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"The breathing method, from Stephen King's bestselling collecton Different seasons,0 takes place in an exclusive gentlemen's club in New York, where no one pays any dues. Membership is based upon a telling of tales, and one nightmarish tale about a disgraced woman determined to give birth - not matter the consequences - pays for them all."--Publisher's description.Tags
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An excellent short story. I enjoyed listening/reading this suspenseful story about stories or "tales." This is a story of a men's "club" who gather around once a week to drink fine wine and tell each other tales. The story is really about the tale and is just that. Classic Stephen King, even better listening to it on Audible. I kept waiting for Boris Karloff or Vincent Price to jump out and go "boo". Fun, quick read.
Yay...my final foray into Different Seasons. My favorite story in the set is easily Shawshank Redemption, but the other three stories (including this one) are all closely tied for second favorite. If I had to order them all, it would be Shawshank Redemption, Breathing Method, Apt Pupil, and The Body (coming-of-age stories are boring to me).
I went into this thinking it was a relation to "Quitters, Inc" (featured in the Nightshift short story collection and the Cat's Eye movie). It was an interesting take on the early days of what would eventually be called Lamaze and includes a bit of unexpected body-horror at the end. I can see why this is the only one in the collection that hasn't been dramaticized yet - it would be very difficult to show more produce it in such a way that the audience would enjoy the overall story as well as the horrific(ally) good ending. show less
I went into this thinking it was a relation to "Quitters, Inc" (featured in the Nightshift short story collection and the Cat's Eye movie). It was an interesting take on the early days of what would eventually be called Lamaze and includes a bit of unexpected body-horror at the end. I can see why this is the only one in the collection that hasn't been dramaticized yet - it would be very difficult to show more produce it in such a way that the audience would enjoy the overall story as well as the horrific(ally) good ending. show less
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Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maine at Orono in 1970, he became a teacher. His spare time was spent writing short stories and novels. King's first novel would never have been published if not for his wife. She removed the first few show more chapters from the garbage after King had thrown them away in frustration. Three months later, he received a $2,500 advance from Doubleday Publishing for the book that went on to sell a modest 13,000 hardcover copies. That book, Carrie, was about a girl with telekinetic powers who is tormented by bullies at school. She uses her power, in turn, to torment and eventually destroy her mean-spirited classmates. When United Artists released the film version in 1976, it was a critical and commercial success. The paperback version of the book, released after the movie, went on to sell more than two-and-a-half million copies. Many of King's other horror novels have been adapted into movies, including The Shining, Firestarter, Pet Semetary, Cujo, Misery, The Stand, and The Tommyknockers. Under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, King has written the books The Running Man, The Regulators, Thinner, The Long Walk, Roadwork, Rage, and It. He is number 2 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. King is one of the world's most successful writers, with more than 100 million copies of his works in print. Many of his books have been translated into foreign languages, and he writes new books at a rate of about one per year. In 2003, he received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2012 his title, The Wind Through the Keyhole made The New York Times Best Seller List. King's title's Mr. Mercedes and Revival made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2015 for Best Novel with Mr. Mercedes. King's title Finders Keepers made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. Sleeping Beauties is his latest 2017 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) Stephen King is the author of more than thirty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are "Hearts in Atlantis", "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", "Bag of Bones", & "The Green Mile". "On Writing" is his first book of nonfiction since "Danse Macabre", published in 1981. He served as a judge for Prize Stories: The Best of 1999, The O. Henry Awards. He lives in Bangor, Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. King's book, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories, made the 2015 New York Times bestseller list. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Breathing Method [short fiction]
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- David; Dr. Emlyn McCarron
- Important places
- Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
- Related movies
- Stand by Me (1986 | IMDb); Stand by Me [1986 film]
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- Members
- 147
- Popularity
- 222,591
- Reviews
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- Languages
- 5 — Czech, Dutch, English, French, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 22
- ASINs
- 2
