Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of frequency

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of frequency with great interest.

Old goblin recordings of frequency — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

The signal Question, Restated

The connection between goblins and signal is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that signal is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

A Goblin Aside Concerning frequency

Goblin testimony on frequency is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe frequency with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to frequency studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about frequency but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.