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William F. Nolan, 93, sci-fi co-author of "Logan's Run" (1967)
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Lenona
2021-07-19 17:30:22 UTC
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/william-f-nolan-sci-fi-author-logans-run-dies-at-93-1234984428/

Excerpt:

...The book told the story of a dome-encased population in the year 2116 where people are allowed every indulgence they can imagine, but with a catch — they will be euthanized at the age of 21 to control the population. The groundbreaking novel would be turned into the classic 1976 MGM picture, starring Michael York...


https://locusmag.com/2021/07/william-f-nolan-1928-2021/

First paragraphs:

Author William F. Nolan, 93, died July 15, 2021 in the hospital of complications from an infection. Nolan was best known for the Logan’s Run series of science fiction novels, the first of which was adapted into a film and TV series.

William Francis Nolan was born March 6, 1928 in Kansas City, MO, and moved with his family to California when he was 19. He trained as a visual artist, and attended the Kansas City Art Institute from 1946-47, San Diego State College from 1947-48, and Los Angeles City College in 1953. He was married once, to Marilyn Seal (AKA Cameron Nolan).

Nolan worked as a writer and designer of greeting cards for Hallmark, a painter of murals, an aircraft assistant, and at various other jobs in the ’40s and ’50s. In 1956, he became a freelance writer. In addition to his fiction and TV writing, Nolan has been an editor for and contributor to auto and racing magazines, and a book reviewer.

Nolan became active in SF fandom in the ’50s, helping found the San Diego Science Fantasy Society, contributing substantially to the fanzine Rhodomagnetic Digest, publishing and editing Ray Bradbury Review, working with “The Group,” a coterie of up-and-coming young writers which included Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, John Tomerlin, George Clayton Johnson and others, and later served as Managing Editor of the first three issues of Gamma (1963-1964)....

http://www.williamfnolan.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Nolan

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634368/
(filmography - to my surprise, he appeared in the Roger Corman movie
"The Intruder"! Along with William Shatner.)

https://www.fantasticfiction.com/n/william-f-nolan/
(book covers)

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.books.childrens/c/vjwX-Yl93Uw/m/ytLgJpuYBQAJ
(birthday tribute from 2018, with booklist, book reviews, interviews, videos, etc.)



Lenona.
danny burstein
2021-07-19 17:42:18 UTC
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...The book told the story of a dome-encased population in the year 2116 wh=
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re, starring Michael York...
Yeah, starring Michael York as the third stringer,
after Farrah Fawcett and Jenny Agutter [a].

Make that fourth string.. can't forget Peter Ustinov!

[a] with a tantalizing FULL FRONTAL NUDITY snippet.
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danny burstein
2021-07-19 18:07:27 UTC
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In <31a87ce3-4c6e-4500-9f3c-***@googlegroups.com> Lenona <***@yahoo.com> writes:

[snip... regarding the movie Logan's Run]
And....he only gave it two stars out of four. (He said the second half
is "dreary." I haven't read/seen it - no spoilers, please.)
It's a pleasant enough way to spend a couple o fhours...
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Louis Epstein
2021-07-19 22:49:37 UTC
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Post by Lenona
Post by danny burstein
Yeah, starring Michael York as the third stringer,
after Farrah Fawcett and Jenny Agutter [a].
Make that fourth string.. can't forget Peter Ustinov!
Michael York
Jenny Agutter
Richard Jordan
Peter Ustinov
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Roscoe Lee Browne
And....he only gave it two stars out of four. (He said the second half is
"dreary." I haven't read/seen it - no spoilers, please.)
Note that the book kills off the people at 21,
but the movie changed it to 30 (more casting options!)
and Nolan (I am pretty sure he was the one whose website
I read) noted that there was no "old man" character
in the book.

(I have seen most or all of the film on television,
and watched the television series with Gregory Harrison
and Heather Menzies as well...but have not read the book).

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at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
Terry del Fuego
2021-07-20 13:57:09 UTC
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I haven't read/seen it - no spoilers, please.
The most important thing to know about it is that while the credits
claim it was shot in Todd-AO it's really only Todd-AO 35.
Travoltron
2021-07-20 16:40:07 UTC
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Post by danny burstein
[a] with a tantalizing FULL FRONTAL NUDITY snippet.
It was only rated PG too. The stuff you could get away with in the 70s.
The original cut was more explicit, but had to be cut down to get an
R-rating.
Terry del Fuego
2021-07-22 22:24:29 UTC
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:40:07 -0700, Travoltron
Post by Travoltron
It was only rated PG too. The stuff you could get away with in the 70s.
The original cut was more explicit, but had to be cut down to get an
R-rating.
You mean cut down to get a PG? Must have been a 1970s Michael York
specialty since the same thing happened to "Cabaret". Though in that
case, the only change that had to be made was to one word in one of
his lines.

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