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Comics writer and novelist (Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Gun Machine); keeps a public daily notebook at warrenellis.ltd.
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Is God IsOther Aleshea Harris
LAST WATCHED: I’ve been looking forward to watching IS GOD IS (2026) and it didn’t disappoint.
His daily notebook post, which logs what he read, listened to and last watched, usually with a verdict.
2026-08-20·warrenellis.ltd ↗
Went down to the Jazz Centre on Saturday to see the Roger Beaujolais Quartet, because I’ve never seen a vibraphone played live before. What a sound!
His daily notebook post, which logs what he read, listened to and last watched, usually with a verdict.
2026-08-24·warrenellis.ltd ↗
CopenhagenOther Michael Frayn
LAST WATCHED: A filmed version of the Frayn play COPENHAGEN with Stephen Rea, Daniel Craig and Francesca Annis.
His daily notebook post, which logs what he read, listened to and last watched, usually with a verdict.
2026-08-24·warrenellis.ltd ↗
ObstructionsOther Elyse Hart / John Pisaro
OBSTRUCTIONS, Elyse Hart / John Pisaro
His daily notebook post, which logs what he read, listened to and last watched, usually with a verdict.
2026-08-21·warrenellis.ltd ↗
The ModernsPodcast
THE MODERNS ep 430
His daily notebook post, which logs what he read, listened to and last watched, usually with a verdict.
2026-08-20·warrenellis.ltd ↗
LAST WATCHED: SISU 2: ROAD TO REVENGE (2025) is, sadly, a more conventional film than the original. Still lots of bloody fun, but too similar to the original in its beats to be as enjoyable, trying harder to be “emotional” while losing some of the little textual depth that made the first film surprising.
His daily notebook post, which logs what he read, listened to and last watched, usually with a verdict.
2026-08-22·warrenellis.ltd ↗
In Her Mind a DarknessBook L.S. Johnson
IN HER MIND A DARKNESS, LS Johnson
His daily notebook post, which logs what he read, listened to and last watched, usually with a verdict.
2026-08-20·warrenellis.ltd ↗
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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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