Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter

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Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter
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Author John Wyndham
Cover artist Richard M. Powers
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Publisher Ballantine Books
Publication date
1956

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

Contents

"Opposite Numbers", "Wild Flower" and "Compassion Circuit" also appear in The Seeds of Time , the rest of the material is also contained in Jizzle .

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