Consider Her Ways and Others
 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | John Wyndham |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | None |
| Cover artist | Rupert Smith |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 223 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7181-0066-7 |
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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- "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
[edit]Based on novella "Consider Her Ways":
- "Consider Her Ways" (1964), episode of the series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, directed by Robert Stevens
Based on novelette "Random Quest":
- "Random Quest" (1969), episode of the series Out of the Unknown, directed by Christopher Barry
- Quest for Love (1971), film directed by Ralph Thomas
- Random Quest (1986), TV movie directed by Luke Watson
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
[edit]- ^ a b Wyndham, John (1961). Consider Her Ways & Others. Michael Joseph. ISBN 978-0-7181-0066-7.
- ^ a b "Consider Her Ways by John Wyndham - 1961". Biblio. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Consider Her Ways and Others 1961 publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ a b Consider Her Ways and Others in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- ^ Wyndham, John (2023). Delphi Collected Works of John Wyndham (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. p. 2145. ISBN 9781801701563.
- ^ "Consider Her Ways and Others - John Wyndham". Lubimyczytać (in Polish). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Garnett, Rhys; R. J. Ellis, eds. (1990). Science Fiction Roots And Branches: Contemporary Critical Approaches. Springer. p. 90. ISBN 9781349208159.
- ^ Nette, Andrew; McIntyre, Iain, eds. (2021). Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950–1985. PM Press. p. 128. ISBN 9781629639024.
- ^ a b Morgan, Glyn; Palmer-Patel, Charul (2019). Sideways in Time: Critical Essays on Alternate History Fiction. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 9781789620139.
- ^ Duff, Graham (2019). Foreground Music: A Life in Fifteen Gigs. MIT Press. p. 256. ISBN 9781907222993.