Different Seasons

Different Seasons
First edition cover
Author(s)	Stephen King
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Viking
Publication date	August 27, 1982
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	527
ISBN	978-0670272662
Preceded by	Night Shift
Followed by	Skeleton Crew

Different Seasons (1982) is a collection of four Stephen King novellas with a more serious bent than the horror fiction for which King is famous:

Name	Subtitle	Movie Adaptation
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption	Hope 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	N/A

Afterword

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.

See also

• 1982 in literature
• Short fiction by Stephen King