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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... fronds , applying liquid gleams to its haunches ; its eyes , glinting yellow - green , were like peepholes into a lurid dimension of fire . The jaguar's beauty was heart- stopping - the embodiment of a flawless principle — and Este- ban ...
... fronds , applying liquid gleams to its haunches ; its eyes , glinting yellow - green , were like peepholes into a lurid dimension of fire . The jaguar's beauty was heart- stopping - the embodiment of a flawless principle — and Este- ban ...
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Lucius Shepard. affecting its every element . Cocals twitched the ends of their fronds , leaning in over the tin roofs ; a pariah dog sniffed at a dried lobster claw in the dust ; ghost crabs scuttered under the shanties . It seemed to ...
Lucius Shepard. affecting its every element . Cocals twitched the ends of their fronds , leaning in over the tin roofs ; a pariah dog sniffed at a dried lobster claw in the dust ; ghost crabs scuttered under the shanties . It seemed to ...
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... fronds like plumed African dancers , writhing up , ec- static . " Dat spirit have drove off de English ! And one day it will drive de Sponnish home ! It slow , but it certain . And dat is why we celebrate dis night . . . . ' Cause on ...
... fronds like plumed African dancers , writhing up , ec- static . " Dat spirit have drove off de English ! And one day it will drive de Sponnish home ! It slow , but it certain . And dat is why we celebrate dis night . . . . ' Cause on ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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