Wasteland

Wasteland or Waste Land may refer to:

Literature

• Wasteland (mythology), the Celtic motif of the land of the Fisher King
• The Waste Land, a poem by T. S. Eliot
• The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, a novel by Stephen King
• Wasteland (Block novel), 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), a 1987 horror/humor comic book anthology written by John Ostrander and Del Close
• Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, a 2008 anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction
• "Wastelands", a 2002 short story by Stephen Dedman

Games

• Wasteland (video game), a computer role-playing game

Film and television

• Wasteland Speech, a 1961 speech by FCC chairman Newton N. Minow in which he compares television to "a vast wasteland"
• Wasteland (TV series), an American television drama, debuted in 1999
• Teenage Wasteland (film), 2006 film written and directed by Welsh director Andrew Jones
• Waste Land (film), 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), a 1992 album by The Jam
• The Waste Lands (album), an album by Venom
• "Baba O'Riley", 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

Other

• Waste, unproductive land on a manor.

See also

Waste products from mining and refining are often deposited as tailings or spoil tips. These areas are sometimes called wastelands. The corollary is land reclamation and land rehabilitation.