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    The Last Luddite
    The Last Luddite
    The Last Luddite
    Ebook26 pages16 minutes

    The Last Luddite

    By J. Lee Porter and Ed Teja

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    The world is passing him by

     Lyle likes people, but the world of gadgets leaves him cold. Despite the challenges of living like a throwback, he refuses to be a late adopter, never mind an early adopter.

     Until he meets a girl.

    And until he learns that not meeting the expectation that everyone has a cellphone might prove physically dangerous.

     

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomadic Giant
    Release dateSep 10, 2021
    ISBN9798201695149
    The Last Luddite
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    J. Lee Porter

    J. Lee Porter is a former IT specialist, programmer and data analyst for banking, security, and government agencies. He left the IT world behind on July 4th, 2016, declaring it his personal independence day to travel the world full time in search of inspiration for his writing. @JLPorterAuthor on Twitter Ed Teja is a writer a poet, a musician, and boat bum. He writes about the places he knows, and the people who live in the margins of the world. After being friends with tech giants, pirates, fishermen, and a coterie of strange people for many years, he finds the world an amazing place filled with intriguing, if sometimes crazed characters. @ETeja on Twitter

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