William F. Nolan, Sci-Fi Author of 'Logan's Run,' Dead at 93 - Rolling Stone
William F. Nolan, the science fiction author best known for co-penning the 1967 classic Logan’s Run with the late George Clayton Johnson, has died, a representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 93.
The prolific author penned hundreds of works that stretched beyond the limits of sci-fi into nonfiction, poetry, and biographies, but he rose to prominence after the publication of Logan’s Run, which told the story of a domed city in the year 2116 where citizens were euthanized at age 21 to control the population. The novel was adapted into a 1976 film starring Michael York.
Born on March 6th, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, as the only child of an adventurer and a stenographer, Nolan grew up a fan of comics and pulp novels, particularly the works of Jack Kirby. After his family relocated to Chula Vista, California, after World War II, he developed a talent for drawing, but later became fascinated with sci-fi writing after being introduced to author Ray Bradbury. Nolan’s first book, 1952’s Ray Bradbury Review, was a compilation of short stories, nonfiction, and artwork by Bradbury and several other writers and illustrators, including Chad Oliver.
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