I'm nearly finished with my second reading of Blood Meridian today. What novel should I pick up next? I've read Warlock and Butcher's Crossing, which I understand are part of the "unofficial" trilogy of revisionist westerns, which Blood Meridian is apart of. Is there any novel that compares? Looking for stuff that is rarely mentioned here.

>>24564161 (OP)
read Ben Klassen.

>>24564166
I already have.

>>24564161 (OP)
There's nothing like it but you can try Moby dick which it takes some inspiration from

>>24564188
I've been meaning to read Moby Dick. I've got about halfway through before I stopped, and when I picked it up again, it was too late and I figured I might as well start over.

Lonesome Dove

All the Pretty Horses
The Crossing

True Grit

>>24564201
>Lonesome Dove
>All the Pretty Horses
>The Crossing
>True Grit
I have all these books. I might read Lonesome Dove, but it might take me the rest of the year.

>>24564221
Only Atph and TC are like BM. The others are westerns but not similar

>>24564161 (OP)
probably the bible, no one comes close to McCarthy's re-interpretation of the American sense of freedom. I'd suggest any Ralph Waldo Emerson collection to get a deeper reading of the Judge considering his ideology/philosophy is inspired from Emerson. Apart from that, depends what you are looking for - why did you like the novel? The Road is of course another classic by McCarthy, but if you just want to read about killing injuns, I am not sure I could help you on that front.

>>24564226
>Why did you like the novel?
On my second read, I've noticed some specific scenes that I glanced over during my first reading: the Judge having the strength to lift a fallen asteroid in a game that plays out with the scalp-hunters and other travelers, the appearance of the gang in San Diego and on the beachfront (it was somewhat interesting considering the novel takes place mostly in the desert and in smaller desert towns. Also, the beachfront felt like a conclusion on their trek along the border), even the size and scope of their travels was pretty interesting to follow, as well as the politics of the gang and the marauding nature of John Joel Glanton.

If there's any western novel or novel that is remotely attributable to the "western," even the wandering swordsman, swashbuckler, etc. with the scope and historicity that Blood Meridian contains, I'd be interested. I can't help but think of pirates in this context, but anything remotely similar would be interesting to me.

>>24564452
Also, I should mention that a friend of mine recommended Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

>le violent sodomy
the road is better and deserves a better reputation. i'll give him that the book is extremely well researched but the edgelord shit is totally unnecessary

>>24564467
I'll admit that some of the scenes are little bit stretched and the prose that reflects the scenes and the dialogue are unnecessarily dense for no other than McCarthy showcasing how developed is vocabulary is.

>>24564452
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey is similar in setting and in quality

>>24564161 (OP)
The Ox-Bow Incident, it was published in 1940 well before all the books you listed and is considered by many the first revisionist Western novel

>>24564498
I'll certainly give this read. I was read a similar novel this year, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen, which was great.

>>24564161 (OP)
I finished today The Blood Meridian; i think it is very similar to In the Miso Soup (you should give it a try)

>>24564452
hmmm if you're into allusions like that... probably the Great Gatsby ngl, he's one of the best American author oat

>>24565454
I read The Great Gatsby in high school, but I'd give it a read again.

>>24564161 (OP)
>Don Quijote
>Gargantua and Pantagruel
>Journey To the West
>Simplicius Simplicissimus (picaresques in general)
>Glanton source memoir
>explorer memoirs
>Kipling's poems
>British East India Co. histories
>Heart of Darkness
>Paradise lost

>>24565522
it's super short, there's overlap in between the judge's final prophecy and the ways parties are structured throughout Gatsby

>>24566783
Interesting. I would never have expected this.

>>24565618
I have Simplicius Simplicissimus and Don Quijote in my library, but I will certainly give these a read. I think the source memoirs would be really interesting, especially Glanton's and Chamberlin's My Confession.

In the Rogue Blood.

>>24567519
Thanks, I'll check this out.