Consider Her Ways and Others is a collection of science-fiction three short stories and three novelettes/novellas by John Wyndham, published in 1961.
Contents
• "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 ==
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 where there are no more men, in a bloated body unknown to her. ;"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. ;"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. ;"Random Quest" :a physicist is temporarily taken to an alternate universe through a failed experiment, where he falls in love with a woman. == Adaptations ==
Adaptations
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==