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dustydigger
Posted 2024-02-02 4:20 AM (#29326 - in reply to #29323)
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Location: UK		Lucius Shepard's The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaulle was a Hugo,Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominated novella in 1985
The mountain-sized sleeping Dragon Griaule overshadows a nearby town with its overpowering presence. Desperate to overthrow its malignant influence without alerting the dragon to their intent, the town hires a painter who promises to cover the dragon's beautiful scales in a poisonous paint which will kill it once and for all.
Griaulle is huge,literally mountain size. Even its eye is 70 feet long.,and it inexorably grows,no longer able to fly with vegetation covering most of it,but it mentally dominates the town below.The story is beautifully written and intriguing. I will look out for more stories by this author.

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