In "The Typewriter" by Zigfrid Krakauer (1889-1966), the narrator falls in love with his typewriter. Their paradoxical relationship goes through all the stages of a typical romantic coexistence: a chance encounter, enthusiasm and erotic mania, enchantment and separation. What Krakauer describes resembles Friedrich Nietzsche's experience around 1882 when, having lost his sight, he briefly became an enthusiastic owner of one of the first typewriters. He "struck" poems and letters on it, occasionally revealing psychological derailment, just like in Krakauer's narrative. Nietzsche was the first thinker to point out the charm of a potential fusion of intellect and medium. The coincidences between the two texts are such that their parallel reading is recommended as a literary game.

For a long time, I did not dare to use the machine. Perfect as it was, it seemed to me a superior creature that it would be unacceptable to suffer the slightest damage from any mishandling. Awkwardly, I only caressed - then, at the beginning of our relationship - its cool parts. The gentle touch was enough to make me happy. Sometimes I let the cylinder rotate and touched the spools with the ink ribbons, applying a little resistance with my fingers. Whenever my visitors neglected to express their admiration for the typewriter, I despised them.
Zigfrid Krakauer, "The Typewriter"