William F. Nolan

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  • Bibliography:
    67 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1971
  • Latest Book:
    November 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Logan's Run

1 - Logan's Run (Jun-1985)
2 - Logan's World (Nov-1992)
3 - Logan's Search (Nov-1992)

Sam Space

1 - Space for Hire (1971)
2 - Look Out for Space (Jul-1985)

Book List in Order: 67 titles

  • Space for Hire

    Sam Space - 1

  • Carnival of Speed

  • The Black Mask Boys

  • Logan's Run

    Logan's Run - 1

    The bestselling dystopian novel that inspired the 1970s science-fiction classic starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, and Richard Jordan.In 2116, it is against the law to live beyond the age of twenty-one years. When the crystal flower in the palm of...

  • Look Out for Space

    Sam Space - 2

    BOOK TWO IN THE SEVEN FOR SPACE SERIES.
    Hang on to your hats for a roller-coaster ride around our solar system with one of fictionââ,¬â"¢s wildest characters, William F. Nolanââ,¬â"¢s futuristic private eye, Sam Space. He works out of a seedy o...

  • Logan

    Tells the story of Logan, a former Sandman, now past twenty-one, fleeing from a society in which citizens must voluntarily die at age twenty-one or be hunted down by the Sandmen...

  • Saturday's Shadow

    in Murder on the Aisle

  • Max Brand's Best Western Stories

  • Urban Horrors



  • The Bradbury Chronicles

    Celebrating the achievements of fantasy and science fiction master Ray Bradbury, this anthology includes stories by Gregory Benford, Orson Scott Card, F. Paul Wilson, and Richard Matheson, as well as by Bradbury himself...

  • Three for Space

  • Logan's Search

    Logan's Run - 3

  • Logan's World

    Logan's Run - 2

    Logan's world. . .

    With the computer system destroyed, Earth has reverted to savagery. Scattered tribes now rule a charred world. Scavengers, who prowl the broken cities. Surviving corps of the elite killers, led by a psychotic ex-Sandman. Sadisti...

  • The Black Mask Murders

  • The Marble Orchard

    Mystery fiction's legendary trio, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Erle Stanley Gardner, are back as amateur detectives, following their dynamic, critically acclaimed debut in The Black Mask Murders. Here they interact in a complex, colorful, ...

  • California Sorcery

    Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Fine, signed book, 1st Edition Signed by Authors including Charles E Fritch, William F Nolan, Ray Bradbury plus others... Limited edition of 1500 copies...

  • Sharks Never Sleep

    After being charged with murder, Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner calls on Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammett to help him prove his innocence and uncover the real killer, in a mystery set against the backdrop of Hollywood's Golden Age....

  • Things Beyond Midnight

  • Helltracks



  • Down the Long Night

    A dozen crime stories by an old hand somewhat short on cunning here. For the most part, the writing is pedestrian, the characters mere plot devices, and the "surprise" endings conscientiously telegraphed. One notable exception: "Hi...

  • Raymond Chandler in the Marble Orchard

    The year is 1936, and Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Erle Stanley Gardner have taken to solving crimes as amateur detectives. As narrated by Chandler, their latest adventure begins in East Los Angeles, with the discovery of what is apparentl...

  • Impact 20

  • Dark Universe

    A spinetingling compilation of the author's best stories, culled from fifty years of writing, will disturb, terrify, and shock readers as they enter this nightmarish realm of darkness and evil. Original....

  • Nightworlds

  • Ships in the Night

    This short-story collection gathers many genres under one pen -- western, detective, sports, sci-fi, the human condition. And all the treasured Nolan trademarks are here: characters defined through their actions; storylines unfurling with alacrity an...

  • Wild Galaxy

    Representing the best of a 50-year writing career, these 19 short stories have been collected from the wide-ranging oeuvre of William F. Nolan. Zany tales are included, such as "Toe to Tip, Tip to Toe, Pip-Pop as You Go," in which everyone is kept in...

  • Weird Tales #337

  • Nightshadows

    Nineteen of the twenty-three stories in this present volume were written in our new century following the release of Nolan's retrospective collection Dark Universe, which covers almost all of his work into the year 2000. This is a new collection repr...

  • Seven For Space

    Hang on to your hats for a roller-coaster ride around our solar system with one of fiction s wildest characters, William F. Nolan s futuristic private eye, Sam Space. He works out of a seedy office on Mars, replete with a plug-in secretary, argues ov...



  • Dark Dimensions

    He's "William F. Nolan, Living Legend," but, more importantly, he's Bill Nolan-the super talented, outstanding author of classic works (Logan's Run; Burnt Offerings [screenplay]; "The Pool," "The Party," and hundreds more), and a sensitive poet. Mayb...

