More Tales of the Unexpected explained

More Tales of the Unexpected
Author:	Roald Dahl
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Short story anthology, science fiction, mystery, dark comedy
Published:	Penguin Books
Media Type:	Print (paperback)
Pages:	127
Isbn:	9780140056068
Oclc:	9095929

More Tales of the Unexpected is a collection of nine short stories by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1980 by Penguin. Five of the stories were published in prior collections, while the other four had not been previously collected in book form.

Stories

The collection contains the following stories:

• "Genesis and Catastrophe" (previously collected in Kiss Kiss)
• "Georgy Porgy" (previously collected in Kiss Kiss)
• "Mr. Botibol"
• "Poison" (previously collected in Someone Like You)
• "The Butler" (subsequently collected in The Great Automatic Grammatizator)
• "The Hitch-Hiker" (previously collected in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More)
• "The Sound Machine" (previously collected in Someone Like You)
• "The Umbrella Man" (subsequently collected in The Great Automatic Grammatizator)
• "Vengeance is Mine Inc."

Adaptations

Stories from this anthology were adapted to television in the Anglia Television series, Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series 1979–1988) - IMDb. .