However, his horror novels turned out to be quite popular and made him much in demand as a novelist. Early in his career, his agents and editors expressed concern that he would be "written off" as someone who only wrote horror. In it, he explains why he had not previously submitted the novellas (each written at a different time) for publication. The collection is notable for having nearly all of its novellas turned into Hollywood films, one of which, The Shawshank Redemption, was nominated for the 1994 Academy Award for Best Picture.Īt the ending of the book, there is also a brief afterword, which King wrote on January 4, 1982. The four novellas are tied together via subtitles that relate to each of the four seasons. Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four Stephen King novellas with a more dramatic bent, rather than the horror fiction for which King is famous.
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