William Francis Nolan (March 6, 1928 – July 15, 2021) was an American author who wrote hundreds of stories in the
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
,
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
,
horror, and
crime fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
genres.
[Jason V. Brock, "Finding Sanctuary: Running from the Zone to Logan" in Brock, ''Disorders of Magnitude: A Survey of Dark Fantasy''. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. (p. 101-109).][Harold Lee Prosser, "Nolan, William F(rancis)" in ''Twentieth-century science-fiction writers'', edited by Curtis C. Smith. Chicago, St. James, 1986. (p. 539-41).][Ray Russell, "Nolan, William F(rancis)" in John M. Reilly, ''Twentieth-century crime and mystery writers''.Second Edition. St. James, 1986 (pp. 677-9) ]
Career
Nolan became involved in science-fiction
fandom
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in the 1950s, and published several
fanzine
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s, including ''
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...
Review''.
During this time, Nolan befriended several science-fiction and fantasy writers, including Ray Bradbury,
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...
,
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science ficti ...
,
Charles Beaumont
Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres.Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, "Beaumont, Charles" in David Pringle, ed., ''S ...
and
Ray Russell
Ray Russell (September 4, 1924 – March 15, 1999) was an American editor and writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Russell is best known for his horror fiction, although he also wrote mystery and science fiction stories.
His most ...
.
Nolan became a professional author in 1956.
Nolan is perhaps best known for coauthoring the novel ''
Logan's Run
''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...
'', with
George Clayton Johnson
George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer, best known for co-writing with William F. Nolan the novel ''Logan's Run'', the basis for the MGM 1976 film. He was also known for his televis ...
, but wrote literally hundreds of pieces, from
poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
to
nonfiction
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, to prose, for many publications, such as ''
Sports Illustrated
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'', ''
Rogue'', ''
Playboy
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K ...
'', ''
Dark Discoveries
''Dark Discoveries'' is an internationally distributed, quarterly slick magazine formerly published by Dark Discoveries Publications, and now published by Journalstone, LLC. It focuses primarily on the horror fiction, dark fantasy, and science f ...
'', ''
Nameless Digest
Nameless may refer to:
Film, television and comics
* ''Nameless'' (1923 film), a film directed by Michael Curtiz
* ''Nameless'' (2021 film), a Rwandan drama film directed by Mutiganda Wa Nkunda
* ''The Nameless'' (film), a 1999 Spanish horro ...
'', and others.
Nolan wrote several mystery novels, including the "Challis" series.
He also had a long career in the
movie industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post pr ...
, primarily working for
Dan Curtis
Dan Curtis (born Daniel Mayer Cherkoss; August 12, 1927 – March 27, 2006) was an American director, writer, and producer of television and film, known among fans of horror films for his afternoon TV series ''Dark Shadows'' (1966–1971) and ...
, and co-wrote the screenplay for the 1976 horror film ''
Burnt Offerings'' which starred
Karen Black
Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portrayi ...
and
Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her pe ...
.
Nolan was also a prolific
editor
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...
of collections (by others), and
anthologies
In book publishing
Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed work ...
, most recently co-editing two anthologies with friend, filmmaker, and writer
Jason V Brock
Jason Vincent Brock (born March 1, 1970) is an American author, artist, editor and filmmaker.
He is the CEO and co-founder (with his wife, Sunni) of JaSunni Productions, LLC, whose documentary films include '' Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of ...
: ''The Bleeding Edge'' (2009), with stories from fellow writers
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...
,
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science ficti ...
,
George Clayton Johnson
George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer, best known for co-writing with William F. Nolan the novel ''Logan's Run'', the basis for the MGM 1976 film. He was also known for his televis ...
,
John Shirley
John Shirley (born February 10, 1953) is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, ''Wyatt in Wichita'', and ...
,
Dan O'Bannon
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, film director, director and visual effects supervisor, usually in the science fiction and Horror fiction, horror genres.
O'Bannon wrote the scr ...
, and several others, and ''The Devil's Coattails'' (2012), which featured offerings from
Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell (born 4 January 1946) is an English horror fiction writer, editor and critic who has been writing for well over fifty years. He is the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them winners of literary awa ...
,
S. T. Joshi,
Richard Selzer,
Earl Hamner, Jr., and more, both from Cycatrix Press. Nolan teamed up with
Bluewater Productions for a
comic book
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series, ''Logan's Run: Last Day,'' released in 2010. In addition, he developed comics based on one other property of his for Bluewater: ''Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe'' (featuring stories adapted by Nolan and Brock and published in 2013). Another comic book mini-series ''Sam Space'' (forthcoming) has been scripted and approved.
Among his many accolades, Nolan was nominated once for the
Edgar Allan Poe Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes ...
from the
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City.
