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 addictive toy. Almost everywhere you go, automotive vehicles follow each other like a conga line of dogs in heat – whatever happened to feet? The book will offer you a healthy, often amusing alternative to that matrix in the form of a connection to the natural world.

“Thank goodness for A Luddite Lexicon, which offers a sharply humorous corrective to the madness of progress. It may even inspire you to pick up a hammer.” – Paul Kingsnorth, author of Against the Machine

“This book is the antidote to a world gone wrong. Read it and pass the wisdom on to your children.” – David Breithaupt, reviewer for the L.A. Review of Books

“Lawrence Millman – the Ambrose Bierce of his time – elevates curmudgeonliness to an art form here.” – Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun

“A Luddite Lexicon is a total treat! A delightful send-up of where we’ve arrived in this crazy age.” – Robert Pyle, author of Nature Matrix and Wintergreen

First Posted on May 28, 2026 by Lawrence Millman