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The Voice of the Sonar in My Vermiform Appendix
Genre Science Fiction
Type Short story
Series Polytropical paramyths
DESCRIPTION:
Philip José Farmer in his foreword: "Polytropical Paramyths: 'Many -turning alongside-of-myth'. This high-sounding label stands for short stories which are closer to the films of the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges than anything else I can think of."
In this case a story about the useless function of the appendix, reason why the genes of men had been altered to get rid of it. Then one man still has the genes to grow an appendix, which is bothering him very much with strange sounds. How come he still got an appendix and what is happening with it?
 
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FIRST PUBLICATION
in Quark/2
Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker
New York, NY: Paperback Library
# 66-530
no ISBN
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
02/1971
240
$ 1.25
uncredited [= unknown]
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in The Book of Philip José Farmer
New York, NY: DAW Books
UQ1063 / No. 63
SBN 451-UQ1063-095
paperback (18×10,5cm)
07/1973 (1st)
07/1973 (1st) [Canadian printing]
239
$ 0.95
Jack Gaughan
With an introduction to the story by Farmer.

Jack Gaughan
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in Riverworld and other Stories
New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-04208-1
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
11/1979 (1st)
not dated [= -/1980] (2nd)
264
$ 2.25
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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in Riverworld and other Stories
Boston, MA: Gregg Press
The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series
ISBN 0-8398-2618-4
hardcover [no dustjacket] (21×14cm)
01/1981
xiv + 264
not priced [= $ 15.95]
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in Riverworld and other Stories
New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-04208-1
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
02/1981 (3rd)
04/1981 (4th)
09/1981 (5th)
unknown (6th)
264
$ 2.25
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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in Riverworld and other Stories
New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-06487-5
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
04/1983 (7th)
10/1983 (8th)
01/1984 (9th)
264
$ 2.75
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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in Riverworld and other Stories
New York, NY: Ace Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-441-72886-3
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
11/1987
264
$ 3.50
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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in Up the Bright River
Gary K. Wolfe
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press
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ISBN 978-1-59606-329-7
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
03/2011
333
$ 40.00
Bob Eggleton
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in Riverworld and other Stories
New York, NY: Open Road Integrated Media
ISBN 978-1-5040-4609-1
ebook
08/2017
(381)
$ 6.77
uncredited
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

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in The Book of Philip José Farmer
West Yorkshire: The Elmfield Press
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ISBN 0-7057-0067-4
hardcover (21,5×13,5cm
07/1976
239
£ 4.95
Josh Kirby
With an introduction to the story by Farmer.

Josh Kirby
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in Riverworld and other Stories
St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05379-4
paperback (18×11cm)
02/1981 (1st)
303
£ 1.50
Bruce Pennington
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Bruce Pennington
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in Riverworld and other Stories
London: Grafton Books
Panther Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05379-4
paperback (18×11cm)
12/1986 (2nd)
303
£ 2.50
Bruce Pennington
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Bruce Pennington
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in Riverworld and other Stories
London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05379-4
paperback (18×11cm)
-/1988 (3rd)
303
£ 2.95
Bruce Pennington
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Bruce Pennington
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in Riverworld and other Stories
London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05379-4
paperback (18×11cm)
not dated [= -/1989] (4th)
303
£ 3.50
Bruce Pennington
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Bruce Pennington
FRANCE
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French: "La voix du sonar dans mon appendice
vermiforme"
in Philip José Farmer
Jacques Chambon
Paris: Presses Pocket
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction, no. 5066
ISBN 2-266-00844-7
paperback (18×11cm)
01/1980
411
not priced
Jean-Pierre Pugi
Marcel Laverdet
With a story introduction by the editor.

Marcel Laverdet
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French: "La voix du sonar dans mon appendice
vermiforme"
in Philip José Farmer
Jacques Chambon
Paris: Presses Pocket
Le livre d'or de la science-fiction, no. 5066
ISBN 2-266-00844-7
paperback (18×11cm)
10/1983
411
not priced
Jean-Pierre Pugi
Marcel Laverdet
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Marcel Laverdet
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French: "La voix du sonar dans mon appendice
vermiforme"
in Le jeu de la création
Jacques Chambon
Paris: Presses Pocket
Le grand temple de la sience-fiction, no. 5066
ISBN 2-266-03657-2
paperback (18×11cm)
09/1990
415
not priced
Jean-Pierre Pugi
Marcel Laverdet
With a story introduction by the editor.

Marcel Laverdet
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German: "Die Stimme im Appendix"
in Der Dienstagsmensch
René Oth
Darmstadt: Luchterhand
Sammlung Luchterhand, SL 516
ISBN 3-472-61516-8
paperback (18×11,5cm)
08/1984
212
DM 12,80
Martin Eisele
Olga Rinne
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Olga Rinne
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Hungarian: "Az utolsó vakbélmütét"
in Galaktika
István Burger
Budapest: Metropolis Media Group Kft.
Volume XXX, #229
magazine (23,5×16,5cm)
April 2009
100
Ft 870
Vilmos Tiszai
Jack Zhang
In this issue is also a remembrance of Philip José Farmer by Attila Németh.

Jack Zhang
ITALY
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Italian: ""La voce del sonar nella mia appendice
vermiforme"
in Il mondo di Philip José Farmer
Milan: Nord
SF, Narrativa d'Anticipazione (24)
no ISBN [later: ISBN 88-429-0629-8]
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
04/1981
ix + 193
L 3.500
Roberta Rambelli
Michael Whelan
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Michael Whelan
JAPAN
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Japanese: "わが虫垂の内なる声"
"Waga chūsui no uchinaru koe"
in S-Fマガジン
S-F Magazine
Kurahashi desk
Tokyo: Hayakawa Publishing
No. 215 (Vol. 17 No. 10)
magazine (21×15cm)
10/1976

232
¥ 470
Asakura Hisashi
Hatano Teruo
Story illustrated by Téruo.

Hatano Teruo
RUSSIA
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Russian: "Голос сонара в моём аппендиксе"
"Golos sonara v moyom appendikse"
in Миры Филипа Фармера - T. 15
in Miry Filipa Farmera - T. 15
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
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ISBN 5-88132-275-4
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
03/1997
400
not priced
A. Dumesh
I. Leontiev
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I. Leontiev
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Spanish: "La voz del sonar en mi apéndice vermiforme"
in El Mundo del Rio y otras historias
Barcelona: Ultramar
Bolsillo B-75, Ciencia Ficcion-12
ISBN 84-7386-353-4
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
10/1984 (1st)
03/1989 (2nd)
329
not priced
Victor Conill
Garcés/Castells
With a foreword to the story by Farmer.

Garcés/Castells
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