Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance

Earliest known poster for Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance.

Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance is a self-discovery travel and body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Robert Pirsig.

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Fiction cross-reference

• Entertaining mind surveyed this tightrope
• Fatal Synopsis
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Naked Lottery
• Rambo: First Brood
• The Joy of Enigma

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Gnomon Chronicles (nonfiction)

External links

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance @ Wikipedia
• Robert M. Pirsig on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and quality, Minneapolis, 1974 @ YouTube

• Naked Lunch (film) @ Wikipedia
• Naked Lunch (1991) - trailer @ YouTube
• Homophobic bug scene - bug typewriter @ YouTube
• Naked lunch William S Burroughs - reading @ YouTube
• Frank Zappa Literary Reading of 'The Naked Lunch', The Nova Convention, 1978 | Premium Footage @ YouTube

Social media

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