Title: The Phantom of Kansas Title Record # 41067
Author: John Varley
Date: 1976-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Eight Worlds
Language: English User Rating: This title has no votes. VOTE
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Year Language Title 1978ⓘTranslated by Roderick van Rhyn Dutch Het spook van Kansas 1979ⓘTranslated by J. W. Korthals Dutch Het spook van Kansas 1979ⓘTranslated by Michel Deutsch French Le fantôme du Kansas?Le fantome du Kansas 1980ⓘ Translated by Tomislav Ladan Croatian Fantom iz Kanzasa 1980ⓘTranslated by Rose Aichele German Das Phantom von Kansas 1984ⓘTranslated by Domingo Santos. Spanish El fantasma de Texas

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
4	1977 Locus	Best Novelette
Finalists	1977 Hugo	Best Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Galaxy, February 1976	1976-02-00	ed. James Baen	UPD Publishing Corporation		$0.95?$: US dollar	164	digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Ames
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	0-03-020716-9	$9.95?$: US dollar	viii+ 388	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fred Marcellino
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25758-8	$1.95?$: US dollar	xi+ 388	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-25758-8	C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar	xi+ 388	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6	1977-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Victor Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02338-4		viii+ 379	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Retrograde zomer	1978-00-00	John Varley	Meulenhoff (M=SF #138)	90-290-0569-6		317	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
The Persistence of Vision	1978-07-00	John Varley	The Dial Press/James Wade / SFBC	3441	$3.50?$: US dollar	xiv+ 272	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
The Persistence of Vision	1978-07-00	John Varley	The Dial Press/James Wade (Quantum Science Fiction #4)	0-8037-6866-4	$9.95?$: US dollar	xv+ 316	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jim Burns
In the Hall of the Martian Kings	1978-09-00	John Varley	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-98504-6	£5.50?£: UK pound	xvii+ 316	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
In the Hall of the Martian Kings	1978-10-00	John Varley	Orbit / Futura (Quantum Science Fiction)	0-7088-8036-3	£1.10?£: UK pound	xv+ 316	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tony Roberts (artist)
Wonderen in een oogwenk	1979-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Het Spectrum (Prisma #1875)	90-274-1005-4		189	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Pieter Jan Grasmayer
Dans le palais des rois martiens	1979-04-13	John Varley	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #276)			253	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
The Persistence of Vision	1979-08-00	John Varley	Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4)	0-440-17311-6	$2.25?$: US dollar	xv+ 316	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Burns
The Persistence of Vision	1979-08-00	John Varley	Dell (Quantum Science Fiction #4)	0-440-17311-6	C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar	xv+ 316	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jim Burns
Odabrane naučno-fantastične priče?Odabrane naucno-fantasticne price Odabrane nauchno-fantastichne priche	1980-00-00	ed. Terry Carr	Stvarnost			385	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 1980	1980-06-00	ed. Wolfgang Jeschke	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3729)	3-453-30633-3	DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	464	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Tim White
Quantum Special 2	1981-03-00	uncredited	Sidgwick & Jackson (Quantum Special #2)	0-283-98585-2	£8.95?£: UK pound	414+ xvii+ 316	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Noch mehr Voraussichten	1981-09-00	John Varley	Goldmann (Goldmann Science Fiction #23383)	3-442-23383-6	DM 4.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	157	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jürgen F. Rogner?Juergen F. Rogner
En el salón de los reyes marcianos	1984-00-00	John Varley	Martínez Roca (Super Ficción (1ª época) #90)	84-270-0863-5		173	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Salinas Blanch
The Persistence of Vision	1984-11-00	John Varley	Berkley Books	0-425-07300-9	$2.95?$: US dollar	xv+ 288	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	James Warhola
La persistencia de la visión	1986-00-00	John Varley	Orbis (Biblioteca de Ciencia Ficción #26)	84-7634-306-X		256	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Dans le palais des rois martiens	1986-04-00	John Varley	Denoël?Denoel ( Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #276)	2-207-30276-8		260	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
The Persistence of Vision	1988-04-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-66221-8	$3.95?$: US dollar	xv+ 288	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	James Warhola
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	1989-01-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown / BOMC	0-316-34941-0		xix+ 1083	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	1989-02-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown	0-316-34941-0	$22.95?$: US dollar	xix+ 1083	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	1989-06-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown / QPBC		$12.95?$: US dollar	xix+ 1083	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bob Eggleton
Clones!	1998-04-00	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Ace Books	0-441-00522-5	$5.99?$: US dollar	xi+ 254	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Lee MacLeod
Persistance de la vision	2000-09-14	John Varley	Denoël?Denoel (Folio SF #17)	2-07-041592-9		510	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ellen Martorelli
Izabrane znanstveno-fantastične priče?Izabrane znanstveno-fantasticne pričce	2001-09-00	ed. Terry Carr	Medicinska naklada (Sabrana djela Tomislava Ladana #7)	953-176-153-1		428	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The John Varley Reader	2004-09-00	John Varley	Ace Books	0-441-01195-0	$16.00?$: US dollar	ix+ 532	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer
The John Varley Reader	2004-10-00	John Varley	Ace Books / SFBC	0-7394-4671-1 / 1173161	$12.99?$: US dollar	532	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer
Clones	2013-06-15	ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois	Baen Books	978-1-62579-140-5	$4.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Ron Miller
The John Varley Reader	2020-09-22	John Varley	Open Road Integrated Media	978-1-5040-6341-8	$11.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown / BOMC			xix+ 1083	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
The John Varley Reader	date unknown	John Varley	Ace Books	978-1-4406-2512-1	$20.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Ian McKinnell , Ralph Mercer

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