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]

Contents

[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

"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

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

  1. ^ a b Wyndham, John (1961). Consider Her Ways & Others. Michael Joseph. ISBN 978-0-7181-0066-7.
  2. ^ a b "Consider Her Ways by John Wyndham - 1961". Biblio. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Consider Her Ways and Others 1961 publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  4. ^ a b Consider Her Ways and Others in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  5. ^ Wyndham, John (2023). Delphi Collected Works of John Wyndham (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. p. 2145. ISBN 9781801701563.
  6. ^ "Consider Her Ways and Others - John Wyndham". Lubimyczytać (in Polish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  7. ^ Garnett, Rhys; R. J. Ellis, eds. (1990). Science Fiction Roots And Branches: Contemporary Critical Approaches. Springer. p. 90. ISBN 9781349208159.
  8. ^ Nette, Andrew; McIntyre, Iain, eds. (2021). Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950–1985. PM Press. p. 128. ISBN 9781629639024.
  9. ^ a b Morgan, Glyn; Palmer-Patel, Charul (2019). Sideways in Time: Critical Essays on Alternate History Fiction. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 9781789620139.
  10. ^ Duff, Graham (2019). Foreground Music: A Life in Fifteen Gigs. MIT Press. p. 256. ISBN 9781907222993.
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