- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general
Winner of the 1988 World Fantasy and Locus Awards for Best Story Collection, The Jaguar Hunter brings together some of the 1980s' finest speculative fiction. From the battlegrounds of near-future Latin America, to spirit-haunted Nepal, to the ecosystem on the body of a giant dragon, the stories vividly evoke both real-world and fantastic locales with thorough credibility.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Lucius Shepard
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Paladin, Kerosina Publications, ElectricStory.com, Inc.
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781930815346
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