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The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the... more

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  The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting

  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Mar-16-2008

  • Undone by its attempts at social commentary
  • While this is fascinating when the author actually recounts the effect typewriters had on society, it frequently dips into pseudo-analysis where the author intrudes and makes unsustainable claims...
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  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Sep-05-2007

  • Starts off slow, but is ultimately quite interesting...
  • I would have rated it higher except for the exremely poor copy editing. What percentage of Arli's errors were simple keying errors? We'll never know, because the number is missing.
    
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  • From:Amazon
  • Posted:Apr-05-2007

  • A facinating exploration of a fascinating subject
  • This work is about a fascinating subject, especially I suspect to all those who have known the transition, first from the handwriting to the typing , and then from the typing to the word- processor...
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