Different Seasons (Shawshank buy Redemption, Stand By Me, et al.) Stephen King, 1982 1st Edition/2nd Print VG/VG Hardcover/Brodart-protected DJ

Title: DIFFERENT SEASONS
Author: STEPHEN KING
Dust Jacket Illustrator: Kinuko Y. Craft
ISBN: 0-670-27266-3
Year/Edition/Printing: 1982/1st Edition/2nd Printing. Proof: "2" in number line, "First published in 1982 by The Viking Press" "0882" dust jacket; & Viking Press address listed on copyright page & dust jacket.
Four Titles included: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption; Apt Pupil; The Body (Stand By Me); and The Breathing Method
Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: Very Good Book/Very Good Price-Clipped Dust Jacket. Please see detailed description below. NOTE: Pictures shot without new removable archival cover so as to NOT hide any flaws.
Publisher: The Viking Press - New York
Date: 1982
Country: USA
Special Attributes: All four titles adapted into movies. The only book ever published that can make this claim.
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Detailed Description: BOOK: Minor bumping on board & spine edges, more moderate on couple board corners. A neat, small lettered inscription on front loose endpage. Light uniform age toning on edges of text block. Spine is square, binding tight & other than inscription, text impeccably clean, i.e, NO Writing, Highlighting, Underlining, Stains, Marks, Soiling, Tears, Creases, etc. DUST JACKET: Minor chipping/wear concentrated on spine's & turns' edges. A couple short closed tears (longest @ .6") on bottom edge of spine invisibly tape-repaired on back side. Moderate rubbing. As older books can prove difficult to comprehensively yet concisely describe PLEASE CAREFULLY REVIEW ALL OF ACTUAL BOOK'S PICTURES as they comprise the most accurate & definitive description. CONDITION GUARANTEED!

Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four Stephen King novellas with a more serious dramatic bent than the horror fiction for which King is famous.[1] The four novellas are tied together via subtitles that relate to each of the four seasons. The collection is notable for having all of its novellas turned into Hollywood films, one of which, The Shawshank Redemption, was nominated for the 1994 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Novellas
Name Subtitle Film adaptation
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank RedemptionHope Springs Eternal The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Apt Pupil Summer of Corruption Apt Pupil (1998)
The Body Fall From Innocence Stand by Me (1986)
The Breathing Method A Winter's Tale The Breathing Method (2020)

At the ending of the book, there is also a brief afterword, which King wrote on January 4, 1982. In it, he explains why he had not previously submitted the novellas (each written at a different time) for publication. Early in his career, his agents and editors expressed concern that he would be "written off" as someone who only wrote horror. However, his horror novels turned out to be quite popular and made him much in demand as a novelist. Conversely, the novellas, which did not deal (primarily) with the supernatural, were very difficult to publish as there was not a mass market for "straight" fiction stories in the 25,000- to 35,000-word format. Thus, King and his editor conceived the idea of publishing the novellas together as "something different", hence the title of the book.

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