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

• Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter 1956 publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• John Wyndham at IMDb