I have never made any apologizes for my total allegiance to Stephen King... the man has made my childhood and early adult life wonderful with his writing, and whether you like his works or not it is hard to deny his success. Most people know him for his horror work... I get it, it makes up the majority of his work that people know. But the dude has so many other genres of writing that he has touched on it blows my mind. He is truly the quintessential American writer of the last 40 years, and my reasoning for that is just the sheer body of work he has created and how far reaching his stuff has grown. King has had his fair share of works adapted for film or TV... mostly horror projects (The Shining, Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Dead Zone, Etc), but also a lot of mainstream subject books (The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, Under The Dome, etc) have been adapted as well. Some have been great, some have been awful... but in this current state of TV (with the short order summer TV series dominating the market) it is ripe for some of King's works to shine. Under the Dome was one of the biggest hits of last summer (amazing TV...) and The Following was also a big fan fave last year (not one of King's works, but in the same vein), so ABC is trying to catch lightening in a bottle again, adapting King's short story 'The NY Times At A Special Bargain Rate' for a summer series in 2014. Check after the jump for more details...
