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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... shanties dripped with colored lights , and the dirt road glowed orange , crisscrossed by dancers and drunks who col- lided and fell . Skinny black casualties lay underneath the shan- ties , striped by light shining down through the ...
... shanties dripped with colored lights , and the dirt road glowed orange , crisscrossed by dancers and drunks who col- lided and fell . Skinny black casualties lay underneath the shan- ties , striped by light shining down through the ...
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... shanties , palms , banana trees , and bushes - sharpened , loomed , grew more encircling . He felt a measure of ... shanty , an exotic lure dangling out of the darkness , and the shadows beneath the palms were deep and restless . . . not ...
... shanties , palms , banana trees , and bushes - sharpened , loomed , grew more encircling . He felt a measure of ... shanty , an exotic lure dangling out of the darkness , and the shadows beneath the palms were deep and restless . . . not ...
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... shanties gleamed under the moonlight , and , their imper- fections hidden by the darkness , the shanties themselves looked quaint and cozy . Shadows were dancing behind the curtains , soft reggae drifted on the breeze . Peace 262 The ...
... shanties gleamed under the moonlight , and , their imper- fections hidden by the darkness , the shanties themselves looked quaint and cozy . Shadows were dancing behind the curtains , soft reggae drifted on the breeze . Peace 262 The ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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