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Naw, King's novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" was totally solid in its own right before the movie. Same with "The Body" and its earlier subsequent "Stand By Me". Both of those from "Different Seasons".

You're probably right - I was basing it on King's praise for Darabont's work.

Apt Pupil is also from Different Seasons and both the novella and movie are pretty good.

Bladerunner is a good example. I found the book unreadble (both dated and just plain not very good) but the movie stands up today.

Interesting how different opinions can be. I loved "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", as well as the Bladerunner movie!

I made the mistake of reading Interview with a Vampire. Yuck. How they managed to make a great movie out of that is beyond me.