Identifying Flann O’Brien’s Underwood Typewriter for the John J Burn’s Library Blog
I was in the midst of some research on Flann O’Brien (Brian O’Nolan) when I took a closer look at Boston College’s John J. Burns Library’s Blog The site itemizes its collection of Flann O’Brien’s personal possessions. Today I took a closer look at the description of his Underwood, and I noticed some discrepancies. Image…
Douglas Adams: The Man, the Mac, and the Hermes (and small personal update)
I’m in the midst of my research on Douglas Adams and the academic reception of his oeuvre. I found a nice tidbit about his Hermes typewriter in M.J. Simpson’s bio on Adams. Macworld, a tech mag devoted to Apple computers, ran a piece on him in 1985: “The obsession with words and music that is…