  • Kincaid

    In the tradition of The X-Files and Kolchak: The Night Stalker comes a bold new book from master storyteller, William F. Nolan, creator of the global bestseller, Logan’s Run. A headless corpse... A shape-shifting demon... A house of unspeakable hor...

  • Have You Seen The Wind? Selected Stories And Poems

    With 75 books and over 300 anthology appearances to his credit, William F. Nolan (author of Logan's Run) is twice winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award. Most recently, he accepted the International Guilds Living Legend Award for 2002. This is t...

  • Nolan on Bradbury

  • Tales from william F. nolan's dark Universe

    TALES FROM WILLIAM F. NOLAN''S DARK UNIVERSE, Outstanding adaptations of some of his best horror stories, by the author of the novel and major motion picture Logan's Run. Join the scary hi-jinks as characters struggle to deal with unseen horrors, kil...

  • Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe #5

    TALES FROM WILLIAM F. NOLAN's DARK UNIVERSE, Outstanding adaptations of some of his best horror stories, by the author of the novel and major motion picture Logan's Run. Join the scary hi-jinks as characters struggle to deal with unseen horrors, kill...

  • Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe - Collected Edition

  • Of Time and Texas

    Open the C. Cydwick Ohms Time Door, take but a single step, and... William Nolan introduces us to the capricious Time Door of Professor C. Cydwick Ohms, guaranteed to solve the accumulated problems of the world of the year 2057....

  • Like a Dead Man Walking

    The first all-new collection of stories by William F. Nolan, master science fiction and horror writer, author of the classic science fiction novel Logan's Run. This collection also features Nolan's moving tributes to Ray Bradbury and Richard Mathe...

  • Small World

    What will happen when the alien ships strike Earth? And later? Who will survive? What will life be like in that latter-day jungle? William F. Nolan, well known in SF circles on the West Coast, returns with this grim story of the days and the nights o...



  • Logan's Run: Aftermath #6

    Logan will do anything to protect his family, but it’s possible he has gone too far. In the explosive finale of LOGAN’S RUN: AFTERMATH, the ex-sandman, in an effort to set things right, crosses a line that he may never return from....

  • Logan's Run: Last Day

    It's the 23rd Century and at age 21... your life is over! Logan-6 has been trained to kill; born and bred from conception to be the best of the best. But his time is short and before his life ends he's got one final mission: Find and destroy ...

  • Logan's Run: Last Day #1

    Logan has been trained to kill, born and bred from conception to be the best of the best, but his time is short. He’s nearing the end of his life. Age 21, when every citizen reports for Deep Sleep. But before his life ends he’s got one fi...

  • Logan's Run: Last Day #2

    Logan-5 has the opportunity to become the greatest Sandman of them all-– he just needs to bring down Sanctuary and everyone who believes the stories the underground organization dishes out. The only problem is, Logan is now the hunted instead o...

  • Logan's Run: Last Day #3

    On the run, Logan and Jessica make their way into the depths of Cathedral, a ruined part of the Los Angeles Complex and first stop en route to Sanctuary. But Cathedral is also home of the Cubs, ruthless gangs of kids with only murder on their minds. ...

  • Logan's Run: Rebirth #2

    Having discovered the truth about BOX, Logan returns to the frozen wastelands of Hell to resurrect the cyborg from his icy death. They soon join forces to wage a war on the global network of Thinkers but Logan’s search for redemption will bring him...

  • Logan's Run: Rebirth #3

    Logan and Box travel to London to begin the recruitment of a global army to take down the worldwide network of Thinkers, but they soon discover a terrible truth that at its core may be an ideological death sentence for the entire human race....

  • Logan's Run: Rebirth #4

    As they continue to build their army Logan and Box see the growing storm that’s headed their way. This will be a war that neither man, nor machine has seen before and it could mean the end of mankind again and this time it may be forever....

  • Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe #1

    TALES FROM WILLIAM F. NOLAN''S DARK UNIVERSE, Outstanding adaptations of some of his best horror stories, by the author of the novel and major motion picture Logan's Run. Join the scary hi-jinks as characters struggle to deal with unseen ...

  • Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe #4

    TALES FROM WILLIAM F. NOLAN''S DARK UNIVERSE, Outstanding adaptations of some of his best horror stories, by the author of the novel and major motion picture Logan's Run. Join the scary hi-jinks as characters struggle to deal with unseen horrors, kil...



  • Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe #2

    TALES FROM WILLIAM F. NOLAN''S DARK UNIVERSE, Outstanding adaptations of some of his best horror stories, by the author of the novel and major motion picture Logan's Run. Join the scary hi-jinks as characters struggle to deal with unseen ...

