Consider Her Ways and Others[1][2][3][4]
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJohn Wyndham
IllustratorNone
Cover artistRupert Smith
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication date
1961
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages223
ISBN978-0-7181-0066-7

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

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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":

References