We are wading through some silly questions from people on the Internet.
Jessie Waldorf from Facebook asks the perfectly silly question, “What is your favorite fiction
book?”
I don’t ... I don’t have a favorite book, Jessie. I’m sorry, I don’t have a favorite
wine or a favorite
whiskey or a favorite anything else for that matter ... But I ... You know ... There are
some good
things I have enjoyed in the past.
Ah... MOUNTAIN MAN by Vardis Fisher... That’s nice. Little tail of the American West that
I
think everybody needs to read. I like Robert Heinlein’s science fiction. I like GLORY
ROAD,
that’s one of the ... been one of the books I’ve come back to and read 100 times. GATES
OF
FIRE is a book by Steven Pressfield and all lifters should by now have already read GATES
OF
FIRE. That is required reading for, for lifters. You need to understand what tough is about
­­ and
that is a wonderful education for you regarding that.
Ah ... Nonfiction... Ah ... I’ll tell you as I sit here and think about ... ah ... the
nonfiction stuff I’ve
read... I know we’re not talking about textbooks and shit like that. We’re talking about
nonfiction
books... I’ll tell you about my favorite book. One of these things that I’ve also
read over and over
and over is a book called DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS by Peter Hathaway Capstick ... and ...
You have to read that book. It is, it is... Ah ... You know how a Heinlein novel grabs
you on the
first page and drags you into the story within the first three paragraphs? Capstick was a
white
hunter in Africa about 30 years ago ­­ 30, 40 years ago ­­ and ... ah ... wrote his
first book
about the game animals that he deals with ­­ the big five, so­called in Africa ­­ ah
... lion,
leopard, rhino, Cape Buffalo and elephant. And, there are big long chapters on all of
these
animals, and it’s ... I ... It is... It sounds as though ­­ and I’m not interested
in going to Africa
and going on safari ­­ but I tell you this, that book is so much fun to read. Its ... It
... He is an
excellent, excellent writer. I cannot... He is so readable. He uses metaphors so brilliantly
and
he’s just... If I could write like that, I ... I ... I wouldn’t have so damn much
trouble getting stuff
published, you know. But Captstick is fabulous. There’s a series of books that he, ah,
released... ah... formed out of articles he’d written for XXX and XXX, FIELD & STREAM, stuff
like that. But, the first book he released is called DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS and I highly
recommend that you get that book for my favorite work of nonfiction.
From Michael Smith on Twitter: Ah ... Michael asks the existentially important question.
Why,
Rip, do people do bad things? Because they can get away with it, Dumbass. Are you serious?
Ok ... now look ... Ah... Last one on this ... on this thing... Nils XXX from Facebook.
Glock or
1911? Glock. 1911’s don’t fit in my hand. The way I was taught to shoot... I ... I point
shoot and
the pistol has to lineup with my forearm. 1911 doesn’t do that. The Glock... Reason
I’m
convinced the reason everybody likes Glocks, are because for most people, you can shoot
a
that purpose. So
yeah... I don’t even own a 1911.
Neither should you.
No.