Ford Typewriter Ford Typewriter The Ford typewriter was an early prototype typewriter introduced in 1895 by Eugene A. Ford, who later became chief development engineer at IBM (no relation to Henry Ford who founded the Ford Motor Company). It was a commercial failure and only a few were manufactured. Unlike many competing typewriters of this time, it was a forward-striking machine, meaning the hammer struck forward against the paper which was held against the platen roller, instead of up from underneath. This allowed the typist to see the text as it was typed, which was not possible in most other typewriters of
Typewriter in the Sky Weekly" posited that the book's author Fredric Brown may have been influenced by Hubbard's story. Umberto Rossi wrote in "The Twisted Worlds of Philip K. Dick" (2011) that writer Philip K. Dick was likely influenced by "Typewriter in the Sky". Rossi noted "Typewriter in the Sky" came out in a paperback format in 1951, and a year later Dick succeeded in getting his first short story, the tale "Beyond Lies the Wub" published. Rossi said "Typewriter in the Sky" was "the text that admittedly inspired" "The Cosmic Puppets" (1957) by Philip K. Dick. In the book "Harlan Ellison's Watching" (1989),