title: King Arthur - Myth Making and History
author: N.j. Higham
description: <P><STRONG>'This thought-provoking volume is worth reading'</STRONG> - <EM>Guy Halsall, THES </EM></P> <P><STRONG>'Higham's survey is an admirably measured and wide-ranging contribution.' </STRONG><EM>- Ecclesiastical History</EM></P>
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  # The Dreamfields by K.W. Jeter
  
  
  _This was the dream of Arthur. He thought there was come into
  
  
  this land griffons and serpents, and he thought they burnt and slew all
  
  
  the people in the land, and then he thought he fought with them, and
  
  
  they did him passing great harm and wounded him full sore, but at the
  
  
  last he slew them. When the king awaked he was passing heavy of his
  
  
  dream._
  
  
  —Sir Thomas Malory, _Morte d'Arthur_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # PART ONE  
  
  
  The Base
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CHAPTER 1
  
  
  Something had struck the earth and it wouldn't stop ringing. Or so
  
  
  it seemed. Ralph Metric took another pull at the beer can sweating in
  
  
  his hand and watched the heat waves shimmer on the rocks and sand
  
  
  beyond the glass. Below the glaring window the air conditioner whined.
  
  
  "I just think it's kind of strange," came Stimmitz's voice again. It
  
  
  cut through the aural haze produced