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The Man Who Typed to One Million

You may call it all the numbers from one to one million:

Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society » Blog Archive » The Man Who Typed to One Million: Les Stewart of Queensland, Australia began typing the numbers from one to a million — in words — in 1982. It took him 16 years, seven typewriters, 1000 ink ribbons, and 19,990 sheets of paper to finish. And he did it all with one finger.

I call it the most boring manuscript ever. The really fantastic thing about it, though, is that you wouldn't even have to send it when submitting it to publishers. Just describe it as I have above, and any publishing house worth their weight in shrubbery would be able to reproduce it pronto. How handy is that? Furthermore, most readers would be able to make their own copy without having to actually carry a book around with them... starting wherever they want... So I volunteer to publish this book. All you need do is send me your 18.95, and you have my permission to read all the word numbers from one to one million. Um, and I promise to send Les his cut. Fifteen percent. The title? A million, of course. Never mind the little pieces. I think I'm on to something. Etc.

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