#51 in Horror
Different Seasons
- 531
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Different Seasons” is King with the horror turned down: four novellas, one per season, built on drama, friendship and growing up. The range is wide, though some readers find the set uneven and rate the Shawshank story well above the other three. At over five hundred pages it is best taken one novella at a time.
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About the book
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. The four novellas are tied together via subtitles that relate to each of the four seasons. The collection is notable for having three out of its four novellas turned into Hollywood films, one of which, The Shawshank Redemption, was nominated for the 1994 Academy Award for Best Picture, and another, Stand by Me, was nominated for the 1986 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 517 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.2 | 19 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 498 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Different Seasons?
It has 531 pages — longer than 79% of the ranked books in Horror.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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