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 the best fantasy produced in this century". A review of the book upon its 1995 re-release in the "Spartanburg Herald-Journal" characterized the story as both fantasy and science fiction, calling it a "classic science fiction fantasy adventure"; and placed it within the Golden Age of Science Fiction. "St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers" (1996) called the story "Hubbard's most successful fiction". Marco Frenschkowski wrote in a 1999 article for the "Marburg Journal of Religion" in a bibliography of L. Ron Hubbard, and called "Typewriter in the Sky": " Classic fantasy tale about a man who discovers he is part