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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Three of the novellas have been made into movies.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption became The Shawshank Redemption
Apt Pupil became Apt Pupil
The Body became Stand By Me
I suggest if this gets to the vote and wins that the three novellas made into movies be read.
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I'd have no trouble/complaint in discussing the the whole collection, but that would make it fairly long (560 pages in paperback). Shawshank and The Body are both excellent stories and great movies - but the other two are much less so and come closer to horror, which may not be to everyone's tastes.
What I like about
The Body is that, aside from the slightly morbid title, it's really just a kid's adventure story. Who else besides a bunch of 12yo boys are going to make plans to walk across the country-side overnight on the chance they will get to see their first body? The "body" in this story is mostly symbolic, only horrific from the reality of it and for the impact it has on the 12yo protagonists. For me, this story shows King at his finest and with little in the way of the baggage that might get in the way of someone trying him out.