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Title:Arcana Caelestia
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Created:Thu Dec 08 1983
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233.0. "Logan's Run" by WOODIE::WROTHBERG () Mon Jul 15 1985 14:31

There was a Logan's Run series with three books in it a while back, I have
two of them, but can't find the third. THe two I have are Loran's Run and 
Logan's Search, I can't seem to recall the name of the third one. Anybody
know where I can get it (if you can remember the name), I loved that program.
It's a pity they took it off the air.

- Rob


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233.1AKOV68::BOYAJIANTue Jul 16 1985 03:387
The other is titled LOGAN'S WORLD, and it's actually the second in the series;
LOGAN'S SEARCH is the third. As to where it can be found, you got me. You'll
just have to look around the various used-book stores. By the way, both WORLD
and SEARCH are by William F. Nolan alone, rather than by Nolan and George
Clayton Johnson.

--- jerry
233.2TV series not too badHOCUS::LAMThu Mar 28 1991 10:4511
    I never saw this program when it was aired on prime time TV, I forget
    when that was.  But I finally saw it for the first time on the cable TV
    network TNT.  Apparently it's not bad, it's not the best sci-fi TV I've
    ever seen but some of the episode have thoughtful and reasonably good
    plots.  I especially liked the android.  It takes a lot of liberties
    from the movie but the basic premise remains the same.  I kind of
    reminds me of a TV series that Gene Roddenberry tried to get on the air
    but never made it.  I believed it was called "Genesis II" or something
    similar but I'm not sure.
    
    ktlam...
233.3name of the old man?GIDDAY::BURTChele Burt - CSC Sydney, DTN 7355693Mon Oct 26 1992 19:307
Greetings,

I have a small question which has been bothering me for days. I don't have a 
copy of the book LOGAN'S RUN & it's been years since I saw the movie.
What was the name of the "old man" (played by Peter Ustinov in the 
movie)? Did he actually have a name? or was he merely called "old man"?

233.4in the desert you can't remember your name...WHELIN::TASCHEREAUthirtysufferingTue Oct 27 1992 08:2210
    
    I'll have to dig out my copy of LR to be sure, however, the book
    and the movie differ so much that I'm not even sure there was an
    old man in the book.
    
    Anyway, I think it was just "old man".  If I remember correctly,
    he had forgotten his name due to the combined effects of isolation
    and old age.
    
    				-St
233.5RE 233.3VERGA::KLAESAll the Universe, or nothing!Wed Oct 28 1992 13:5711
    	In the 1967 novel, the "old man" was actually Logan's Sandman 
    friend Francis, who was in his 40s and therefore the oldest known 
    person in the world.  In the 1976 film, the old man and Franics were 
    two different people.
    
    	I found the novel to be far superior to the film, not to mention
    the short-lived television series which spun off it on CBS.  The second
    novel was okay and the third was unnecessary.
    
    	Larry
    
233.6Wasn't it Ballard?WOOK::LEEWook... Like 'Book' with a 'W'Mon Jan 11 1993 17:354
That's the name I remember from the book. There was also a Logan's Run graphic
novel that was very faithful to the book.

Wook
233.7KERNEL::PLANTCNever tell me the odds!Thu Oct 05 1995 09:2712
>>I have a small question which has been bothering me for days. I don't have a 
>>copy of the book LOGAN'S RUN & it's been years since I saw the movie.
>>What was the name of the "old man" (played by Peter Ustinov in the 
>>movie)? Did he actually have a name? or was he merely called "old man"?

	You could have called him Denis!! :))))))
    
    Chris
    :)