William F. Nolan  

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William Francis Nolan (March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021) was an American author who wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres. He is best known for Logan's Run (1967).

Bibliography (partial)

Novels

The Logan Series

• Novels and novellas
  • Logan's Run (1967) – Novel (with George Clayton Johnson)
  • Logan's World (1977) – Second Novel in the original "Logan Trilogy"
  • Logan's Search (1980) – Third Novel in the "Logan Trilogy"
  • Logan's Return (2001) – Novella, released as an e-book
  • Logan's Journey – Novel (Sequel not yet published (completed in 2010); forthcoming) (with Paul McComas)
  • Logan Falls – Novel (Sequel not yet published (still planned in 2010); forthcoming) (with Jason V Brock)
• Collections
  • Logan: A Trilogy (1986) – Collection of the first three books
• Definitive Editions
  • Logan's Run: The Definitive Edition (An illustrated, limited edition from Centipede Press with extra material; 2014)

The Black Mask Series

• The Black Mask Murders (1994) – Novel
• The Marble Orchard (1996) – Novel
• Sharks Never Sleep (1998) – Novel

The Sam Space Series

• Space for Hire (1971) – Novel
• Look Out for Space (1985) – Novel
• 3 For Space (1992) – Collection
• Far Out (2004) – Collection
• Seven for Space (2008) – Collection

The Challis Series

• Death Is For Losers (1968) – Novel
• The White Cad Cross-Up (1969) – Novel
• Helle on Wheels (1992) – Novella
• The Brothers Challis (1996) – Collection

The Kincaid Series

• Pirate's Moon (1987) – Novella
• Broxa (1991) - Novella
• The Winchester Horror (1998) – Novella
• Demon! [Reprint of Broxa] (2005) – Novella
• Kincaid: A Paranormal Casebook (2011) – Collection

Biographies

On Max Brand

• Max Brand's Best Western Stories (1981) – Brand Collection
• Max Brand's Best Western Stories II (1985) – Brand Collection
• Max Brand: Western Giant (1986) – Anthology/Bibliography
• Max Brand's Best Western Stories III (1987) – Brand Collection
• Tales of the Wild West (1997) – Brand Collection
• More Tales of the Wild West (1999) – Brand Collection
• Masquerade (2005) – Brand Collection
• King of the Pulps (forthcoming) – Biography

On Dashiell Hammett

• Dashiell Hammett: A Casebook (1969) – Critical study
• Hammett: A Life at the Edge (1983) – Biography
• Dash (2004) – Stage Play
• A Man Called Dash: The Life and Times of Samuel Dashiell Hammett (Alfred A. Knopf, 2015 [tentative release date]) – Definitive Biography

On Ray Bradbury

• Ray Bradbury Review (1952) – Anthology
• The Ray Bradbury Index (1953) – Pamphlet
• The Ray Bradbury Companion (1975) – Biography/bibliography
• The Dandelion Chronicles (1984) – Pamphlet
• The Bradbury Chronicles (1991) – Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg)
• Nolan On Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction (2013; Hippocampus Press) – Collected Nonfiction Book (Edited by S. T. Joshi)

Other biographies and nonfiction

• Adventure on Wheels (1959) – John Fitch autobiography
• Barney Oldfield (1961) – Biography
• Phil Hill: Yankee Champion (1962) – Biography
• John Huston: King Rebel (1965) - Biography
• Sinners and Supermen (1965) – Nonfiction Collection
• Steve McQueen: Star on Wheels (1972) – Biography
• Hemingway: Last Days of the Lion (1974) – Biographical Chapbook
• McQueen (1984) - Biography
• The Black Mask Boys (1985) – Biography/Anthology
• How to Write Horror Fiction (1990) – Reference
• Let's Get Creative: Writing Fiction That Sells! (2006) - Reference

Bibliographies

• The Work of Charles Beaumont (1986)
• The Work of William F. Nolan (1988)

Anthologies and collections (as editor)

• The Fiend in You (1962) – Anthology (with Charles Beaumont; Nolan is uncredited)
• The Pseudo-People (1965)
• Man Against Tomorrow (1965)
• Il Meglio Della Fantascienza (1967)
• 3 To the Highest Power (1968)
• A Wilderness of Stars (1969)
• A Sea of Space (1970)
• The Edge of Forever (1971) – Collection of Chad Oliver stories
• The Future is Now (1971)
• The Human Equation: Four Science Fiction Novels of Tomorrow (1971)
• Science Fiction Origins (1980) - Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg)
• Urban Horrors (1990) – Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg)
• California Sorcery, Edited by Nolan and William Schafer (1998)
• Offbeat (2002) – Collection of Richard Matheson stories
• The Bleeding Edge (2009) – Anthology (with Jason V Brock)
• The Devil's Coattails (2012) – Anthology (with Jason V Brock)

Verse

• The Mounties (1979) – Broadside
• Dark Encounters (1986) – Collection
• Have You Seen the Wind? (2003) – Collection, with prose
• Ill Met by Moonlight (2004) – Collection, with prose and artwork
• Soul Trips (2015) – Collection

Auto racing-specific works

• Omnibus of Speed (1958) – Anthology (with Charles Beaumont)
• Men of Thunder (1964) – Collection
• When Engines Roar (1964) – Anthology (with Charles Beaumont)
• Carnival of Speed (1973) – Collection

Horror works

• Things Beyond Midnight (1984) – Collection
• Blood Sky (1991) – Chapbook
• Helltracks (1991) – Novel
• Night Shapes (1995) – Collection
• William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2001) – Career Retrospective
• Nightworlds (2004) – Collection

Miscellaneous works

• A Cross Section of Art in Science-Fantasy (1952) – Chapbook
• Image Power (1988) – Pamphlet
• Rio Renegades (1989) – Western Novel
• Simply An Ending (2002) – Pamphlet
• With Marlowe in L.A. (2003) – Pamphlet

Other Nolan collections

• Impact-20 (1963) – Short Stories
• Alien Horizons (1974)
• Wonderworlds (1977)
• Down the Long Night (2000)
• Ships in the Night: And Other Stories (2003) – Collection of Sci-fi, Western, etc.
• Wild Galaxy: Selected Science Fiction Stories (2005)
• Like a Dead Man Walking and Other Shadow Tales (edited by Jason V Brock; a mix of science fiction, horror, poetry, and literary stories; Centipede Press, 2014)

Screenplays

• Burnt Offerings (1976)
• Who Goes There? (aka The Thing) Screen Treatment (1978), written for Universal Studios (not produced), published by Rocket Ride Books in "Who Goes There?: The Novella That Formed The Basis of THE THING" (2009)

Television scripts

• Brain Wave (1959) – One Step Beyond
• Mental Lapse (1959) – Wanted: Dead or Alive
• Black Belt (1960) – Wanted: Dead or Alive
• The Joy of Living (1971) – Norman Corwin Presents
• The Norliss Tapes (1973) – NBC Movie of the Week
• The Turn of the Screw (1974) – ABC Miniseries
• Trilogy of Terror (Millicent and Therese; Julie) (1975) – ABC Movie of the Week
• Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1975)
• Sky Heist (1975) – NBC Movie of the Week
• The Kansas City Massacre (1975) – ABC Movie of the Week
• Logan's Run (1977) – Pilot for CBS series
• First Loss (1981) – 240-Robert
• The Partnership (1981) – Darkroom
• Bridge Across Time, a.k.a. Terror at London Bridge (1985) – NBC Movie of the Week
• Trilogy of Terror II (The Graveyard Rats; He Who Kills) (1996) – USA Movie of the Week