Editing Typewriter (section)

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* [[Richard Polt]], a philosophy professor at [[Xavier University]] in Cincinnati who collects typewriters, has edited ''ETCetera'', a quarterly magazine about historic writing machines, and is the author of the book ''The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century''.<ref name="PoltBook">{{cite book |last1=Polt |first1=Richard |title=The typewriter revolution : a typist's companion for the 21st century |date=2015 |publisher=Countryman Press |location=Woodstock, VT |isbn=978-1581573114}}</ref><ref name="PoltWeb"/>
* [[William Gibson]] used a Hermes 2000 model manual typewriter to write his 1984 novel ''[[Neuromancer]]'' and half of ''[[Count Zero]]'' (1983) before a mechanical failure and lack of replacement parts forced him to upgrade to an [[Apple IIc]] computer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blog archive |url=http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/2006_10_01_archive.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021032407/http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/2006_10_01_archive.asp |archive-date=2007-10-21 |access-date=2008-10-23}}</ref>
* [[Harlan Ellison]] used typewriters for his entire career, and when he was no longer able to have them repaired, learned to do it himself; he repeatedly stated his belief that computers are bad for writing, maintaining that "Art is not supposed to be easier!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harlan Ellison Webderland: Interview |url=http://harlanellison.com/interview.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308110553/http://www.harlanellison.com/interview.htm |archive-date=2012-03-08 |access-date=2012-03-30 |publisher=Harlanellison.com}}</ref>
* [[Cormac McCarthy]] wrote his novels on an [[Olivetti Lettera 32]] typewriter until his death. In 2009, the Lettera he obtained from a pawn shop in 1963, on which nearly all his novels and screenplays were written, was auctioned for charity at [[Christie's]] for US$254,500;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Randy |date=2009-12-04 |title=Cormac McCarthy's Typewriter Brings $254,500 at Auction – ArtsBeat Blog – NYTimes.com |publisher=Artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/cormac-mccarthys-typewriter-brings-254500-at-auction/ |url-status=live |access-date=2010-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528153549/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/cormac-mccarthys-typewriter-brings-254500-at-auction/ |archive-date=2011-05-28}}</ref> McCarthy obtained an identical replacement for $20 to continue writing on.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Patricia Cohen |date=November 30, 2009 |title=No Country for Old Typewriters: A Well-Used One Heads to Auction |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/books/01typewriter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904124940/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/books/01typewriter.html |archive-date=September 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Joiner">{{cite web |last1=Joiner |first1=James |title=The Hidden World of the Typewriter |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/the-hidden-world-of-the-typewriter/279523/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=2022-01-23 |language=en |date=11 September 2013}}</ref>
* [[Will Self]] explains why he uses a manual typewriter: "I think the computer user does their thinking on the screen, and the non-computer user is compelled, because he or she has to retype a whole text, to do a lot more thinking in the head."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-05-30 |title=Why typewriters beat computers |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7427237.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804050059/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7427237.stm |archive-date=2017-08-04}}</ref>
* [[Ted Kaczynski]] (the "Unabomber") infamously used two old manual typewriters to write his polemic essays and messages.<ref name="Joiner"/>
* Actor [[Tom Hanks]] uses and collects manual typewriters.<ref name="NY Times typewriter">{{Cite news |last=Hanks |first=Tom |title=I Am TOM. I Like to TYPE. Hear That? |work=The New York Times |date=3 August 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/opinion/sunday/i-am-tom-i-like-to-type-hear-that.html |access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Joiner"/> To control the size of his collection, he gifts autographed machines to appreciative fans and repair shops around the world.<ref name="Patkin">{{cite web |last1=Patkin |first1=Abby |title=Tom Hanks just sent a typewriter to an Arlington shop. Here's why. |url=https://www.boston.com/news/off-beat/2023/04/05/tom-hanks-sent-typewriter-arlington-shop/ |website=www.boston.com |publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners LLC |access-date=2023-04-05 |date=April 5, 2023}}</ref>
* Historian [[David McCullough]] used a Royal typewriter to compose his books.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999 |title=The Art of Biography No. 2 |language=en |volume=Fall 1999 |issue=152 |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/894/the-art-of-biography-no-2-david-mccullough |access-date=2023-12-14 |issn=0031-2037}}</ref>
* Biographer [[Robert Caro]] has used various models of the Smith Corona Electra 210 to write his biographies of [[Robert Moses]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Johnson]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Helfand |first=Zach |date=2021-10-22 |title=Why Robert Caro Now Has Only Ten Typewriters |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/01/why-robert-caro-now-has-only-ten-typewriters |access-date=2023-12-14 |issn=0028-792X}}</ref>
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