stephen king c/d?

Of Stephen King's first 17 novels, everyone has been or is being made into a film or tv miniseries -- two of them being mini series and one of them is supposedly in the works. (see below)

'Approximately ten years ago The Eyes of the Dragon was optioned by a French company but the option collapsed. Currently Steven E. Gordon holds that option and is developing this project for an animated feature.'

The streak begins with his first book Carrie in '74. The next book to not be adapted to film is Dolores Claiborne in '92.

That lucky bastard. I think he might be rich.

Dolores Claiborne was made into a movie (or maybe a mini-series?).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Claiborne_(film)

thank you, I missed that when I was looking up several of the first 17 Stephen King novels on wiki. Now I have no idea when his last novel was adapted and I guess I better get back to work :/

Gerald's Game (1992) is a novel by Stephen King. It stands as one of the few properties in King's work that hasn't been adapted for television or film, possibly because the lead actress would be required to be naked or near-naked for most of the film, and the disturbing themes of necrophilia.

That means, uh, his first 18 novels have been or are being adabted to television or film.

I don't know if this gerald's game is any good but seeing a naked chick for a whole film seems kinda cool
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after reading what that book's about, I change my mind, bleh. stephen king takes the fun out of sex.

somebody asked about his books with Peter Straub- The Talisman and Black House. both are up there with his best work, if you like SK then they're pretty much essential.

Dude's probably roffling this morning.

i just saw "an apt pupil" the other night - bonkers film, really good.

Does anyone know which book the story "Rock & Roll Heaven" is in? cuz I just read that recently and it was corny and fricken terrifying at the same time.

I don't like his novels that much but I think his short stories are very good.

That's in Nightmares and Dreamscapes and it's called something like, "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band." (I just looked at my copy of the book to double check, walked across the house, and already not sure of exact story title...)

got Different Seasons for a buck tonight - is the Shawshank novella better than the movie?

Yes, I think it is.

As are "The Body" and "Apt Pupil". (The other story hasn't been filmed, afaik.)

The Shawshank novella is better than the movie, but then again I hate the movie.

An adaptation of the winter story could be one of the strangest, most beautiful films ever if done right.

Dreamcatcher II: The Poopening

"Apt Pupil" is probably my favorite of the King novellas - the movie was really disappointing though. The Long Walk ranks pretty high too.

I got way into Stephen King when I was pretty young, like fourth grade. My parents were always into me reading whatever, which is kind of funny when they would later freak out about dirty movies or music - I read way crazier stuff in King books when I was 10. I loved the Bachman books, Different Seasons, Skeleton Crew, and a lot of the early novels but stopped reading new ones probably around The Tommyknockers, which I tried a couple of times but never got into.

A lot of the short stories and the parts of The Stand and Needful Things about society falling apart and people turning on each other and utter chaos breaking out are some of my favorite things ever.

I love love love how pretty much everyone in the world dies in the first part of The Stand. I'm sure this means I'm a sociopath or something.

Also echoing the preference for the novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption over the film. And of the four novellas in Different Seasons, The Body has always been my favorite. I've always thought I was alone in that opinion.

I was in a hardcore band in junior high school called The Stand. I still have the tapes.

<i>So, I need some easy summer reading, and I thought I'd try some Stephen King for the first time -- any recommendations?

More specifically, I kinda fancy checking out "The Stand" because the Lost writers keep name-dropping it -- is it worth it (it's long!) and should I read the old/short or new/long version?

-- Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 20:47 (9 months ago) Link</i>

Ha, I finally finished reading this today! It's only taken me, what, 8 months? (I did take several breaks.)

Thanks for the recommendation, though. What an awesome book.

So glad you enjoyed it!