The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday.
It presents the Edgar Award ...
.
He was voted a Living Legend in Dark Fantasy by the
International Horror Guild
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The IHG Awards were determined by ...
in 2002, and in 2006 was bestowed the honorary title of
Author Emeritus Author Emeritus was an honorary title annually bestowed by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America upon a living writer "as a way to recognize and appreciate senior writers in the genres of science fiction and fantasy who have made signif ...
by the
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
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. In 2010, he received the Lifetime Achievement
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since 1 ...
from the
Horror Writers Association (HWA). In 2013 he was a recipient, along with
Brian W. Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for ...
, of the
World Fantasy Convention Award
The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction published in English during the previous calendar year. The awards have been described by book critics such as ''The Guardian'' as a "prestig ...
in Brighton, England by the
World Fantasy Convention
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. In May 2014, Nolan was presented with another Bram Stoker Award, for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction; this was for his collection about his late friend Ray Bradbury, called ''Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction''. In 2015, Nolan was named a
World Horror Society
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Grand Master; the award was presented at the World Horror Convention in Atlanta, GA in May of that year.
Personal life
Nolan was born in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
, the son of Bernadette Mariana Kelly, a stenographer, and Michael Cahill Nolan, an adventurer and sportsman. His family was
Irish Catholic
Irish Catholics are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland whose members are both Catholic and Irish. They have a large diaspora, which includes over 36 million American citizens and over 14 million British citizens (a quarter of the British ...
.
He briefly attended the
Kansas City Art Institute
The Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) is a private art school in Kansas City, Missouri. The college was founded in 1885 and is an accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and Higher Learning Commission. It has approxi ...
. Later, he worked for
Hallmark Cards, Inc. writing verse and illustrating
greeting card
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s before moving to California with his parents.
After a few years working in offices, he met
Charles Beaumont
Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres.Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, "Beaumont, Charles" in David Pringle, ed., ''S ...
, who would remain a close friend until Beaumont's untimely death at age thirty-eight.
Beaumont was instrumental in Nolan becoming an author.
Nolan was a close friend to radio writer
Norman Corwin
Norman Lewis Corwin (May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011) was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest successes were in the writing and directing of radio drama during the ...
as well as speculative writer Ray Bradbury. He was also a member of the influential
Southern California School of Writers in the 1950s–1960s (known informally as "The Group"), many of whom wrote for ''
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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'', ''
The Twilight Zone
''The Twilight Zone'' is an American media franchise based on the anthology television series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including fantasy, science fiction, absurdism, dystopian fiction, suspense, horror, su ...
'', ''
Star Trek
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'', and other popular series of the day. Nolan was an ethical
vegetarian
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Vegetarianism m ...
and loved animals. In later life, he still wrote new material and was active in various literary projects, conventions (he was Guest of Honor at
Killer Con, and at Portland's
Orycon
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Event history
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, as well as a special guest at the
World Horror Convention
The World Horror Convention was an annual professional gathering of the World Horror Society and other interested parties that ran annually for 26 years, from 1991 through 2016, before being discontinued.
Site selection
The annual World Horror ...
,
World Fantasy Convention
The World Fantasy Convention is an annual science fiction convention, convention of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy. The World Fantasy Awards are presented at the event. Other features include an art sh ...
, and many others), and promotional opportunities.
Though estranged for more than ten years, he had been married since 1970. He resided in Vancouver, Washington. With regard to his work, he stated: "I get excited about something, and I want to write about it."
Nolan died from complications of an infection in July 2021 at the age of 93.
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Appearances: films, TV and documentaries
*'' The Intruder'' (1962) as villain "Bart Carey"
*
Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man
' ( JaSunni Productions, LLC; 2010) as himself
*
The AckerMonster Chronicles!
' (JaSunni Productions, LLC; 2012) as himself
Bibliography (partial)
Novels
The Logan
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Series
*Novels and novellas:
**''Logan's Run
''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...
'' (1967) – Novel (with George Clayton Johnson)
**''Logan's World
''Logan's World'' (1977) is a science fiction novel by William F. Nolan. It is a sequel to '' Logan's Run'' (1967), written by Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.
Plot
Logan and Jessica have lived on Argos (the fabled ''Sanctuary''), a space stati ...
'' (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
An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Alt ...
*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
Centipede Press is an American independent book and periodical publisher focusing on horror, weird tales, crime narratives, science fiction, gothic novels, fantasy art, and studies of literature, music and film. Its earliest imprints were Cocytus ...
with extra material; 2014)
The Black Mask
''The Black Mask'' is a 1901 short story collection by E. W. Hornung. It was published in the UK by Grant Richards, London, and in the US by Scribner's, New York under the title ''Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman''.Rowland, ...
