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{{quote| ''This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation.''}}
 
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* [[Gorn]]: Most of the book consists of the Kid's travels through the deserts and prairies, intercut with sickening scenes of violence.
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: The Kid, who is our protagonist. And by 'heroic', all that's meant is he doesn't positively derive pleasure from being evil.
* [[Historical Fiction]]: [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joel_Glanton:John Joel Glanton|John Joel Glanton]] was indeed a scalp-hunter who led the infamous Glanton Gang, and a lot of ''Blood Meridian'' is drawn from the account of one of his gang members. His employer, Charles Riddell ("Mr. Riddle" in the book) was also a real person.
** As was Judge Holden, scarily enough. He gets the [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] in this book.
*** Dear God let's hope it was [[Historical Villain Upgrade]].
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