Greetings! Welcome to The Wasteland, or indeed welcome back if you are a returning reader of my reviews. The big news is, today, I am embracing a little tech and updating the way I post. From today, most reviews and commentaries will include a voice note / single person podcast, where the same review I … Continue reading The Wasteland Podcast
Book adaptations with long titles are made into films primarily to please women of a certain age who like a scone and a good natter about things - and I have no problem with that, it's nice. I've got a bit of time for Lily James, I think she has some talent and is very … Continue reading The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Season 2 This Christmas will see the climax of a very well conceived BBC drama series, in the fine tradition of their adaptations over the years of famous books for children and young adults, all of which contain some element of fantasy or magic. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Box of Delights, … Continue reading His Dark Materials S2
This is not a happy dream. It is also not, strictly speaking, a biopic. It is a fiction (an imagined nightmare) based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It was nominated for the Pulizer prize in 2001, and at over 700 pages long, discusses in depth the themes of conspiracy, misogyny, professional abuse and … Continue reading Blonde
There may be a lot of people that outside of his high profile film and TV adaptations know little of what Phillip K. Dick was all about. I couldn't say it better than his introductory paragraph on Wikipedia. So, here it is in full... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #3 Philip K. Dick
You will find my review of seasons one and two of the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy in The Wasteland archives. And there you will see that I bloody loved it! To date, I have watched every episode properly twice and my favourite episodes 3 or 4 times. It was really only a matter of … Continue reading The Umbrella Academy: Darkhorse Comics
Look what I found! http://kbswasteland.blogspot.com http://kirkswasteland.blogspot.com These are the archives of The Wasteland when it first began - there are literally hundreds of posts to go back and read if so inclined. If nothing else it gives a fascinating glance at the state of pop culture in those days. Hats off to Blogger that they … Continue reading The Old Wastelands
I am proud to announce my first venture in proof-reading, editing and pubication services is up and running on Amazon! Available as a digital download right now, and as a paperback very, very soon! Congratulations to Ian Lewis and Richard Bamsey, whose fantastic narrative of the Port Talbot Banksy is a cracking read. And many … Continue reading Wasteland Publications #1
Just look at what a beautiful object this book is! It gets better on the inside, too. The detail and creativity is immense; the dust cover unfolds into a gorgeous mosaic, with puzzles, and even the copyright notes have a little Easter egg snuck in there. Every satisfyingly thick page of it is dense with … Continue reading Rusty Brown
Earth, receive an honoured guest:William Yeats is laid to rest.Let the Irish vessel lieEmptied of its poetry. In the nightmare of the darkAll the dogs of Europe bark,And the living nations wait,Each sequestered in its hate; Intellectual disgraceStares from every human face,And the seas of pity lieLocked and frozen in each eye. Follow, poet, follow … Continue reading The Lost Art
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