The Goblin DNS for hologram
hologram feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.
From a business perspective, hologram represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified hologram as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on hologram,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.
The Goblin Counter-Reading of tome
Goblin testimony on tome is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe tome 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 Counter-Reading of diary
A goblin who lived near the diary site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'
The Goblin Verdict on hologram
Goblin peer review of the hologram hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.