The jaguar hunterA collection of short stories by the author of the highly acclaimed Life During Wartime. Shepard's novella "R & R" won the Nebula Award for Best novella. |
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The fronds overhead showed an ashen green in the moonlight, lifting, rustling;
and the stars between their feathered edges flickered crazily as if the breeze
were fanning their flames. He became immersed in the landscape, savoring the
smells ...
The fronds overhead showed an ashen green in the moonlight, lifting, rustling;
and the stars between their feathered edges flickered crazily as if the breeze
were fanning their flames. He became immersed in the landscape, savoring the
smells ...
Page 183
Dead fronds clawed his face with sharp papery fingers. He was so afraid, so
empty of everything but fear, that when a palm trunk loomed ahead he ran
straight into it, embracing it with his shining arms. There were hard fragments in
his mouth, ...
Dead fronds clawed his face with sharp papery fingers. He was so afraid, so
empty of everything but fear, that when a palm trunk loomed ahead he ran
straight into it, embracing it with his shining arms. There were hard fragments in
his mouth, ...
Page 186
The street was littered with palm husks and fronds and broken bottles buried in
the mud that showed only their glittering edges. The voices warned him these
were sharp and would cut him ("Make it hurtful like dem gashes on your face"),
and ...
The street was littered with palm husks and fronds and broken bottles buried in
the mud that showed only their glittering edges. The voices warned him these
were sharp and would cut him ("Make it hurtful like dem gashes on your face"),
and ...
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Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The jaguar hunter |
| Author | Lucius Shepard |
| Publisher | Bantam Books, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0553346954, 9780553346954 |
| Length | 356 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fantasy fiction, American Fiction / Fantasy / General |
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