Consider Her Ways and Others

Consider Her Ways and Others is a collection of science-fiction three short stories and three novelettes/novellas by John Wyndham, published in 1961.[1][2][3][4]

Consider Her Ways and Others[1][2][3][4]
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJohn Wyndham
IllustratorNone
Cover artistRupert Smith
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1961
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages223
ISBN978-0-7181-0066-7

Contents

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[3][5][6]

  • "Consider Her Ways" (1956), novella
  • "Odd"
  • "Oh, Where, Now, Is Peggy MacRafferty?", novelette
  • "A Stitch in Time", or "Stitch in Time"
  • "Random Quest", novelette
  • "A Long Spoon" (1960)

Summaries

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"Consider Her Ways"
Jane, a woman from the present day, takes a drug thought to induce out-of-body experiences. She wakes up in a future there are no more men, in a bloated body unknown to her.[7]
"Odd"
an ordinary man profits from an extraordinary time paradox when he stops to help a man seemingly lost and confused.
"Oh Where, Now, is Peggy MacRafferty?"
Peggy MacRafferty is a young Irish woman who appears on a quiz show and becomes a movie star, losing all that makes her special.[8]
"A Stitch in Time"
an old woman discovers the reason why her lover abandoned her all those years ago thanks to her sons' experiments with time.[9]
"Random Quest"
a physicist is temporarily taken to an alternate universe through a failed experiment, where he falls in love with a woman.[9]
"A Long Spoon"
Stephen summons the demon Batruel by mistake and is unable to get rid of him.[10]

Adaptations

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Based on novella "Consider Her Ways":

Based on novelette "Random Quest":

Based on short story "A Long Spoon":

  • "The Long Spoon" (1961), episode of the series Storyboard, directed by James MacTaggart
  • Ördögi szerencse (1978), TV movie directed by Vilmos Dobai

References

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