A speculative physical model of angular time, observation, and the Hounds of Tindalos
Continue readingThere is an old, uncharitable way of reading “The Hounds of Tindalos”: a man drugs himself, peers somewhere he shouldn’t, attracts a predator, and gets eaten for his trouble. It reads the story as a cautionary tale about curiosity. I have never found it satisfying, because it leaves every interesting question on the table. Why plaster? Why corners? Why does being seen matter to a thing that can move through time?