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Title: Successful Operation Title Record # 94849
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Date: 1940-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org
Language: English
Note: First published (as "Heil!") in the Spring 1940 (No. 4) Futuria Fantasia as described by the Heinlein Archive.
User Rating: 3.67 (3 votes) Including variants and translations: 3.75 (4 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: Librivox (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1940First published in the April 1940 issue of Futuria Fantasia.
Heil! [as by Lyle Monroe]
1940 Heil! [as by Robert Heinlein]
Year Language Title
1972Translated by Ana Gonzalez
Portuguese Operação melindrosa
1973Translated by Bruno Martin
French Salut!

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 1940-00-00 ed. Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury  
$0.10?$: US dollar
24
quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
fanzine Hannes Bok  
Futures to Infinity 1970-09-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Pyramid Books 0-515-02312-4 / T2312
$0.75?$: US dollar
222
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 Gail Burwen Checkmark
Futures to Infinity 1970-09-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Pyramid Books T2312
C$0.75?C$: Canadian dollar
222
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 Gail Burwen Checkmark
O Futuro do Infinito 1972-00-00 ed. Sam Moskowitz Dêagá (Ciência #13)     166
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 Andrade Albuquerque  
L'âge d'or de la science-fiction: 4ème série 1973-01-29 ed. Sam Moskowitz OPTA (
Fiction Spécial?Fiction Special
#21)
 
F8.00?F: French frank
254
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".
anth  
Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein 1980-10-00 Robert A. Heinlein Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-11916-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
582
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Expanded Universe: The New Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein 1981-02-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21883-0
$8.95?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 1982-08-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21888-1
$3.50?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 1982-08-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21888-1
$3.50?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 1983-05-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21888-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 1983-05-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21889-X
$3.95?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 1985-03-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21890-3
$3.95?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 1986-03-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Science Fiction Books 0-441-21891-1
$4.95?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 1991-08-00 Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21891-1
$5.50?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe 2005-07-00 Robert A. Heinlein Baen 0-7434-9915-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
705
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 Stephen Hickman Checkmark
Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein 2005-10-00 Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Book Club 1-58288-184-7 / 1196119
$15.99?$: US dollar
xxiv+
738
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bruce Jensen Checkmark
Expanded Universe 2007-02-00 Robert A. Heinlein Baen 0-7434-9915-8
$7.99?$: US dollar
705
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 Stephen Hickman  
Expanded Universe 2010-02-00 Robert A. Heinlein The Virginia Edition (The Virginia Edition #31) 978-1-897350-44-7   532
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Expanded Universe 2010-08-00 Robert A. Heinlein Baen 978-0-7434-9915-6
$7.99?$: US dollar
705
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 Stephen Hickman Checkmark
Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 2012-12-18 ed. Ray Bradbury Project Gutenberg 41651    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940 2013-05-20 ed. Ray Bradbury LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Hannes Bok  
Short Stories Eligible for the 1941 Retro-Hugos 2016-12-18 ed. von Dimpleheimer von Dimpleheimer Press  
$1.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Expanded Universe date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21890-3
$3.95?$: US dollar
582
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  
Expanded Universe date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21888-1
$3.50?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
Expanded Universe date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21883-0
$8.95?$: US dollar
582
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  
Expanded Universe date unknown Robert A. Heinlein Ace Books 0-441-21891-1
$4.95?$: US dollar
582
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 Checkmark
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