The standard of his writing (as well as the laughable subject matter) often suffer criticism. I tend to steer clear of horror/supernatural fiction and Stephen King’s slick production line in particular. Two of the movies would become classics, loved by millions and watched over and over again: The Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, and Stand by Me, featuring four budding young actors including the brilliant but ill-fated River Phoenix. He or she didn’t know three of the four stories would in time be transformed into major motion pictures. On the volume’s publication, a reviewer scathingly condemned Stephen King’s Different Seasons: “It will take all of King’s monumental byline-insurance to drum up an audience for this bottom-of-the-trunk collection: four overpadded novellas, in non-horror genres” (Kirkus Reviews, 1 August, 1982). Different Seasons, by Stephen King (1982, Occult) collects four of King’s stories, including Hope springs eternal: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption and Fall from innocence: The Body.
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