It's the cover of an original instruction manual to the Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter.
A view of Rome, a pristine computer screen, a photograph of Basquiat, an I.B.M. 196c typewriter, the ghost of another author.
By the early 1960s, Houédard was ready to publish the concrete poems that he had typed on his Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter.
In addition to Conan, his Underwood No. 5 typewriter also gave birth to Kull, the fugitive lord of Atlantis; Soloman Kane, a rapier-wielding Puritan avenger; and the warrior king Bran Mak Morn.
The f0urth v0wel, the 0ne y0u need t0 spell "0h!," has br0ken 0n this h0rrible typewriter I have been pr0vided with t0 write what y0u, my "capt0rs" (we will see ab0ut that!), call my "final financial statement" (ha!), s0 I am n0w f0rced t0 use the numeral 0. N0thing daunted, I g0 0n.
In 2011, he took an a 1991 Macintosh computer and grafted it onto a 1897 Remington Auto 7 typewriter.
The Natex factory stands just a few miles away from Mendes' old home, which is now preserved as a museum with his original Remington 15 typewriter, and blood stains on the kitchen wall where the activist was shot dead while walking outside to use the toilet.
Thewlis, who owns 30 typewriters and has never used Twitter, agrees.
Some are already taking drastic measures: Russia has ordered 20 typewriters, reportedly because of the vulnerability of computers.
He also owns about 10 typewriters, which he uses for homework and letter writing at — get this — speeds of up to 90 words a minute.
A chapter about a tense adult moment at a sushi restaurant is followed by a chapter in which he steals 40 typewriters and vandalises his school.
