Title: Phantoms

Title: Phantoms Title Record # 4005
Author: Dean R. Koontz
Date: 1983-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: A doctor and her young sister find all the residents of their town have been brutally slaughtered by a giant intelligent synctial organism millions of years old, whose periodic emergences from its underground lair to feed cause events ranging from mass disappearances to mass extinctions. In order to defeat it and save humanity, they must outwit it.

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Year	Title
1996	Phantoms [as by Dean Koontz]

Year	Language	Title
1986^ⓘTranslated by Wolfgang Crass	German	Unheil über der Stadt
1986^ⓘTranslated by Jacqueline Lahana.	French	Spectres
1992^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Meerman	Dutch	Fantomen
1995^ⓘTranslated by Renne Nikupaavola	Finnish	Aaveet [as by Dean Koontz]
1998^ⓘTranslated by Ulrike Laszlo	German	Phantom: Unheil über der Stadt [as by Dean Koontz]
1999^ⓘTranslated by Michel Pagel.	French	Spectres [as by Dean Koontz]
2004^ⓘ Translated by Ulrike Laszlo Translation previously published in 1998 under the title <A href="https:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2771231">Phantom: Unheil über der Stadt</a>	German	Phantom

Year	Language	Title
1985	Italian	Phantoms! (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Phantoms	1983-00-00	Dean R. Koontz	G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC	17998		352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Phantoms	1983-03-00	Dean R. Koontz	Putnam	0-399-12655-4	$15.95^?$: US dollar	352	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Phantoms	1983-10-00	Dean R. Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-05777-1	$3.95^?$: US dollar	426	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.	novel
Phantoms	1983-10-00	Dean R. Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-10145-2	$5.95^?$: US dollar	426	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.	novel	Don Brautigam
Phantoms	1984-04-19	Dean R. Koontz	Star	0-352-31437-0	£2.25^?£: UK pound	446	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.	novel
Urania #1006	1985-09-29	ed. Gianni Montanari	Mondadori	1006	Lit 3,000^?Lit: Italian lira	222	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	Karel Thole
Unheil über der Stadt	1986-00-00	Dean R. Koontz	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6667)	3-453-02251-3	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	363	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.	novel
Spectres	1986-02-00	Dean R. Koontz	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Épouvante #1963)	2-277-21963-0		378	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.	novel	Richard Cerf
Phantoms	1989-00-00	Dean R. Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-10145-2	$4.95^?$: US dollar	425	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.	novel
Dean R. Koontz: Phantoms / Whispers / Strangers (Boxed Set)	1989-00-00	Dean R. Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-11954-8	$14.85^?$: US dollar		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.	omni
Phantoms	1990-03-00	Dean R. Koontz	Headline	0-7472-3524-4	£3.99^?£: UK pound	446	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.	novel
Phantoms	1990-09-00	Dean R. Koontz	Headline	0-7472-3524-4	£4.50^?£: UK pound	446	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.	novel	Graham Potts
Phantoms	1991-01-00	Dean R. Koontz	Headline	0-7472-3524-4	£4.99^?£: UK pound	446	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.	novel	Graham Potts
Three Complete Novels	1991-07-27	Dean R. Koontz	Wings Books	0-517-06487-1		752	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Franco Accornero
Fantomen	1992-00-00	Dean R. Koontz	Luitingh-Sijthoff	90-245-1998-5		390	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.	novel
Spectres	1992-01-13	Dean R. Koontz	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Épouvante #1963)	2-277-21963-0		413	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.	novel	Don Brautigam
Spectres	1994-02-00	Dean R. Koontz	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Épouvante #1963)	2-277-21963-0		416	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.	novel	Don Brautigam
Dean Koontz: Phantoms / The Servants of Twilight / The Bad Place	1996-00-00	Dean Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-15166-2	$20.97^?$: US dollar		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.	omni
Aaveet	1996-00-00	Dean Koontz	Book Studio	951-611-825-9		445	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.	novel	Peter Mustonen
Phantoms	1997-00-00	Dean Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-16202-8	$7.50^?$: US dollar	432	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.	novel	Don Brautigam
Phantom: Unheil über der Stadt	1998-00-00	Dean Koontz	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #10688)	3-453-13965-8	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	475	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.	novel
Phantoms	1999-00-00	Dean Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-10145-2	$7.99^?$: US dollar	426	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.	novel
Spectres	1999-01-00	Dean Koontz	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Terreur #9188)	2-266-08015-6		474	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.	novel	Pierre-Olivier Templier
Phantoms	2002-02-00	Dean Koontz	Berkley Books	0-425-18110-3	$7.99^?$: US dollar	434	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.	novel
Phantoms	2002-02-05	Dean Koontz	Berkley Books	1-4406-2017-2	$8.99^?$: US dollar	448	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Nackte Angst / Phantom	2004-01-00	Dean R. Koontz	Area (Area Kultwerke des Horrors)	3-89996-260-5	€9.95^?€: Euro	794+ [3]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Spectres	2004-11-00	Dean Koontz	Fleuve Noir (Thriller fantastique #9188)	2-265-07875-1		474	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.	novel	Pierre-Olivier Templier
Phantoms	2008-06-10	Dean Koontz	Brilliance Audio		$33.61^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Phantoms	2009-04-09	Dean R. Koontz	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0764-3	$16.99^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Don Brautigam
Phantoms	2012-11-22	Dean Koontz	Headline	978-1-4722-0286-4	£5.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Phantoms	2014-01-07	Dean Koontz	Berkley Books	978-0-425-25374-8	$16.00^?$: US dollar	448	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.	novel
Phantoms	2017-03-09	Dean Koontz	Headline	978-1-4722-4818-3	£8.99^?£: UK pound	496	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.	novel
Phantoms	2021-12-07	Dean Koontz	Berkley Books	978-0-593-33501-7	$12.00^?$: US dollar	448	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.	novel
Phantoms	date unknown	Dean Koontz	Headline Feature	0-7472-3524-4	£5.99^?£: UK pound	446	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.	novel	Graham Potts

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Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1984) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1984
Review by Stuart Napier (1985) in Science Fiction Review, Winter 1985
Review by Ken Brown (1991) in Interzone, #44 February 1991
Review by Jim Steel (1991) in Paperback Inferno, #88

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