Still Holdin' On." It was hard to believe that we could ever be so excited about some "otherworldly" news again. But here we are in 2008 and at the top of our list of major events that happened in the previous year has to be that time Stephen King wrote a book that will soon become the basis of a $110 million movie directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks. It'll also be a game changer. This article is from the archive of our partner The Wire. We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.