  • The Bleeding Edge

    This acclaimed volume features one of the most distinguished lineups of any original anthology published in recent years-ranging from legends such as Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, George Clayton Johnson, Earl Hamner, Jr., and Dan O'Bannon to such l...

  • Logan's Run #0

    Check out this special edition that features never before seen images. Logan has been trained to kill; born and bred from conception to be the best of the best, but his time is short. He’s nearing the end of his life. Age 21, when every citizen...

  • Logan's Run: Aftermath #1

    The Thinker is destroyed, the world is in chaos, and Logan wants nothing to do with it. But the world isn't done with him yet and when the lives of Jessica and his son Jaq are put in jeopardy, Logan must once again don his armor....

  • Logan's Run: Aftermath #5

    Tara-8’s offer appeals to Logan but he has no desire to get caught up in the madness of the new world. Unfortunately, plans have been put into motion and, as destiny beckons the ex-Sandman, this time it looks like he’s the one in need of salvatio...

  • Logan's Run: Last Day #4

    Things are finally dropping into place for Deep Sleep Operative Logan-6 on his covert assignment to find the mysterious Ballard and destroy Sanctuary. But even the most careful plans can go askew. After his cover is blown, not only does Logan risk de...

  • Logan's Run: Last Day #6

    Logan's life has led him to this moment. A decision that goes against everything he was born and bred to be. But can a man conditioned to kill to protect the system, kill to destroy it? As Logan's run comes to an explosive end, who will be le...

  • Logan's Run: Rebirth #1

    As the world deals with the loss of the Thinker; Logan, Jessica and their infant son Jaq have found a secluded spot to live out their new found extended lives. But the world isn’t done with Logan-6 and though he tries to stay out of things, a m...

  • Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe #3

    TALES FROM WILLIAM F. NOLAN''S DARK UNIVERSE, Outstanding adaptations of some of his best horror stories, by the author of the novel and major motion picture Logan's Run. Join the scary hi-jinks as characters struggle to deal with unseen horrors, kil...

  • Never Fear: The Apocalypse

    Apocalypse-definition: the complete final destruction of the world, especially as described from the Book of Revelation in The Bible; an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic level. 

    Eighteen bestselling and aw...

  • Logan's Run: Aftermath

    LOGAN'S RUN: AFTERMATH continues Logan's epic journey as he races towards an uncertain destiny.The Thinker is destroyed, the world is in chaos, and Logan wants nothing to do with it. But the world isn't done with him yet and when the lives of Jess...

  • Logan's Run: Rebirth

    As the world deals with the loss of the Thinker; Logan, Jessica and their infant son Jaq have found a secluded spot to live out their new found extended lives. But the world isn't done with Logan-6 and though he tries to stay out of things, a myst...

  • Logan's Run: Black Flower #3

    Like a gladiator, Logan is forced to fight for his life at Circus. But an ally from the past gives him new purpose. But the Badlands are probably less safe than the Arcade; especially when forced to cross swords with another familiar foe. Logan’s g...

  • Logan's Run: Black Flower

    This epic adventure picks up where the famous novel left off. Logan has found Sanctuary a challenging existence. It’s not the Utopia of Runner myths. He jumps at the chance to take on a dangerous mission to destroy Hourglass, the facility that cont...

  • Logan's Run: Black Flower #4

    Twenty-one years. That’s all we get. But not those who have found Sanctuary and not those who control the secret of Hourglass. Logan finally challenges Gant in an epic showdown for control of not just Hourglass, but the all-powerful Thinker. But i...

  • Logan's Run: Solo

    He’s an enigma and a mystery. A madman comprised of human flesh and man-metal left buried in a tomb of ice far below the frozen north. But there is more to his story. Much more. In this special ONE-SHOT issue of LOGAN’S RUN prepare to unveil t...

  • Logan's Run: Black Flower #2

    Using the secrets of the palm flower learned from the enigmatic Historian, Logan knows his destiny will take him back to Crazy Horse Monument in the Badlands. Logan’s quest takes him from the underground of old ‘Cisco to the wild west of Vegas Co...

  • A Little Gray Book of Shadows

    The first volume in Series III of the popular Little Book Series!In Nolan's own words: Short Stories are a challenge and (most of the time) a creative delight. Writing new ones at the rate of three or four a year I have had more than 200 in print sin...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William F. Nolan has published 67 books.

William F. Nolan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Little Gray Book of Shadows, was published in November 2021.

The first book by William F. Nolan, Space for Hire, was published in January 1971.

Yes. William F. Nolan has 2 series.
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