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Logan's Run Organization Of Fans

1976-1980 The original Logan's Run club was the Logan's Run Organization Of Fans (LROOF) and was based in San Diego, California. Membership included a newsletter called "The Circuit" a membership card, and a pen. The pen is shown above. This club dissolved in 1980 leaving a bunch of memberships unfulfilled. On a few occasions (about once a year) they included a little wallet sized picture along with the regular issues. Their newsletter had some fan fiction at first, and a column by William F. Nolan. Each issue was about 19 to 25 pages. The president of the club was Fay Metze (who later married and became Fay Popejoy) and the editor of the fanzine was Lisa Jardon. Two of the true movers and shakers in Logan Fandom! Hats off to you for producing such a nifty newsletter! Fay was even Tuckerized in Nolan's second book Logan's World on page 13 as the name of a drug Eztem-F! (How come no one form Sandman Senttinel was ever Tuckerized?) The formation of LROOF is a series of 15 letters between the club president and the MGM Publicity Department. These letters cover the early formation of the club From May 19, 1976 to December of 1976 when the second issue of The Circuit emerged.

Arcade, Vol. 1 No. 1. 500 copies were printed this was copy # 474. From the Editor/From the President MGM Production notes (Part 1) Logan's Run Logan's Run Trivial Quiz Questionnaire Defender of Men by R. MacNeil (Part I) Things To Come Report on the Hollywood premiere

Arcade (advertisement section), Vol. 1 No. 2. 500 copies were printed This was # 461 From the Editor/From the President Short Circuits (letters) Defender of Men by R. MacNeil (Part II) William F. Nolan Circuit article Sep 16 1976 Page 1, Page 2 Logan's Run: a 13-year Saga by William F. Nolan Logan's Run Word Search Logan and Jessica Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part I) Includes the deleted opening sequence. Answers to the Trivial Quiz Now News

Arcade (advertisement section) William F. Nolan Circuit Oscar Note, Vol.1 No. 3. There were 750 copies printed. This one was #494. From the Editor/From the President Word for Word Defender of Men by R. MacNeil (conclusion) Logan's Run Word Search Answers Running with Logan by William F. Nolan (Action Report #1) Jan 30, 1977 Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 A L.R.O.F. Montague by L. Morton Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part II) Late Report form William F. Nolan on the Set of the LOGAN'S RUN Television Show, Feb 26, 1977 Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

[Additions from April 8, 2020: Some trivial things for the readers of this article... Lisa Jardon, Anne R. Maugh and R. MacNeil were (or are) in fact the same person... popular horror author Lisa Morton. Fay and Lisa ran LROF (not LROOF) almost singlehandedly, and both thought it would be in bad form to have the same names showing up on every article and interview. So, Lisa Jardon is a play on Richard Jordan's last name; Anne R. Maugh is a play on the character "Joseph Armagh" that Jordan played in the the TV miniseries Captains and the Kings and R. MacNeil is a play on Linda Blair's charcater in The Exorcist, Regan MacNeil (one of Morton's all-time favorite films). Lisa was also Tuckerized, like Fay Metz (note, her name is spelled with no "e" on the end), in the novel Logan's World. There's a character named Lisa 18, named for Lisa Morton who, at the time, was just 18-years old.

Much of the original artwork in The Circuit can also be attributed to Lisa Morton.]

Arcade Vol. 1 No.4. Hey! A photo cover! And of Jessica too! Mentions that it is authorized by MGM According to the editorial the club was almost at the 700 member mark! There were 750 copies printed. Mr. Nolan gives us an update on the TV series (CBS buys the pilot), Logan's World, and the possibility of a second movie. From the Editor/From the President Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part III) Movie Montage (art) by L. Morton Fantastic Cinema for 1977 by Renee Ford The "new" Logan and Jessica (photo)

Arcade Vol. 2 No. 1. 600 copies printed this issue is #429. Mr. Nolan reacts favorably to seeing the Logan's Run pilot. and talks of hopes for a Logan's World movie. From the Editor/From the President Photos of Gregory Harrison, Randy Powell, and Heather Menzies at Starcon 77 Color pictures B&W Pictures More color pictures (not used) Logan's Run television show synopses Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part IV) Report on Starcon by Maggie Evans

Arcade, Vol 2. No. 2. 700 copies of this issue were printed. Mr. Nolan talks of the Logan series of being dead and how it died. Star Wars articles vanish at reader requests.

From the Editor/From the president

Ankh by Eric Popejoy ( a computer asci text art pic) Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part V) Lifeclock flashes to Jessica leading Logan to arcade to be killed. Our Christmas Gift to YOU (A wallet sized picture of Jessica and Logan being confronted by Box. Portrait of Greg Harrison (photo) Running with Logan by William F. Nolan Logan shot down with a ratings gun at CBS, Logan runs again in Logan's World!

Arcade (items for sale on various pages), Vol. 2 No. 3 (also known as issue #7). Editor blasts Project UFO and of all things, Quark and them laments that Logan's Run will never rerun and no one will ever see Stargate or Turnabout. President gets married and becomes Fay Popejoy! Congrats! From the Editor Photo of Logan and Jessica (from the TV series) Letter from Nolan about the Thunder Gods Page 1, Page 2 The Thunder Gods an original "Logan's Run" television show outline by William F. Nolan and Dennis Etchison (Action report 5?) Francis and the Central Computer (as programed by Eric Popejoy) Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part IV) From the President

Arcade, Vol. 2 No.4. The cover loses the nifty logo. The inside mentions this is issue #8 This issue was a few months late. The majority of club members came up for renewal with this issue. Mr. Nolan talks about the final three episodes of the TV series and talks a bit about Mr. Gerrold's discouraging comments in Starlog.

