David Morrell: First Blood

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 244 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is literary legend and icon David Morrell.

On May 25, 1972, he introduced the world to Rambo with the publication of his debut thriller, First Blood. Over the past 50 years it has never been out of print. He went on to write dozens of novels including The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fraternity of the Stone, The League of Night and Fog, Testament, Blood Oath, Last Reveille, The Totem, The Fifth Profession, Assumed Identity, Burnt Sienna, Creepers, Scavenger, Murder as a Fine Art, The Opium Eater, Inspector of the Dead, Ruler of the Night, and scores of others.

He captures and passes along advice from his decades of writing experience in The Successful Novelist. David has also contributed to the world of Marvel comics having written for the Captain America, Spider-Man and Wolverine franchises. While immersing himself in research for his novels he has learned to fly, been trained in firearms, hostage negotiation, assuming identities, executive protection, defensive/offensive driving, wilderness survival, and corporate security. He is an honorary lifetime member of the Special Operations Association and the Association of Intelligence Officers. You can learn about David Morrell and his work at davidmorrell.net and you can follow him on Twitter @_DavidMorrell.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books of me, Jack Carr.
0:17.2	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Glad original presented by Navy Federal
0:21.2	Credit Union.
0:22.2	If you followed me for a little bit, you know what high regard I hold today is guest.
0:26.4	David Morrell, scholar, professor, gentleman, author, and creator of Rambo.
0:33.9	This year's the 50th anniversary of the publication of First Blood.
0:37.2	It came out on May 25, 1972.
0:40.5	In today's conversation, we get in to the cultural significance of Rambo and David's
0:46.8	influence on me personally and professionally.
0:50.5	So now, without further ado, my friend, David Morrell.
0:59.0	David, thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
1:01.4	This means so much to me.
1:04.2	And like we were just talking about, we have so much we could discuss on this podcast,
1:09.1	we could talk for days about all your work and influences and life story.
1:14.3	But because this is the 50th anniversary of the publication of First Blood, I think
1:19.6	we're going to focus on First Blood and Rambo as a phenomenon.
1:23.8	Sure.
1:24.8	Absolutely.
1:25.8	As a whole.
1:26.8	Because it had such an impact on me, both as a writer and then obviously my path into
1:32.8	the military.
1:33.9	And it did on a lot of other people as well.
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