Literature

• Wasteland (mythology)
  Wasteland (mythology)
  The Wasteland is a Celtic motif that ties the barrenness of a land with a curse that must be lifted by a hero. It occurs in Irish mythology and French Grail romances, and hints of it may be found in the Welsh Mabinogion....
  
  , the Celtic motif of the land of the Fisher King
• The Waste Land
  The Waste Land
  The Waste Land[A] is a 434-line[B] modernist poem by T. S. Eliot published in 1922. It has been called "one of the most important poems of the 20th century." Despite the poem's obscurity—its shifts between satire and prophecy, its abrupt and unannounced changes of speaker, location and time, its...
  
  , a poem by T. S. Eliot
• The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, a novel by Stephen King
• Wasteland (Block novel)
  Wasteland (Block novel)
  Wasteland is a novel written by Francesca Lia Block and published in 2003.The book is about the tragedy of love between family, incest, and the guilt, anger, and suicide of one of the siblings. It switches narratives and persons throughout the book, bouncing between the siblings Marina and Lex,...
  
  , a novel by Francesca Lia Block
• Wasteland (comics), a post-apocalyptic comic book written by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten
• Wasteland (Warhammer), a fictional region in the world of Warhammer Fantasy
• Wasteland (DC Comics)
  Wasteland (DC Comics)
  Wasteland was an American anthology-style horror comic book published by DC Comics in 1987-1989 and intended for adult readers. The series lasted 18 issues....
  
  , a 1987 horror/humor comic book anthology written by John Ostrander and Del Close
• Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
  Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
  Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse is an anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction published by Night Shade Books in January 2008, edited by John Joseph Adams.The anthology includes 22 stories, plus an introduction by the editor...
  
  , a 2008 anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction
• "Wastelands", a 2002 short story by Stephen Dedman
  Stephen Dedman
  Stephen Dedman is an Australian author of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels.-Biography:...
  
  

Film and television

• Wasteland Speech
  Wasteland Speech
  The Wasteland Speech was a speech given by Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton N. Minow to the convention of the National Association of Broadcasters on May 9, 1961. The speech was Minow's first major speech after he was appointed chairman of the FCC by President John F Kennedy...
  
  , a 1961 speech by FCC chairman Newton N. Minow in which he compares television to "a vast wasteland"
• Wasteland (TV series)
  Wasteland (TV series)
  Wasteland is an American television drama on ABC network created by Kevin Williamson. The show debuted in 1999, a Miramax Films production....
  
  , an American television drama, debuted in 1999
• Teenage Wasteland (film)
  Teenage Wasteland (film)
  Teenage Wasteland is a 2006 film written and directed by Welsh director Andrew Jones. It was funded through the independent film company Steel & Glass Films Ltd. The film is a gritty, cinema-verite style look into the lives of several disenchanted teens and their dysfunctional home lives in...
  
  , 2006 film written and directed by Welsh director Andrew Jones
• Waste Land (film)
  Waste Land (film)
  Waste Land is a 2010 documentary directed by Lucy Walker, João Jardim and Karen Harley. The film documents two years of work of Brazilian contemporary modern artist Vik Muniz in creating art with the cooperation of scavengers of recyclables working at Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest...
  
  , 2010 documentary about Brazilian trash-pickers and an artist who changed their lives.

Music

• "Wasteland" (Maxïmo Park song), on the War Child charity album Help: A Day in the Life
• "Wasteland" (10 Years song), a 2005 single by rock band 10 Years
• "Wastland", a song by The Mission UK
• "Wasteland" (Billy Idol song), a 1993 single by Billy Idol from the Cyberpunk album
• "Wasteland" (Poison song), a song by Poison from their 2002 album Hollyweird
• "Wasteland" (The View song), a song by The View from their debut album Hats Off to the Buskers
• "The Wasteland" (Elton John song), a song by Elton John from his album Songs From The West Coast
• Wasteland (Atargatis album), an album by Atargatis
• Wasteland (The Jam album)
  Wasteland (The Jam album)
  Wasteland is a compilation by The Jam which was released in 1992. It is a collection of their earlier songs. Essentially, it was budget-priced but despite the key of release, it sold well.-Track listing:All songs written by Paul Weller except as noted....
  
  , a 1992 album by The Jam
• The Waste Lands (album)
  The Waste Lands (album)
  The Wastelands is the eighth studio album by British heavy metal band Venom. It is the last with bassist/singer Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan and also the last before the reunion of the classic Venom line-up from their first four albums Welcome to Hell, Black Metal, At War with Satan and Possessed...
  
  , an album by Venom
• "Baba O'Riley
  Baba O'Riley
  "Baba O'Riley" is a song written by Pete Townshend for the English rock band The Who. Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenaged wasteland"...
  
  ", the 1971 song by the English rock band The Who, is often called "Teenage Wasteland" after the phrase repeated throughout the song
• "Wasteland," a song by Trapt from their 2008 album Only Through the Pain
  Only Through the Pain
  Only Through the Pain is the third studio album by the American rock band Trapt. Only Through the Pain was released on August 5, 2008 through Allen Kovac and Nikki Sixx's Eleven Seven Music....
  
  
• "Wasteland", a song by the Fallout videogame series inspired punk band Capital Wastelanders from their album "Off the Vault" (2011).

See also