Preface: Technologies of the Word . . ix 

1. Writing It Down . . 3 
2. TeknoFear . . 19 
3. Thoreau's Pencil . . 33 
4. National Handwriting Day . . 49 
5. Writing on Clay . . 71 
6. When WordStar Was King . . 91 
7. Trusting the Text . . 113 
8. Writing on Screen . . 135 
9. Everyone's an Author . . 157 
10. A Space of One's Own . . 183 
11. The Dark Side of the Web . . 207 
12. From Pencils to Pixels . . 227 

Works Cited . . 247 
Index . . 255