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The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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A printer’s devil just whispered in my ear. He tells me that when printers go to hell, they are forced to turn Mark Z. Danielewski manuscripts into books with nothing more than an old Linotype machine and an X-Acto knife for tools. Sometimes, he adds, they try to use the X-Acto knife on themselves.

Mr. Danielewski, in case you don't know, is the creator …

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