Sholes and Glidden typewriter seeking to diversify, Remington further refined the typewriter before finally placing it on the market on July 1, 1874. During its development, the typewriter evolved from a crude curiosity into a practical device, the basic form of which became the industry standard. The machine incorporated elements which became fundamental to typewriter design, including a cylindrical platen and a four-rowed QWERTY keyboard. Several design deficiencies remained, however. The Sholes and Glidden could print only upper-case letters—an issue remedied in its successor, the Remington No. 2—and was a "blind writer", meaning the typist could not see what was being written as it
Typewriter in the Sky still reread with pleasure". George Malko noted in "" (1970) that "Typewriter in the Sky" was "eagerly welcomed by devoted fans". Michael Ashley wrote in "Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction" (1978), ""Typewriter in the Sky" (1940) is a rollicking farce of a man written into another's story". Everett F. Bleiler found it to be "a routine adventure story carried through competently, with a good central idea". Janrae Frank of "The Washington Post" commented, "Much of his best work of the '40s and '50s, "Fear", "Slaves of Sleep", "Typewriter in the Sky", is written in exactly the same style