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!'' eprint of Broxa(2005) – Novella
*''Kincaid: A Paranormal Casebook'' (2011) – Collection
Biographies
On
Max Brand
Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American writer known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. He (as Max Brand) also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern D ...
*''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
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade ('' ...
*''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
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, 2015 entative 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
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
)
*''Nolan On Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction'' (2013; Hippocampus Press
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As of 2017, it has issued ...
) – Collected nonfiction book (Edited by S. T. Joshi)
Other biographies and nonfiction
*''Adventure on Wheels'' (1959) – John Fitch autobiography
*''Barney Oldfield
Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield (January 29, 1878 – October 4, 1946) was an American pioneer automobile racer; his "name was synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century".
After success in bicycle racing, he began auto r ...
'' (1961) – Biography
*''Phil Hill
Philip Toll Hill Jr. (April 20, 1927 – August 28, 2008) was an American automobile racing driver. He was one of two American drivers to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, and the only one who was born in the United States ( ...
: Yankee Champion'' (1962) – Biography
*''John Huston
John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered ...
: King Rebel'' (1965) - Biography
*''Sinners and Supermen'' (1965) – Nonfiction collection
*''Steve McQueen
Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1 ...
: Star on Wheels'' (1972) – Biography
*''Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fi ...
: 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
Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres.Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, "Beaumont, Charles" in David Pringle, ed., ''S ...
'' (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
Symmes Chadwick Oliver (30 March 1928 – 9 August 1993) was an American anthropologist and science fiction and Western writer. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was a surgeon and his mother a nurse. When he was young he suffered from ...
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
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science ficti ...
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
Centipede Press is an American independent book and periodical publisher focusing on horror, weird tales, crime narratives, science fiction, gothic novels, fantasy art, and studies of literature, music and film. Its earliest imprints were Cocytus ...
, 2014)
Screenplays
*''Burnt Offerings'' (1976)
*''Who Goes There?'' (a.k.a. '' 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 One Step Beyond may refer to:
Music
* ''One Step Beyond'' (Dungeon album) or the title song, 2004
* ''One Step Beyond'' (Jackie McLean album), 1963
* '' One Step Beyond...'', an album by Madness, or the title song (see below), 1979
* ''One Step ...
*''Mental Lapse'' (1959) – Wanted: Dead or Alive
*''Black Belt'' (1960) – Wanted: Dead or Alive
*''The Joy of Living'' (1971) – Norman Corwin
Norman Lewis Corwin (May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011) was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest successes were in the writing and directing of radio drama during the ...
Presents
*''The Norliss Tapes
''The Norliss Tapes'' is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film directed by Dan Curtis and written by William F. Nolan, starring Roy Thinnes and Angie Dickinson. Framed through a series of tapes left behind by the missing Norliss, an i ...
'' (1973) – NBC Movie of the Week
*''The Turn of the Screw
''The Turn of the Screw'' is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in ''Collier's Weekly'' (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898, it was collected in ''The Two Magics'', published by Macmill ...
'' (1974) – ABC miniseries
*''Trilogy of Terror
''Trilogy of Terror'' is a 1975 American made-for-television anthology horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black. It features three segments, each based on unrelated short stories by Richard Matheson. The first follows a coll ...
'' (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
''The Kansas City Massacre'' is a 1975 American television film about Melvin Purvis. It is the second spin-off of the 1973 film ''Dillinger'', following '' Melvin Purvis: G-Man'' in 1974, also directed by Dan Curtis and starring Dale Robertson as ...
'' (1975) – ABC Movie of the Week
*''Logan's Run
''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...
'' (1977) – Pilot for CBS series
*''First Loss'' (1981) – 240-Robert
*''The Partnership'' (1981) – Darkroom
A darkroom is used to process photographic film, to make prints and to carry out other associated tasks. It is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of the light-sensitive photographic materials, including film and ph ...
*'' Bridge Across Time'', a.k.a. ''Terror at London Bridge'' (1985) – NBC Movie of the Week
*''Trilogy of Terror II
''Trilogy of Terror II'' is a 1996 American made-for-television anthology horror film and a sequel to ''Trilogy of Terror'' (1975), both directed by Dan Curtis. The film follows the formula of the original, with one female lead (Lysette Anthon ...
'' (The Graveyard Rats; He Who Kills) (1996) – USA Movie of the Week
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Interview with Nolan about the new ''Logan's Run: Last Day'' comics
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2021 deaths
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American horror writers
American science fiction writers
American mystery writers
Kansas City Art Institute alumni
Writers from Kansas City, Missouri
American male short story writers
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World Fantasy Award-winning writers
Writers from Vancouver, Washington
20th-century American short story writers
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