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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... Peter with a neutral stare . " Did you happen to see Ellen last Tuesday , Mr. Ramey ? " " I was home , " said Peter , barely able to speak . Sweat was pop- ping out on his forehead , all over his body , and he knew he must look as ...
... Peter with a neutral stare . " Did you happen to see Ellen last Tuesday , Mr. Ramey ? " " I was home , " said Peter , barely able to speak . Sweat was pop- ping out on his forehead , all over his body , and he knew he must look as ...
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... Peter . " Sally used to live up in Madaket , ” said Mills . " And whenever a ship would run up on Dry Shoals or one ... Peter and Sally say that thing's ' round here somewhere . Weldon was a frustrated man . He sucked at his teeth , and ...
... Peter . " Sally used to live up in Madaket , ” said Mills . " And whenever a ship would run up on Dry Shoals or one ... Peter and Sally say that thing's ' round here somewhere . Weldon was a frustrated man . He sucked at his teeth , and ...
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... Peter's legs felt rooted to the floor . He realized that he had been using anger to muffle fear , and he did not know if he could muster up the courage to take a walk out into the wind , to sail away into the terror and nothingness that ...
... Peter's legs felt rooted to the floor . He realized that he had been using anger to muffle fear , and he did not know if he could muster up the courage to take a walk out into the wind , to sail away into the terror and nothingness that ...
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THE NIGHT OF WHITE BHAIRAB | 29 |
SALVADOR | 64 |
HOW THE WIND SPOKE AT MADAKET | 82 |
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