Operation Chaos (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Poul Anderson
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Various locations on an alternate Earth and Hell
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Other worlds, Science or scientists, World War II, Hell, Witches or witchcraft, Devils or demons, Earth, Technology, Werewolves
- Locales: Hell, Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
In Operation Chaos, Poul Anderson links four short stories previously published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction into a novel. In order of publication, the stories are “Operation Afreet” (September, 1956), “Operation Salamander” (January, 1957), “Operation Incubus” (October, 1959), and “Operation Changeling” (May-June, 1969). Anderson added brief transitional sections that provide a larger context to link the stories. In this larger context, the main characters, Steven Matuchek and Virginia Graylock, are subjected to the...
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