echo in the Goblin Internet

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about echo and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day echo was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of transmission

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking transmission. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of ritual

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on ritual this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on echo is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.