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Books:
Blood Meridian (or the Evening Redness in the West)
by Cormac McCarthy
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt
The Shadow of the Torturer (Book of the New Sun, Vol. 1)
by Gene Wolfe
The Night Land
by William Hope Hodgson
Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, Book 1)
by C.S. Friedman
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
by Haruki Murakami
The Vorrh
by B. Catling
Perdido Street Station
by China Miéville
Characters:
Kirth Gersen (Demon Princes — Jack Vance)
Severian (The Book of the New Sun — Gene Wolfe)
Solomon Kane (stories by Robert E. Howard)
Jonah Hex (DC Comics)
The Man with No Name (Dollars Trilogy — Sergio Leone / Clint Eastwood)
Elric of Melniboné (Michael Moorcock)
Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher — Andrzej Sapkowski)
Vash the Stampede (Trigun — Yasuhiro Nightow)
Judge Dredd (2000 AD comics)
The Kid (Blood Meridian — Cormac McCarthy)
Corwin (The Chronicles of Amber — Roger Zelazny)
Anasûrimbor Kellhus (Prince of Nothing — R. Scott Bakker)
Movies:
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
The Proposition (2005)
The Salvation (2014)
Dead Man (1995)
Le Samouraï (1967)
Outland (1981)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
Ravenous (1999)
Serenity (2005)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Hara-Kiri (Seppuku) (1962)
Sukiyaki Western: Django (2007)
Music:
Sleeping on the Blacktop by Colter Wall
The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
First Breath After Coma by Explosions in the Sky
Crystal Frontier by Calexico
Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone
Pancho & Lefty by Townes Van Zandt
River's a Troublesome Thing by Ian Noe
Black River Killer by Blitzen Trapper
The Curse by Josh Ritter
TV Shows:
The Witcher
Westworld
Justified
Penny Dreadful
Preacher
Into the Badlands
The Mandalorian
Deadwood
Carnival Row
Banshee
Godless
Longmire
True Detective (Season 1)
Video Games:
Weird West — A grim, choice-driven immersive-sim set in a cursed Wild West where your gunslinger’s actions ripple across fate and companions; (PC/PS/Xbox).
West of Dead — Gritty twin-stick/third-person roguelite with a haunted-noir Western vibe, tight gunplay and roguelike runs (voiced by Ron Perlman); (PC/PS/Xbox/Switch).
Hard West — Turn-based tactical Western that mixes duels and shootouts with occult/ka-like supernatural twists and consequence-heavy decisions; (PC/Switch/console ports).
Hard West 2 — A grimmer, more narrative-focused follow-up that leans into outlaw duels and supernatural Western storytelling; (PC/console).
Westerado: Double Barreled — Pixel-art open-world revenge Western with investigation, multiple endings and tense duels — small, clever, very Roland-friendly; (PC/console).
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger — A narrative FPS about legend, duels and the costs of being a gunslinger — strong storytelling and duel sequences; (PC/PS/Xbox).
Desperados III — Precision tactical stealth in a Wild West setting where planning, timing and skill win fights — feels like leading a small ka-tied posse; (PC/PS/Xbox).
Remnant: From the Ashes — Third-person, dark-fantasy shooter about journeying through fractured worlds, monstrous bosses and harsh survival — evokes Roland’s multiversal quests; (PC/PS/Xbox).
Darkest Dungeon — Roguelike, party-based gothic adventure about stress, harsh choices and permanent loss — the grim weight of a gunslinger’s long quest translated to party management; (PC/Switch/PS/Xbox).
The Sinking City — Lovecraftian investigation and creeping cosmic horror in a flooded, corrupt city — leans into fate, madness and uncovering painful truths; (PC/PS/Xbox).
