted him not as a friend or companion but as ...
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... felt like an escape , " he said . " It had more the air of a vacation . Packing , hurried goodbyes , and as soon as I reached Italy and met my Vatican contact , it all became quite relaxing . Good dinners , fine wines , and at last a ...
... felt like an escape , " he said . " It had more the air of a vacation . Packing , hurried goodbyes , and as soon as I reached Italy and met my Vatican contact , it all became quite relaxing . Good dinners , fine wines , and at last a ...
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... felt as though I were being whirled away into the painting , up through geometries of light , latticeworks of rainbow color that built the way the edges of a cloud build , past orbs , sprials , wheels of flame . • -FROM THIS BUSINESS OF ...
... felt as though I were being whirled away into the painting , up through geometries of light , latticeworks of rainbow color that built the way the edges of a cloud build , past orbs , sprials , wheels of flame . • -FROM THIS BUSINESS OF ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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