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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Page 169
... palm trunk , angled so he could see the deck of the bar . Benches and tables were built around coconut palms that grew up through the deck ; orange lights in the form of plastic palms were mounted on the trunks . Not an unpleasant place ...
... palm trunk , angled so he could see the deck of the bar . Benches and tables were built around coconut palms that grew up through the deck ; orange lights in the form of plastic palms were mounted on the trunks . Not an unpleasant place ...
Page 183
... palm trunk and hauled himself up . This was the grove near his house ! He could see the lights of St. Mark's Key between the trunks , white seas driving in over the reef . Lean- ing on the palms as he went , he made his way to the ...
... palm trunk and hauled himself up . This was the grove near his house ! He could see the lights of St. Mark's Key between the trunks , white seas driving in over the reef . Lean- ing on the palms as he went , he made his way to the ...
Page 228
... palms , the reef water glowing in bands of jade and turquoise and aquamarine . Sprinkled among the palms at 228 The Jaguar Hunter.
... palms , the reef water glowing in bands of jade and turquoise and aquamarine . Sprinkled among the palms at 228 The Jaguar Hunter.
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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