Cujo

I'd like to see an adaption of King's novella Ur - it's in one of his story collections.
It was commissioned by Amazon to publicise their new Kindle (a teacher of English literature gets fed up with his students telling him about how marvelous kindles are, orders one to see what its like, and gets something unexpected). There's a bit of product placement, but it's a terrific thriller with a feel-good plot that reminds me of Shawshank Redemption. I don't know why Amazon haven't done it yet!

I love Stephen King. Am a big fan of his son Joe Hill's work as well. The new adaptation of IT is pretty good. The one I wish they'd adapt is The Long Walk, though, and i'm surprised they haven't as it would be relatively cheap to make.

I’ve just noticed the drop down menu that came when I mentioned GG8... how long has that been there? I like it!

Thank you, @GrumpyGran8!

As far as I recall it was just inspired by him and Tabitha staying in an empty hotel in Colorado and were the only two guests. I don’t think he was the caretaker!
You're probably right - it was something that I read years ago and my memory scrambled it.

I assumed he got substantial help from Tabitha but a quick google doesn't give much evidence other than this:
mentalfloss.com/article/53235/how-stephen-kings-wife-saved-carrie-and-launched-his-career

I wonder if, like David Eddings, we'll eventually find out that his wife is a co-author of some or all of his work?

Rose Madder had a great beginning, I was genuinely invested in Rose. But then it got weird even by SK's standards. There were aspects of it that I loved but the whole painting thing was just like wtf

WhentheRabbits, I know! I would have loved relishing all the extra detail that screen can't quite capture. I still remember bits of it like all the ghosts coming out of the walls, and the differing ways the women and the men were killed by the spirits. So many layers of fright.

@FloraBunting that's true, re not being an adaptation .

Still extremely spooky and I agree with you, a book would have probably been spookier still as its a different format , reading and watching . Books you can see what people are thinking etc .

@AlwaysComingHome .. Spot on .

Jaws once had an affair with Chief Brody’s mother and his fear of sharks is caused by the repressed memory of walking in on them having sex.

I am now repulsed, laughing, and fascinated by the idea... how very Stephen King of you

Rose Red isn't an adaptation, though, it was written as the mini series. I was quite disappointed as I loved it and thought there was a book out there I had missed and I would have loved to read! He did do a tie in book, I think, of a related tale, but it wasn't the story he put onscreen.

I remember reading Carrie and just loving his style - the ability to 'build a world' is something that adds fantastic depth, and yes, the internal worlds of the female characters are often quite convincing.

One of the female characters in Carrie has sex with her boyfriend, and she is almost workmanlike about it, doesn't have a climax herself, and King tells us she would store up the memory to masturbate to later. I remember having tentative conversations with female friends about having done similar things - it seemed such an intimate detail for a man to notice and comment on without negative judgement towards the female character.

HSAT, the weird kid sex bit at the end of It is still weird, even if it is supposed to tie in to other aspects of universes King creates, and that has kind of coloured my view of things. Still appreciate his ability, though.

Holly is in the Mr Mercedes trilogy too if you want more of her!

Thanks SgtFred

I was a teen when the original 80s mini series Salems Lot came out . There is one scene I still shudder at to remember.

One of my favourite SK adaptations is Rose Red. Strong women in that too . Got it all , Ghosts, psychics,visions etc .

The sheriff is the same sheriff as in the dead zone in the books (haven’t seen the films) and there is a reference to pervasive evil in castle rock and frank Dodd in the book but not that Cujo is possessed really.

the story was sparked by his time as an alcoholic would-be writer spending a winter as caretaker of a closed-down hotel.

Do you mean by King’s own time doing this Grumpy? As far as I recall it was just inspired by him and Tabitha staying in an empty hotel in Colorado and were the only two guests. I don’t think he was the caretaker! He was a teacher before he became a writer.

Holly in the mercedes trilogy is a private detective (assistant).
In the first Mr Mercedes book, there's also Freddy, the lesbian computer shop tech assisant. She's well drawn, and King makes it clear that she struggles against daily homophobia. I was really disappointed that she didn't eventually end up joining Holly in the private detective agency - they would have made a good pair.

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've just finished The Outsider which features a very interesting female private detective as one of its main characters.

Holly is in the Mr Mercedes trilogy too if you want more of her!

unwahsedanddazed
As I read Sleeping Beauties I eagerly awaited the transwoman who wasn't the slightest bit sleepy but sadly King wasn't brave enough to venture into that particular uncanny valley.
I noticed that as well. I like to think that he considered the idea, but rejected it.

Think about it - in terms of that particular story, at what stage of transition would a person actually become the opposite sex, so they would succumb to, or escape, the sleep? When they decide they might be the opposite sex? When they start dressing as the opposite sex? When they start taking hormones? When they have full GRS?
Going down that particular rabbithole may well have made King chuck the whole idea, lest it drive him to start drinking again!