Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter
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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
- Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter 1956 publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- John Wyndham at IMDb
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Works by John Wyndham
- 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
- Jizzle
- The Seeds of Time
- Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter
- Consider Her Ways and Others
- The Infinite Moment
- Sleepers of Mars
- The Best of John Wyndham
- Wanderers of Time
- Exiles on Asperus
- No Place Like Earth
- The Day of the Triffids
- Village of the Damned (1960)
- Quest for Love
- Village of the Damned (1995)
- The Day of the Triffids (1981)
- Chocky
- The Day of the Triffids (2009)
- The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
- Triffid
- The Chrysalids (radio drama)
- Children of the Damned
- Blackbirds at Bangpleng
- The Night of the Triffids
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