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

[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. Wyndham, John (1961). Consider Her Ways & Others. Michael Joseph. ISBN 978-0-7181-0066-7.
  2. "Consider Her Ways by John Wyndham - 1961". Biblio. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. Consider Her Ways and Others 1961 publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  4. 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. 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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