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A Luddite Lexicon
A dictionary of words and phrases set against the technological matrix.
$14.95
Author, ethnographer, mycologist
Lawrence Millman
Books, fungi, and a long habit of going to places that are hard to reach. He has made more than forty trips and expeditions to the Arctic and Subarctic.
Most writing about mushroom lore today is secondhand. His isn’t.
From the Bog
All from the Bog-
October 4, 2026
The Monster
Once upon an earlier time I was a prisoner war at an academic institution. Behind metaphoric bars, I was obliged to teach remarkably ambiguous works of literature. Likewise I was obliged to attend meetings the main…
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October 1, 2026
A Luddite Lexicon – Available July 15
A Luddite Lexicon is a dictionary of words and phrases that speak out against the technological matrix currently enveloping our planet. Inside that matrix, a mobile phone is a religious object, and a television is an…
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October 1, 2026
Meeting an Ancient Creature
So there I was, swatting mosquitoes on Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic. I didn’t come to this relatively remote island because I wanted to engage in that vigorous activity, however. Rather, I came because I…
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October 1, 2026
Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau
I am excited to share my latest book, available at better bookstores everywhere. “Thoreau, I think. would have wanted you to carry Outsider in your hip pocket, to be mulled over in small bites while walking.” — Bill…
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October 1, 2026
A Walk on the Wild Side
So there you are, walking along the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The crowds are oppressive, Nature seems to have disappeared, and there’s nary a spouting whale in sight. You’d still like a boardwalk experience, so what do…
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October 1, 2026
Sir John Franklin’s Lost Diary
On September 9, 2014, Parks Canada discovered the remains of the HMS Erebus, explorer Sir John Franklin’s remarkably newsworthy flagship. Among the artifacts retrieved from the ship was a Fortnum & Mason jar labelled…
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Praise
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This little book is big fun.
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The master of the remote.
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Lawrence Millman - the Ambrose Bierce of his time - elevates curmudgeonliness to an art form here.
Next talks and walks
Calendar-
Millman Mushroom Walk @ Cape Cod Fungus Fair Brewster MA
Friday, October 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT
Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History, 869 Main St, Brewster, MA 02631, USA
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Millman Mushroom Walk @ Westborough MA
Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
Westborough, MA, USA
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Millman Mushroom Walk @ Fresh Pond MA
Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Books
All books A Luddite Lexicon
$14.95
A dictionary of words and phrases set against the technological matrix.
Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau
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A memoir of preferring the out-of-doors, and of Henry David Thoreau as a childhood mentor.
Fungipedia: A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore
$18.95
An illustrated A–Z of mushroom lore, with more than 180 entries. One of the AIGA Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021.
Ways to work with Lawrence
Questions
Booking, edibility, Fresh Pond, and more — answered on the Questions page.