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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... fire looked real , it did not spread ; the flames clung to the outlines of things that were themselves unreal , that had no substance of their own and were made of the ghostly fire : belted drapes , an overstuffed chair and sofa , a ...
... fire looked real , it did not spread ; the flames clung to the outlines of things that were themselves unreal , that had no substance of their own and were made of the ghostly fire : belted drapes , an overstuffed chair and sofa , a ...
Page 67
... fire , her hair began to leap . Flames danced on her fingertips , spread to her arms , her breast , and she assumed the form of the burning woman . As soon as the transformation was complete , she tried to shrink , to dwindle to her ...
... fire , her hair began to leap . Flames danced on her fingertips , spread to her arms , her breast , and she assumed the form of the burning woman . As soon as the transformation was complete , she tried to shrink , to dwindle to her ...
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... fire . The platoon was crossing a meadow at the foot of an emerald - green volcano , and being a dreamy sort , he was idling along , swatting tall grasses with his rifle barrel and thinking how it might have been a first - grader with ...
... fire . The platoon was crossing a meadow at the foot of an emerald - green volcano , and being a dreamy sort , he was idling along , swatting tall grasses with his rifle barrel and thinking how it might have been a first - grader with ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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