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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... stucco with corrugated metal doors that were lowered at night . Its facade was decorated by a mural that supposedly repre- sented the merchandise within : sparkling refrigerators and televisions and washing machines , all given the ...
... stucco with corrugated metal doors that were lowered at night . Its facade was decorated by a mural that supposedly repre- sented the merchandise within : sparkling refrigerators and televisions and washing machines , all given the ...
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... stucco house in Barrio Clarín that Encarnación had set her heart on . Perhaps owning it would soften her toward him . He noticed Raimundo staring at him , his expression a knowing smirk ; and even Onofrio , though still outraged by the ...
... stucco house in Barrio Clarín that Encarnación had set her heart on . Perhaps owning it would soften her toward him . He noticed Raimundo staring at him , his expression a knowing smirk ; and even Onofrio , though still outraged by the ...
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... stucco building with red trim and an arched entranceway and a courtyard choked with ferns ; it cat- ered to what he called " the bleeding - ear set , ” a reference to the loud rock ' n ' roll that blasted from the windows . The other ...
... stucco building with red trim and an arched entranceway and a courtyard choked with ferns ; it cat- ered to what he called " the bleeding - ear set , ” a reference to the loud rock ' n ' roll that blasted from the windows . The other ...
Contents
Foreword by Michael Bishop | 1 |
The Night of White Bhairab | 33 |
Salvador | 71 |
Copyright | |
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