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Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four novellas, markedly different in tone and subject, each on the theme of a journey. The first is a rich, satisfying, nonhorrific tale about an innocent man who carefully nurtures hope and devises a wily scheme to escape from prison. The second concerns a boy who discards his innocence by enticing an old man to travel with him into a reawakening of long-buried evil. In the third story, a writer looks back on the trek he took with three friends on the brink of adolescence to find another boy's corpse. The trip becomes a character-rich rite of passage from youth to maturity. These first three novellas have been made into well-received movies: "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" into Frank Darabont's 1994 The Shawshank Redemption (available as a screenplay, a DVD film, and an audiocassette), "Apt Pupil" into Bryan Singer's 1998 film Apt Pupil (also released in 1998 on audiocassette), and "The Body" into Rob Reiner's Stand by Me (1986). The final novella, "Breathing Lessons," is a horror yarn told by a doctor, about a patient whose indomitable spirit keeps her baby alive under extraordinary circumstances. It's the tightest, most polished tale in the collection. --Fiona Webster

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Not until the last Author's N...more...]]> 5 2 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jun 19 21:08:29 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 21:15:45 -0700 2007 The book starts out with "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," which is abs...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 12:51:26 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 22:38:50 -0700 2008 The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me were based on the stories, "Rita Hayworth and the Shawsha...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 10 11:01:13 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 14:58:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 26 09:38:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 09:44:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 2 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 14:50:32 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 06:43:55 -0700 2009 Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Don't know if I will read the other novellas, since horror is not my thing.

Rita Hayworth was very good, but it's overshadowed by the excellent movie. I couldn't not hear Morgan Freeman as the narrator's voice.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 05:23:58 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 05:29:16 -0800 2009 2
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1) Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption - the basis for the terrific movie The Shawshank Redemption. This is a rare case when the movie captures the essence of the book (more likely to happen with King is not involved in the production, for some ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Oct 01 23:28:24 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 05:23:34 -0700 2009 2
By now everyone knows about Shawshank so I’ll not cover that one. Suffice to say it’s excellently written and was a firm fav of mine before the film was made.

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