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'''''Operation Chaos''''' is an [[Alternate History]] [[Magitek]] novel by [[Poul Anderson]]. It takes place in a world where technology never advanced past a primitive combustion engine, so instead magic takes its place in all things in an otherwise modern (for the time the book was written) setting. [[Mundane Utility|Cars and trucks are replaced by flying brooms and carpets, crystal balls act as televisions, radios, and telephones, were-creatures use flashbulbs created by the Polaroid corporation to transform at any time instead of just by the light of the moon, and Ivy League colleges have courses in witchcraft.]]
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The narrator (a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolf]]) recounts a series of tales (originally four separate short stories) involving various paranormal adventures, from [[World War II]] (which took place against an Arab Caliphate that invaded the United States) through the Sixties, culminating in one that links them all together.
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There is a sequel, ''Operation Luna'', concerning the alternate history's first manned expedition to the moon. A character from this series also makes a cameo in Anderson's ''[[A Midsummer Tempest]]'', in the chapters set in the [[Inn Between the Worlds]].
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* [[All Myths Are True]]
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* [[Demon Lords and Archdevils]]: {{spoiler|One of whom is Hitler!}}
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* [[Genie in a Bottle]]: Literally in the World War II chapter, figuratively in the college chapter.
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* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: Steven and Virginia.
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* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Virginia
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* [[Magic Pants]]: Steven has a near-literal example in a [[My Suit Is Also Super|specially-designed combat suit]] that stretches with him when he transforms. Subverted in a scene in which he transforms while wearing normal civilian clothes and is completely naked when he changes back. Luckily, Ginny is there to [[You Must Be Cold|lend him]] [[Modesty Fur Coat|her coat]], which is barely big enough to cover his... ahem... attributes.
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* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: A male wizard in a unicorn-using cavalry unit hastily points out that he's a liaison officer who travels by flying broomstick (since riding a unicorn would imply that he's a virgin).
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* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Not Latin, but the [[Creepy Cathedral]] of the sinister [[Cult]] (which is really a [[Religion of Evil]] in disguise) is pervaded by ominous chanting of Barbarous Names (from an obscure pseudepigraphical book.)
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* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: It's a recessive gene, not a curse, and can't be transmitted by biting. They transform fully into an animal, with no intermediate forms.
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** Were-creatures keep the personality and memories of their human selves, but have the instincts and approximate intelligence level of the animal. (Or, as Steven himself puts it: "...as a wolf I'm a rather stupid man.") They're trained from birth to hold on to their human selves while in animal form.
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** Physically, they're difficult to injure because of near-instantaneous regeneration, though lost limbs {{spoiler|or tails}} can't be regrown and they have the traditional silver weakness ("biochemical poison").
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Latest revision as of 00:00, 27 October 2018

Operation Chaos is an Alternate History Magitek novel by Poul Anderson. It takes place in a world where technology never advanced past a primitive combustion engine, so instead magic takes its place in all things in an otherwise modern (for the time the book was written) setting. Cars and trucks are replaced by flying brooms and carpets, crystal balls act as televisions, radios, and telephones, were-creatures use flashbulbs created by the Polaroid corporation to transform at any time instead of just by the light of the moon, and Ivy League colleges have courses in witchcraft.

The narrator (a werewolf) recounts a series of tales (originally four separate short stories) involving various paranormal adventures, from World War II (which took place against an Arab Caliphate that invaded the United States) through the Sixties, culminating in one that links them all together.

There is a sequel, Operation Luna, concerning the alternate history's first manned expedition to the moon. A character from this series also makes a cameo in Anderson's A Midsummer Tempest, in the chapters set in the Inn Between the Worlds.

Tropes used in Operation Chaos include:
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