Kaylee ,'Shindig'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I can't remember which way for which though though.
I just happen to be reading Bare Bones (a collection of interviews with King) right now. He grew the beard for winter and shaved it off for summer. Beginning and end of baseball season were his markers for when one season turned into the other.
His columns in Entertainment Weekly (I think it's that one) are always fun reading, too.
When I saw Shawshank Redemption I wrote Stephen King an apology letter for ever calling him a hack.
Granted, I never mailed it.
Trudy is me. I never knew he had it in him, honestly.
Have you read The Shawshank Redemption? How does it compare to the movie, for any who have?
I've read the original story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption," though it's been a while. It's from Red's POV and I don't remember if there was the scandal with the warden in the story. They did need to flesh it out a little to fill a movie. But IIRC Red's story and hte ending follow the story quite well.
The story ends with Red on the bus, leaving town and contemplating that the biggest gift DuFresnes (spell?) gave him is hope. The reunion on the beach isn't in the story.
I remember the book being better than the movie, even though I really like the movie.
It's been years since I read it, but I thought the story was less lyrical--though not really in a bad way. I thought each version of the story was the right one for its format.
Is that collection 'Different Seasons'? Everything from that collection's been made into a movie--"Apt Pupil" and the story that became "Stand By Me"--except "Breathing Lessons," which would be a bit grim for anything but "Tales from the Crypt."
I have a Stephen King tome I still haven't opened yet, because it's so big and I don't feel that compelled to make such a time commitment. I guess, reading him these days, I feel like there's a low signal-to-noise ratio, and unlike romance novels, it's hard to skim horror/adventure novels and find the key scenes still comprehensible. So, I'm waiting for the day I'm stranded in a bus terminal in Des Moines to start it.
What I'm in the middle of right now is Matt Ruff's Set This House in Order, right in the middle, where I've had rather an interesting surprise. I thought I was So Smart, detecting little details in the two narratives, but this one completely blindsided me. We'll see how that pans out.