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By: Jan LaFata

Jan LaFata — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:03:21 +0000

Mr. Nolan,

First of all, it is an honor to meet you. I’ve been a fan of “Logan’s Run” ever since I was a teen and have remained so since. I am in the 1400 member strong “Science Fiction Group” on Yahoo. In addition I write a weekly “SciFi News” blog for the group and for anyone else to view.
Also occasionally I will arrange for short, 10-question Q&A sessions with prominent people in science fiction.

So far we’ve talked to Syd Mead, Ben Bova and Nick Sagan. I was wondering if you would do us the honor of doing a Q&A session? I think you’ll find that we have some great minds in our group, and it ends up being a truly wonderful experience for both parties when we share information and ideas together.

We work through basic email. If you agree, I post an email to my group saying we have so and so as a guest and to please submit to me, 10 intelligent questions which I then pass on to you. When I receive them back, at your convenience I post them back to our group.

Please let me know if you would be interested and I completely understand if you decline. I await your response

Sincerly
Jan LaFata
The Science Fiction Group on Yahoo

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:29:40 +0000

Reading “McQueen.” I’m only 3 chapters in and loving it. Not a dry biography… the writing speaks for itself and i can sense the real connection you and Steve McQueen had. Thanks Mr. Nolan.

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By: Patrick McIntosh

Patrick McIntosh — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:50:17 +0000

Dear Jasunni,

I tried clicking on the website which you mentioned to me in your reply letter but it has temporaily unvailble. If Mr Nolan has any copies of Brothers Challis I will gladly buy a copy from him directly.

By: John D. Baird

John D. Baird — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:05:14 +0000

Happy 83rd Birthday!

By: Clare Mulley

Clare Mulley — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:54:02 +0000

Dear Mr Nolan,
I am a British author writing a biography of Christine Granville, the Polish woman who worked as a secret agent for the British during WW2. I have read that you met Ian Fleming in Chicago in 1959, and he mentioned that Granville was (at least part of) the inspiration for Tatiana Romanov in From Russia With Love? Donald McCormick’s biography of Fleming went into some detail about how Granville was also the inspiration for Vesper Lynd, but his sources have since been questioned and more recent biographers of Fleming have dropped reference to Granville. I would be extremely grateful if you might be able to shed any light on this, and perhaps very kindly confirm your own conversation with Fleming?
I have a website which could give you some background on me by way of introduction – http://www.claremulley.com.
Thank you so much for any help you might be able to give me, I really appreciate it.
Best wishes, Clare
claremulley@btinternet.com

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:59:53 +0000

I read your comment after posting my own and I’m so glad I’m not the only one who felt that way about that book! I admire your admiration. It is well placed.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:52:08 +0000

Dear Mr. Nolan,

I had once seen Logan’s Run and loved it but I was never curious enough to find out that it had been a novel before a movie. I recently picked up your book “How to Write Horror Fiction” and fell head over heels for both your personal writing style and your horror narrative as displayed in the book. I haven’t looked yet (I’m scared I won’t find anything) but I hope you wrote more by way of how-to and please count me in as a fan of your fiction. I’ll be at my library finding and reading more in your bibliography! Thank you for being an important and interesting writer. I wish I’d found you earlier!

Jenny

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:08:38 +0000

I stumbled across a copy of Mr. Nolan’s book, How to write Horror Fiction, and wanted to thank him for it. It was an impulse buy at a thrift store, I hadn’t even really looked at who the author was, only the title but as I cracked it open it was like finding an old friend. The manner in which it is written, and as he describes it, is truly like sitting down with a friend and discussing the genre, its history and the finer points in storytelling.

Just wanted to pass on my admiration.

~Ray

By: jasunni

jasunni — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:49:03 +0000

Hi Patrick,

This is Mr. Nolan’s webmaster. I found a copy at the following bookstore: http://www.dpbooks.com/cat95.htm

I will pass your comments about Black Mask along.