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You know, we could actually buy it.
posted by Emma on 16 Jul 2008
The only thing worth buying in the whole world, that is. The Typewriter. *The* Typewriter.
Douglas Adams' typewriter is up for sale - astonishingly enough, from a vendor called NV Books who apparantly are based in Great Wolford, Warwickshire. Rob lives about 3/4 mile from there in the next village along, called Little Wolford. He could walk to pick it up - save all that costly shipping.
It's on sale for $25,257.94. And I have that much money in our bank account. Sure, it *should* be spent on printer bills and retailer promotional invoices and, oh, whatever other fripperies a publisher spends money on. But we could ignore those bills and buy this instead.
I think we should do it. The printers are decent chaps - they won't mind.
Comments: 4
It is, indeed, one of the most-worth-buying things I've ever seen. I am extremely curious about who will end up owning it.
Posted by: KatharineC | July 16, 2008 02:12 PM
I bet Tom Hanks buys it. He collects typewriters don't y'know.
(Yes Emma i'll get back to painting in a minute! Do you want a cup of tea whilst i'm downstairs?)
Posted by: David | July 16, 2008 02:17 PM
Well, Amazon bought JKR's little book for a million pounds as a publicity stunt, so I guess Douglas Adam's typewriter is a good start for Snowbooks.
Maybe you could hire it out to struggling writers who can't afford a laptop, or a pencil.
:)
Posted by: NaomiM | July 16, 2008 02:53 PM
Did he even use the typewriter (or should that be The Typewriter)? Thought he was an early adopty mac guy. Maybe the typewriter was earlier.
If verifiable, you should go for it, and hire it out to your writers stuck for inspiration (as long as it isn't riddled with the writer's block virus (for which DNA was famous)
Posted by: John A-W | July 16, 2008 10:10 PM