Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter

First edition
Cover art by Richard M. Powers

Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter is a collection of eleven science fiction stories (nine short stories and two novelettes) by British writer John Wyndham, published in 1956 by Ballantine Books.

Contents

  • "Chinese Puzzle" (1953), novelette
  • "Una" (1954), novelette, variant of "The Perfect Creature" (1937)
  • "The Wheel" (1952)
  • "Jizzle" (1949)
  • "Heaven Scent" (1954)
  • "Compassion Circuit" (1954)
  • "More Spinned Against..." (1953), variant of "More Spinned Against"
  • "A Present from Brunswick" (1951)
  • "Confidence Trick" (1953)
  • "Opposite Number" (1954), variant of "Opposite Numbers"
  • "Wild Flower" (1955)

"Opposite Numbers", "Wild Flower" and "Compassion Circuit" also appear in The Seeds of Time, the rest of the material is also contained in Jizzle.

Adaptations

  • "Maria" (1961), episode of the series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, directed by Boris Sagal, based on short story "Jizzle"
  • "More Spinned Against" (1980), episode of the series Spine Chillers, based on short story "More Spinned Against"

External links

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Works by John Wyndham
Novels
  • The Secret People
  • Foul Play Suspected
  • Stowaway to Mars
  • The Day of the Triffids
  • The Kraken Wakes
  • The Chrysalids
  • The Midwich Cuckoos
  • The Outward Urge
  • Trouble with Lichen
  • Chocky
  • Web
  • Plan for Chaos
Short storiesShort story collectionsFilm adaptations
  • The Day of the Triffids
  • Village of the Damned (1960)
  • Quest for Love
  • Village of the Damned (1995)
TV adaptations
  • The Day of the Triffids (1981)
  • Chocky
  • The Day of the Triffids (2009)
  • The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
Other


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