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The 17th episode of the Reading and Writing podcast features an interview with David Morrell, New York Times bestselling thriller and suspense novelist and the original creator of the Rambo character. Morrell’s latest novel The Shimmer
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Even though an actor like Stallone gave life to the character, some of these Morrel works were first rate and frighteningly good suspense books! I just had a short essay on films and movie franchises and pointed out pulps (and Doc Savage) were roots for such great characters…
Stephen
Stephen, you’re definitely right about Stallone. He gave a great performance in First Blood, the first Rambo movie. And, I read every Doc Savage book I could get my hands on as a kid. I loved those Bantam reissue paperbacks in the 70s.