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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... moved to another part of the valley . He tried to see me on many occasions , but I always refused . Though I was greatly tempted , my guilt was greater . Four years later , after Jarcke died - crushed by a runaway wagon - one of her ...
... moved to another part of the valley . He tried to see me on many occasions , but I always refused . Though I was greatly tempted , my guilt was greater . Four years later , after Jarcke died - crushed by a runaway wagon - one of her ...
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... moved in , my life had assumed a distinct pattern . Each morning I would hurry off to Málaga to work on the movie set ; each night I would return home and enter into brainless rut with Alise . I found this confusing . Sep- arated from ...
... moved in , my life had assumed a distinct pattern . Each morning I would hurry off to Málaga to work on the movie set ; each night I would return home and enter into brainless rut with Alise . I found this confusing . Sep- arated from ...
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... moved after him . And how it moved ! It was as if it were turning sideways and vanishing , repeating the process over and over , and doing this so rapidly that it seemed to be strobing , winking in and out of existence , each wink ...
... moved after him . And how it moved ! It was as if it were turning sideways and vanishing , repeating the process over and over , and doing this so rapidly that it seemed to be strobing , winking in and out of existence , each wink ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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