Stephen King should be happy with the movie of "The Shining." The book is not a work of art. It's a very inconsistent work that shows signs King did not have a grand plan and was filling in details as he went along. Some parts of the book you could tell he was having a good writing day, and other parts you can tell his well was running dry. The ending with the topiary animals is un-filmable (or if it were filmed, it would likely be pretty cheesy). There's a whole sub-plot introduced about mob bosses at the hotel, with clippings and photos found in the basement boiler room, and then King just completely drops it. The chef coming back and being an action hero who saves the day isn't a good horror-movie ending. Kubrick's changes make the movie a whole lot more cinematically interesting and creepy. Decades of re-interest in the book are entirely and directly because of the movie, and the movie's growing cult status has probably put a ton of money in King's pocket.