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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Lucius Shepard. " Dey say de island take hold of a mon . Now dat hold be gentle ' cause de island bear no ill against dem dat dwell upon it in de lawful way . But dose dat lords it over de island , comes a night dere rule is done ...
Lucius Shepard. " Dey say de island take hold of a mon . Now dat hold be gentle ' cause de island bear no ill against dem dat dwell upon it in de lawful way . But dose dat lords it over de island , comes a night dere rule is done ...
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... island off the coast of Honduras ; once - divorced ; now sharing my days with a daughter of the island , a twenty- year - old black girl named Elizabeth , whose cooking is indif- ferent but whose amatory performance never lacks enthusi ...
... island off the coast of Honduras ; once - divorced ; now sharing my days with a daughter of the island , a twenty- year - old black girl named Elizabeth , whose cooking is indif- ferent but whose amatory performance never lacks enthusi ...
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... island's story- tellers , once put it to me this way : " Dis island may look like a chewed - up bone some dog have dropped in a puddle , and de soil may be no good for plantains , no good for corn . But when it come to de breedin ' of ...
... island's story- tellers , once put it to me this way : " Dis island may look like a chewed - up bone some dog have dropped in a puddle , and de soil may be no good for plantains , no good for corn . But when it come to de breedin ' of ...
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Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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