Operation Future

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Operation Future
Operation Future.jpg
Cover of the first edition.
Editor Groff Conklin
Cover artist Robert Schulz
Country United States
Language English
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Permabooks
Publication date
1955
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesxi, 356

Operation Future is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Permabooks in July 1955 and reprinted in September 1956. [1]

The book collects nineteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1939-1954 in various science fiction and other magazines. [1]

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