Vern overhears his big brother, Billy, talking with his friend, Charlie, about finding the body. Billy does not want to inform police because it could draw attention to a car theft he and Charlie committed. When Vern tells his friends about the body, the four boys—hoping to become local heroes—decide to look for it. After Chris steals his father's pistol, he and Gordie run into local hoodlums "Ace" Merrill and Chris's older brother, "Eyeball". Ace threatens Chris with a lit cigarette and steals Gordie's Yankees cap, which was a gift from Denny. Times change. In high school I found my tribe but I still have fond memories of my preteen "girl gang", even if I'm no longer friends with them. Bramesco, Charles (August 22, 2016). " 'Stand by Me' at 30: Why This Stephen King Movie Is Timeless". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018 . Retrieved August 25, 2018. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved December 27, 2021. The coming-of-age film Now and Then (1995) has been described as a "female" version of Stand by Me by many critics.

Is horror all you write?" is the second most frequent question Stephen King encounters,* he tells us in the Afterword to this superlative quartet of novels. Although he is by now a world-class grand master of the horrific, he resists entombment in that genre. That he can transcend horror is proved triumphantly in these four works. At the same time, nobody in search of the utterly distinctive King brand of driving narrative, graphically rendered scene and character, and stamp-on-the-clinging-fingers cliffhanger plot will go away unsatisfied. Consider the four: King co-wrote the bestselling novel ‘ Sleeping Beauties‘ with his son Owen King, and many of King’s books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including ‘ The Shawshank Redemption‘, ‘ Gerald’s Game’ and ‘ It‘. Pg 2- Teddy’s Uncle makes an appearance in Skeleton Crew story, ‘Nona’ , as does Vern Tessio, and Ace Merrill It's not King's trademark horror; it is actually free of the constraints of any so-called 'genre'. It is a coming-of-age character-study novella set in 1960 Maine where monsters are not hiding behind bushes but instead live in the hearts of people - the setting and themes at which King excels.Greene, Andy (October 31, 2014). "Stephen King: The Rolling Stone Interview". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 23, 2017 . Retrieved April 1, 2020. Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile are all really great ones. The Breathing Method--a tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what. a b c d e f g h i j k l Scott, Vernon (November 21, 1986). "How 'Stand By Me' Was Almost Left Standing At The Gate". Chicago Tribune. United Press International. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017 . Retrieved April 24, 2017.

a b McGovern, Joe (May 12, 2016). " 'Stand by Me' turns 30: The blueberry pie scene gets an oral history". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016 . Retrieved May 2, 2017. A timeless exploration of the loneliness and isolation of young adulthood, Stephen King’s The Body is an iconic, unforgettable, coming-of-age story.If you think you've experienced a Stephen King book by watching the film adaption, I assure you, you're mistaken. There's something about his simplistic writing style that captures you and draws you into the worlds he creates that plays better in your head than on the big screen. Benson, Sheila (August 8, 1986). "From the Archives: 'Stand by Me' is a summer standout". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017 . Retrieved April 24, 2017. And then there is the very real fear that while you’re just about to go on your long journey and your life is lying in front of you, fresh and ready to be explored, a web of roads that may lead you anywhere, a succession of crossroads that present you with endless possibilities, that you might take a wrong turn somewhere and end up in a cul-de-sac. That fear of getting it wrong. This time around I loved this book the only thing stopping it from being a 5 star read is that its in my opinion too short. I want more. As an adult I read this book in a completely different way and I'm sure that I would view the movie differently now as well.

Although popularly known as “The King of Horror,” King’s work also draws from science fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction. His novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, originally published in his short fiction collection Different Seasons (1982), tells of a prisoner at the Shawshank Penitentiary who becomes involved in a money-laundering scheme concocted by one of the guards. His eight-book fantasy series, The Dark Tower (1982–2012), is a mash-up of Tolkienesque fantasy and spaghetti westerns. King has also collaborated with his sons on various works. His elder son, Joe, has become a celebrated writer of speculative fiction in his own right under the pen name Joe Hill. They collaborated on two novellas, Throttle (2009) and In the Tall Grass (2012). King and Owen co-wrote Sleeping Beauties in 1997. In addition to his fiction, King is also celebrated for his advice on the craft of writing. In his 2000 book On Writing, he urges aspiring writers to prioritize making time to read and write—at least four to six hours a day. He believes strongly that authorial talent does not supersede practice and drive. by King. McLeod requested a portion of the royalties from The Body and Stand by Me; King refused. McLeod sued, which ended their friendship. Since then,But mostly this is a story about friendships, and how they won’t last forever. At least most of them don’t. And maybe that’s for the better. Because you have to become your own person. You have to change and grow and experience new things and meet new people. You have to live your life. I'm not even embarrassed to admit that I've rewatched Rob Reiner's version multiple times (I kind of lost count at this point Apparently my original review defaults to something attributed to “Robin Waterfield” instead of Stephen King. 🤷‍♀️ So reposting it here as apparently something weird happened between 2012 when it was written and now.