Originally Posted By: morepwr
Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
Shawshank is a good story but not a true story. Stephen King wrote it and then later it was made into a movie.
I did not know that! I also am a fan of the movie.
Some of King's best work is contained in the collection "Shawshank" is in: Different Seasons, from about 1982. No less than three of the novellas in there have been made into movies: "Shawshank," "The Body" became "Stand By Me," and "Apt Pupil" was filmed with Ian McKellen. Only the fourth story, "Breathing Method," hasn't been filmed -- and it would be dynamite.
People usually associate King's name with only the "horror" stories like Salem's Lot and The Shining. But he is a writer of stories, not in any particular genre.
Originally Posted By: Jimmy9190
Shawshank is a good story but not a true story. Stephen King wrote it and then later it was made into a movie.
I did not know that! I also am a fan of the movie.
Some of King's best work is contained in the collection "Shawshank" is in: Different Seasons, from about 1982. No less than three of the novellas in there have been made into movies: "Shawshank," "The Body" became "Stand By Me," and "Apt Pupil" was filmed with Ian McKellen. Only the fourth story, "Breathing Method," hasn't been filmed -- and it would be dynamite.
People usually associate King's name with only the "horror" stories like Salem's Lot and The Shining. But he is a writer of stories, not in any particular genre.
