Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter

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.

First edition
Cover art by Richard M. Powers

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