Editing Ned Ludd (section)

===Literature===
*[[Edmund Cooper]]'s alternative-history ''The Cloud Walker'' (1973) is set in a world where the Luddite ethos has given rise to a religious hierarchy which dominates English society and sets carefully prescribed limits on technology. A hammer—the tool supposedly used by Ned Ludd—is a religious symbol, and Ned Ludd is seen as a divine, messianic figure.
* ''The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire'', a steam-punk trilogy by [[Rod Duncan]], describes a hypothetical world nearly 200 years after a successful Luddite revolution. The powerful and corrupt International Patent Office controls and restricts technological progress and Ned Ludd is given a similar status to [[Henry Ford]] in ''[[Brave New World]]''.
*The novel ''[[The Monkey Wrench Gang]]'' (1975), by [[Edward Abbey]], is dedicated to Ned Ludd.
*''[[Ecodefense|Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching]]'' (1985) was published by Ned Ludd Books. Much of the content came from the "Dear Ned Ludd" column in the newsletter of the group [[Earth First!]].
*In the 2013–14 comic book miniseries ''[[Superman Unchained]]'', a terrorist group called Ascension opposing modern technology uses the image of Ludd in its broadcasts.<ref>{{cite comic|writer=[[Scott Snyder|Snyder, Scott]]|penciller=[[Jim Lee|Lee, Jim]]|inker=[[Scott Williams (comics)|Williams, Scott]]|story=The Fall|title=[[Superman Unchained]]|issue=2|date=September 2013|publisher=[[DC Comics]]}}</ref>
*The Luddites were the inspiration for the 1922 play ''The Machine Breakers'' (''Die Maschinenstürmer'') by the German playwright [[Ernst Toller]].
*Ned Ludd is a character in the 2011 novel ''The Twelfth Enchantment'' by [[David Liss]].