The Jaguar Hunter

The Jaguar Hunter

Infobox Book
name = The Jaguar Hunter
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Jeffrey K. Potter for "The Jaguar Hunter"
author = Lucius Shepard
illustrator = Jeffrey K. Potter
cover_artist = Jeffrey K. Potter
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject =
genre = Science fiction, horror short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = May 1987
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xii, 404 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-154-4
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followed_by =

"The Jaguar Hunter" is a collection of science fiction and horror stories by American author Lucius Shepard. It was released in May, 1987 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House . It was published in an edition of 3,194 copies. The stories originally appeared in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine", "Universe" (Terry Carr's anthology series) and "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction".

Contents

# Foreword by Michael Bishop
# "The Jaguar Hunter"
# "The Night of White Bhairab"
# "Salvador"
# "How the Wind Spoke at Madaket"
# "Black Coral"
# "R & R"
# "The End of Life as We Know It"
# "A Traveler's Tale"
# "Mengele"
# "The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule"
# "A Spanish Lesson"

Reprints

Arkham House

*2nd printing, 1987 - 1,508 copies.

Others

*London: Paladin (trade paperback), May 1988.
*New York: Bantam (trade paperback), May 1989.
*New York: Four Walls Eight Windows (paperback), June 2001.

Awards

*1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=140-141 | date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=56 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=156-157 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=132 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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