Shepard, Lucius. THE JAGUAR HUNTER. [Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House Publishers, Inc., []. Octavo, cloth. First edition, first printing. copies printed. Collects eleven stories with foreword by Michael Bishop and illustrations by J. K. Potter. Second book and first story collection by the John W. Campbell Award winner. · The Jaguar Hunter is still the best introduction to the frustratingly inconsistent work of Lucius Shephard. Shephard is at his best in short stories and some of those in this collection show a real mastery of the form, telling often quite simple moral tales in settings packed dense with strange underpinning imagery and meaning/5(14). The Jaguar Hunter: Powerful, hallucinatory stories in exotic locales Originally posted at Fantasy Literature I try to avoid excessive praise unless it is truly deserved, but I can say this without hesitation - Lucius Shepard was one of the best SF short story writers of the s. His prose, imagery, themes, and style are so powerful, dynamic, and vivid that it’s a real crime that he didn't /5.
The jaguar hunter by Lucius Shepard, , Kerosina Publications edition, in English. "The Jaguar Hunter is a varied mix of speculative fiction shorts that collects most of Shepard's first published works. While there are a couple of stories which serve no higher god than well-written entertainment (The Traveler's Tale and How the Wind Spoke at Madaket), the remaining stories utilize Shepard's surfeit of talent for a. The Jaguar Hunter ebook By Lucius Shepard. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. The Jaguar Hunter brings together some of the s' finest speculative fiction. From the battlegrounds of near-future Latin America, to spirit-haunted Nepal.
“The Jaguar Hunter” by Lucius Shepard is not science fiction, but magic realism that suggests we can return to a past reality destroyed by modernity. The setting appears to be current day Honduras and the plot focuses on Esteban Caax, 44, a farmer. Esteban loves living in the country and pursuing a simple life. ARKHAM HOUSE: The Jaguar Hunter -by Lucius Hunter -a Signed Copy (inc. Life as we Know it, A Traveler's Tale, Mengele, The Man who Painted the Dragon Griaule, A Spanish Lesson, etc) by Shepard, Lucius (signed) (aka Sally Carteret), Foreword By Michael Bishop / Arkham House Edition. "Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best collection, THE JAGUAR HUNTER includes the Nebula Award-winning novella 'RR,' a dark fantasy about American soldiers losing their grip on sanity while on leave from a future war in Central America. Shepard’s work combines elements of classic science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
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