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William F Nolan
(William Francis Nolan)
(1928 - 2021)William F. Nolan was best known as the co-author (with George Clayton Johnson) of Logan's Run -- a science fiction novel that went on to become a movie -- and as single author of its sequels. His short stories were selected for scores of anthologies and textbooks and he was twice winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Western
Series
Logan
1. Logan's Run (1967) (with George Clayton Johnson)
2. Logan's World (1977)
3. Logan's Search (1981)
William F. Nolan's Logan : A Trilogy (1986)
1. Logan's Run (1967) (with George Clayton Johnson)
2. Logan's World (1977)
3. Logan's Search (1981)
William F. Nolan's Logan : A Trilogy (1986)
Novels
Alien Horizons (1974)
Helltracks (1991)
Night Shapes (1995)
The Marble Orchard (1996)
Sharks Never Sleep (1998)
Nightworlds (2004)
Helltracks (1991)
Night Shapes (1995)
The Marble Orchard (1996)
Sharks Never Sleep (1998)
Nightworlds (2004)
Collections
Wonderworlds (1977)
Best Western Stories (1983) (with Max Brand)
Things Beyond Midnight (1984)
Max Brand's Best Western Stories Vol. 3 (1987) (with Max Brand)
3 for Space (1992)
Down the Long Night (2000)
William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2001)
Ships in the Night (2003)
Wild Galaxy (2005)
Nightshadows (2007)
Dark Dimensions (2010)
Have You Seen The Wind? (2011)
Kincaid (2011)
Like a Dead Man Walking (2014)
Christmas Horror Vol. 2 (2018) (with others)
Christmas Horror Volume 3 (2020) (with others)
Best Western Stories (1983) (with Max Brand)
Things Beyond Midnight (1984)
Max Brand's Best Western Stories Vol. 3 (1987) (with Max Brand)
3 for Space (1992)
Down the Long Night (2000)
William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2001)
Ships in the Night (2003)
Wild Galaxy (2005)
Nightshadows (2007)
Dark Dimensions (2010)
Have You Seen The Wind? (2011)
Kincaid (2011)
Like a Dead Man Walking (2014)
Christmas Horror Vol. 2 (2018) (with others)
Christmas Horror Volume 3 (2020) (with others)
Anthologies edited
Impact-20 (1963)
Man Against Tomorrow (1965)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
Three to the Highest Power (1968)
A Sea of Space (1970)
A Wilderness of Stars (1970)
Black Mask Murders (1974)
The Human Equation (1979)
The Black Mask Boys (1985)
The Future Is Now (1990)
Urban Horrors (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Bradbury Chronicles (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
California Sorcery (1999) (with William Schafer)
Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2012) (with Jason V Brock)
Man Against Tomorrow (1965)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
Three to the Highest Power (1968)
A Sea of Space (1970)
A Wilderness of Stars (1970)
Black Mask Murders (1974)
The Human Equation (1979)
The Black Mask Boys (1985)
The Future Is Now (1990)
Urban Horrors (1990) (with Martin H Greenberg)
The Bradbury Chronicles (1992) (with Martin H Greenberg)
California Sorcery (1999) (with William Schafer)
Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (2012) (with Jason V Brock)
Chapbooks
Non fiction
Omnibus of Speed (1958) (with Charles Beaumont)
Dashiell Hammett (1969)
Steve McQueen: Star on Wheels (1972)
Carnival of Speed (1973)
The Ray Bradbury Companion (1974)
Hammett (1983)
McQueen (1984)
Max Brand, Western Giant (1985)
The Work of Charles Beaumont (1986) (with Boden Clarke (Robert Reginald))
How to Write and Sell Horror Fiction (1991)
Legends and Lovers (1997)
Let's Get Creative (2006)
Nolan on Bradbury (2013)
Dashiell Hammett (1969)
Steve McQueen: Star on Wheels (1972)
Carnival of Speed (1973)
The Ray Bradbury Companion (1974)
Hammett (1983)
McQueen (1984)
Max Brand, Western Giant (1985)
The Work of Charles Beaumont (1986) (with Boden Clarke (Robert Reginald))
How to Write and Sell Horror Fiction (1991)
Legends and Lovers (1997)
Let's Get Creative (2006)
Nolan on Bradbury (2013)
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by William F Nolan
The Fiend in You (1962)
The 5th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1964)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural (1967)
The Hollywood Nightmare (1970)
A Sea of Space (1970)
A Wilderness of Stars (1970)
Frights (1976)
Whispers (1977)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
Frights 2 (1979)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Shadows 2 (1979)
Shadows 3 (1980)
After the Fall (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Haunted Houses (1983)
Fears (1983)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Masques (1984)
Horrors (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masters of Darkness (1986)
Cutting Edge (1986)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986)
Masques 2 (1987)
Whispers VI (1987)
The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection (1988)
