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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... realized ; rather , it was as if the forest were painted on a piece of paper , as if someone were holding a lit match behind it and burning a hole , a hole that maintained the shape of a bird as it spread . He was transfixed , unable to ...
... realized ; rather , it was as if the forest were painted on a piece of paper , as if someone were holding a lit match behind it and burning a hole , a hole that maintained the shape of a bird as it spread . He was transfixed , unable to ...
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... realize that anyone who'll spend all day staring at sea gulls would find a square kilometer of garbage downright ... realized that Sara , too , was responsi- ble . Though there had been other women since he had left his wife , he had ...
... realize that anyone who'll spend all day staring at sea gulls would find a square kilometer of garbage downright ... realized that Sara , too , was responsi- ble . Though there had been other women since he had left his wife , he had ...
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... realized that what they hated most about the coun- try was their own perceptions of it , and they headed south to Guatemala where they had been informed - the atmosphere was conducive to romance . They were leery about the reports of ...
... realized that what they hated most about the coun- try was their own perceptions of it , and they headed south to Guatemala where they had been informed - the atmosphere was conducive to romance . They were leery about the reports of ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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