Memos From The Wasteland

by M.P. Fitzgerald

Nothing is certain but atomic death and taxes. Memos From The Wasteland contains five short stories from the United Wastes and is the official prequel to A Happy Bureaucracy.

Genres: Fiction

41 pages, ebook

About the author

M.P. Fitzgerald is an author and amateur mad scientist. He writes stories across genres for misfits, weirdos, philosophers and pirates alike.

Reviews

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this ebook from free from the author, and I found this very funny, right now I only want to get my hands on happy bureaucracy as well.
Memos from the wasteland its a quite short book made from stories, from the happy bureaucracy world, the first one was a letter for his son (one new auditor that was forced to accept the raise in the job or be kicked out of irs bunker) was kind of sad, but that was only the bottom, the rest was very uplifting, loved the email exchange and the pirate cooking book 🤣🤣had to read that out loud, well what can I say, it was a very short while but very amusing one, thank you M. P. Fitzgerald loved your sense of humour, we need more of that

[Susana Duarte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read this snippets of The Wasteland reality after reading the first 2 books in the serie.
I would advise to read at least the first book to already be familiar with the series new world, but if you have any doubts about starting then this little intro will be perfect to show you the author's sense of humor and they can be enjoyed by them selfs fine.
Though I understand this humor is not for everybody, I really find the story hilarious and very entertaining while criticizing all the ridiculous rules bureaucracy creates.
I fully recommend this serie and I'm looking forward for the next book.

[Joan Barstad · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a new author for me. So, it took me a few pages to grasp the satire.

The gist of the story is that the tax man will still collect his taxes come hell or high water.

I really enjoyed reading it. I had not thought that satire had a place in the apocalypse...but I guess I was wrong.

Give it a try, you may like it.

[Lara Giesbers · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The only thing certain are death and taxes." This statement is brought to life as the IRS survives the nuclear holocaust. It's goal? to do its job and make sure the U.S. government keeps on ticking. M.P. Fitzgerald does another fine job of finding humor in a dark and cynical world.

[Asiaman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is at the end of the Land Pirates wasteland book so when you buy this book go to the end and pick up Memos from the Wasteland and read it first as it will give you a lot of information about the rest of the series. The series is a great one.

[William Bremkamp · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really amazing, and has a shockingly realistic account of what it would be like to live in a post apocalyptic world!

[Gordon de Lacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Satire that is scarily close to what reality might be!

[Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great satire of the apocalypse. Very depressing to me since I will still have to pay taxes. LOL. Great read though. Really liked the characters in it.

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humorous notes on life after apocalypse. The best involves cooking meat. A nice read of about an hour.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not one for making words, that's why I read and luckily I have found an author to keep me entertained.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

memos from the IRS 10 years after the nuclear apocalypse

[Lynn Kohlhaas · Rating 5 out of 5]

What fun concept! The IRS in a post-apocolyptic wasteland. These characters are crazy, wonderful, complex, and simple. The world building is ongoing, and very easy to imagine.

[Neill Gerstbauer · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I liked the feel of "undelivered". It set a good stage. But the rest of your is-this-really-a-book? never found stage center. I get it. These are excerpts but the flavor varied so greatly that it all seemed obtuse. I did laugh silently at "how to cook meat" by the nearly illiterate land pirate. I wish I could have seen the doodles that were removed for decency. I imagined R Crumb dicknose style drawings. Maybe some raunchy cowboys and Indians and no one riding actual horses. Eh?"

The above is (with minor alterations) what I initially told Fitzgerald after reading Memos. And I only gave it 2 stars. After reading his book A Happy Bureaucracy I increased my rating for this book to 3. If you're new to his madness I hope you read both books and take absolutely nothing seriously. Especially my reviews. Seriously, though, my reviews are written to make me laugh.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a 3.5 🌟 read rounded ⬆️ to 4 🌟.

[Ryu Takano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book that is written from different perspectives(kind of a pulp fiction kind of feel). It has a 'Fallout' flavor about it once you start reading it, anyone who plays games will know what I'm speaking of. Overall, it's a great apocalypse type story that's a must read if you like apocalypse type stories.

[Ami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great prequel to the series! I highly recommend the entire series, The Happy Bureaucracy!