Lord John Ten (1988)
Scare Care (1989)
Masques 3 (1989)
Urban Horrors (1990)
Dark Voices 2 (1990)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Journeys to the Twilight Zone (1993)
The Best of Whispers (1994)
Vampire Detectives (1995)
Adventures of the Batman (1995)
Space Movies (1995)
Tales of the Batman (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
I, Vampire (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales (1996)
Night Screams (1996)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
Supernatural Sleuths (1996)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
California Sorcery (1999)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
The 5th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1964)
The Pseudo-People (1965)
The Playboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural (1967)
The Hollywood Nightmare (1970)
A Sea of Space (1970)
A Wilderness of Stars (1970)
Frights (1976)
Whispers (1977)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
Frights 2 (1979)
The Master's Choice Book 2 (1979)
Shadows 2 (1979)
Shadows 3 (1980)
After the Fall (1980)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Modern Masters of Horror (1981)
Haunted Houses (1983)
Fears (1983)
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984)
Masques (1984)
Horrors (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Masters of Darkness (1986)
Cutting Edge (1986)
The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986)
Masques 2 (1987)
Whispers VI (1987)
The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection (1988)
Lord John Ten (1988)
Scare Care (1989)
Masques 3 (1989)
Urban Horrors (1990)
Dark Voices 2 (1990)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
Best New Horror 3 (1992)
Journeys to the Twilight Zone (1993)
The Best of Whispers (1994)
Vampire Detectives (1995)
Adventures of the Batman (1995)
Space Movies (1995)
Tales of the Batman (1995)
The Vampire Omnibus (1995)
I, Vampire (1995)
The Best of Weird Tales (1995)
The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales (1996)
Night Screams (1996)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
Supernatural Sleuths (1996)
Dancing with the Dark (1997)
The Flying Sorcerers (1997)
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998)
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
California Sorcery (1999)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000)
Short stories
| With Nott in the Terrible Targa | |||
| The Joy of living (1954) | |||
| Into the Lion's Den (1956) | |||
| The Small World of Lewis Stillman (1957) | |||
| The Underdweller (1957) | |||
| But I Have Promises to Keep... (1958) | |||
| Lap of the Primitive (1958) | |||
| Tildy (1958) | |||
| One of Those Days (1962) | |||
| Death Double (1963) | |||
| Solution (1963) | |||
| The Stuntman (1963) | |||
| Fasterfaster! (1965) | |||
| Happily Ever After (1965) | |||
| He Kilt It with a Stick (1967) | |||
| The Party (1967) | |||
| Papa's Planet (1968) | |||
| The Ellena Movement (1970) | |||
| Operation Gorf (1971) | |||
| The Worlds of Monty Willson (1971) | |||
| Starblood (1972) | |||
| Coincidence (1973) | |||
| Kelly, Fredric Michael: 1928-1987 (1973) | |||
| Violation (1973) | |||
| Gibbler's Ghost (1974) | |||
| Pairups, Inc. (1974) | |||
| Dark Winner (1976) | |||
| Dead Call (1976) | |||
| Logan's Run [short story] (1977) | |||
| Logan's World (excerpt) (1977) | |||
| Saturday's Shadow (1979) | World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
| The Partnership (1980) | |||
| A Real Nice Guy (1980) | |||
| Sungrab (1980) | |||
| Death Decision (1981) | |||
| Lonely Train A' Comin' (1981) | |||
| The Pool (1981) | |||
| The Train (1981) | |||
| Fair Trade (1982) | |||
| The Zurich Solution (1982) | |||
| Something Nasty (1983) | |||
| The Party: (A Teleplay) (1984) | |||
| Trust Not a Man (1984) | |||
| Ceremony (1985) | |||
| The Final Stone (1986) | |||
| The Halloween Man (1986) | |||
| My Name Is Dolly (1987) | |||
| The Yard (1987) | |||
| The Cure (1988) | |||
| The Sky Gypsy (1988) | |||
| Daddy's Girl (1989) | |||
| On 42nd St. (1989) | |||
| Gobble, Gobble! (1990) | |||
| Blood Sky [short story] (1991) | |||
| Getting Dead (1991) | |||
| Brothers in Crime (1992) | |||
| On Harper's Road (1992) | |||
| At Diamond Lake (1994) | |||
| The Francis File (1994) | |||
| Vampire Dollars (1995) | |||
| Vympyre (1995) | |||
| The Ex (1996) | |||
| The Adventure of the Martian Moons (1997) | |||
| The Floating Table and the Jumping Violet (1997) | |||
| Lone Star Traveler (1999) |
Awards
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William F Nolan recommends
Night of the Beast (2002)
(Night Trilogy , book 1)
Harry Shannon
"A superbly rendered, teeth grinding, tour-de-force of horror from newcomer Harry Shannon"
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