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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
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 Books 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 Books 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 Books 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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