Different Seasons

Fair easy to spot, that these stories are some of Kings early works, but they are still a good read :-)

i actually only read the body from this book, the one that stand by me was based on. i read snippets of apt pupil as well, but never finished it.

A collection of great short stories, and at the time they came out were so shockingly different from Kings standard at the time. I had read this book before any of the stories became movies. I am very glad it worked out that way. While the movies were good, reading and conjuring up my own visuals while reading these stories was an awesome get away without having Hollywood draw me their own...more

A collection of great short stories, and at the time they came out were so shockingly different from Kings standard at the time. I had read this book before any of the stories became movies. I am very glad it worked out that way. While the movies were good, reading and conjuring up my own visuals while reading these stories was an awesome get away without having Hollywood draw me their own pictures to each story.   hide

Has some of King's better short stories in it. Particularly "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" and "The Body".