Different Seasons

by Stephen King

[wyvernfriend]

I've resisted reading a lot of King stories but these four were very interesting.

The first was Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption I've seen a few times and I know several people for whom it's a favourite, and the novella is also an interesting read. The story of a prison escape is good.

Apt Pupil, the second story has also been filmed, it's one I haven't seen but it's an interesting story of a older man, a man who was in charge of a concentration camp during the Nazi era and a young man who finds him and mines him for information, the pair of them feed of each other, and not in a good way.

The Body was the source for the film Stand By Me and is also an interesting story of four friend during a summer where they discover the whereabouts of a body. During this journey they find out more about themselves. The asides from the older author are also interesting.

The last story, The Breathing Method, had potential for further stories in the style of the Black Widower series by Isaac Asimov. A man is introduced to a storytelling group of men and finds himself interested in the group and gives some snippets of stories before recounting a maternity story that finishes with a gruesome twist.

All in all an interesting series of stories and I might try a few more, I'll have to pick the brains of a Stephen King fan or two.