From the Editor/From the President Photo of the first Runner from Logan's Run Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part VII) Running With Logan Action Report #5 by William F. Nolan Photo Caption Contest Notice about Renewals Photo of Francis and Logan from the television series Death Run by Jean Grahm (Part I)

Arcade, Vol. 3 No. 1. William Nolan talks about why after a few months after the premier he actually liked the film. The novelization gets to the point where Doc turns off the Anodyne. Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh Photo of Rem Death Run by Jean Grahm (Part II) Photo of Starbuck Battlestar Galactica Review by Maggie Evans

Arcade, Vol. 3 No. 2. Well it was all downhill when Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek started appearing in a Logan's Run newsletter! 600 copies printed mine was #344 Death Run by Jean Graham (Part III) Photo of Logan and Doc Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part IX) Love Shop sequence Star Trek the Motion Picture by Margaret White Photo of the Star Trek Cast A Logan's Run Christmas Carol by Jeremy Evans Desiderata (Logan's Run-style) by Carl Nicastro Our Christmas gift to members Miscellaneous Notes

[Additions from April 8, 2020: The photo credit, Margaret White is actually Fay Metz. Margaret White is the name of Carrie's mother in the film, Carrie. Margaret was played by Piper Laurie, Carrie was played by Sissy Spacek.]

Arcade, Volume 3 No. 3. The novelization covers until the Sanctuary HQ attack concludes with the scene of Francis talking to Logan. 500 copies were printed (mine was #175) An announcement says they will no longer be publishing on a set schedule. Death Run by Jean Graham (Part IV) Behind-the-scenes photo from Logan's Run (person waving at flying cleanup pilot) Visualizing a Lifestyle 300 Years in the Future (Part I) by Dale Hennesy (American Cinematographer reprint) Logan's Run movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh (Part X) this staple of the fanzine stopped for some reason at this point. Quite a shame! Miscellaneous Announcements

[Additions from April 8, 2020: Writer Maggie Evans (named for the Dark Shadows character) is Jean Graham. Again, Metz and Morton thought seeing the same names pop up too frequently would not look good, so many contributors wrote under pen names... usually associated with other shows they were fans of.]

Arcade, Vol. 3 No. 4. 450 copies were printed (mine was #129) Mr. Nolan speaks briefly of his new novel Logan's Search. Death Run by Jean Graham (Part V) The cast of Logan's Run TV show Running With Logan Action Report #6 by William F. Nolan Visualizing a Lifestyle 300 Years in the Future (Part II) by Dale Hennesy (American Cinematographer reprint) From the President

Arcade, Vol 4 No.1. Published in 1979 My issue was stapled backwards! This made it very Japanese! There was also a fan club directory printed and distributed with this issue. It indicates that there were 300 copies printed. Mine was #273. The mechanical article was great! Nolan is brooding as his new book was going to be delayed until 1981.

Mechanical Special Effects for Logan's Run by Glen Robinson A Christmas gift to our members a wallet sized photo (I think of Logan entering the New You shop Jessica a portrait by Scott Noel Death Run by Jean Graham (Part VI)

William F. Nolan - A Self Interview this is the last Nolan article to run in the fanzine. It was strangely missing from the final issue.

Arcade, Vol 4 No.2. Published in Feb of 1980? The inside indicated that there were 300 copies of this issue printed. Mine was number 173. I can't believe they gave up with a circulation of over 100! This was the final issue. At least they managed to finish off Death Run by Jean Graham. Unfortunately, other interesting items like the great movie novelization by Anne R. Maugh went unfinished! The article by Mr. Abbot was fantastic!

Death Run by Jean Graham (conclusion) Photo of Heather Menzies as Jessica A widescreen film clip was included (a widescreen film clip) which I stretched out for you here. Magic for the 23rd Century by L. B. Abbot A.S.C. Bring Back Flint

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[Additions from April 8, 2020: This article was riddled with typos and other error. Many of them are now cleaned up.]

United Sandmen

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1977 - 1986 (sort of...) In about 1977 The United Sandmenformed in New Mexico. The United Sandmen had a monthly mailing "Sentinel Informer" which had numerous issues each about 15 pages in length and a large fanzine sized annual publication "Sandman Sentinel" which produced 11 issues. The fanzine stared out a biannual production but that schedule was dropped after issue #2. The United Sandmen was an official chapter of the LROF, I recall reading that in the Circuit at one point. The club did not advertise too much. I think it had one advert in Starlog, magazine, and another in their only once printed Starlog Communication handbook. There was also an advertisement in the Circuit at one point. The fanzine was a large format usually around 70+ pages. The first issue was offset print. The second and third were a more traditional mimeograph process. This makes them extremely hard to read today. Issues 2 (Vol. 1 #2) and 3 (Vol. 2 #1) are the hardest to find. Around issue #5 or 6 the Janelle Holmes became to busy to continue the production so I volunteered to put out future issues. Before that Janelle and Dan Helmich had been the publishers. I knew nothing about publishing a fanzine, but over the course of the next several years I would learn quite a lot. I had been involved with the production of The Gorgon Chronicles (1980-1981) but Dan Murphy did most of the work, I just added in the picture pages and clip art and ran off the copies. But nothing prepared me for the huge task of word processing, printing, publishing and mailing all of these issues! Janelle Holmes remained as editor and contributed editorials to issues 7 and 8. Issue 7 was my first issue. It was made on an Atari 800 and printed on an Epson FX80 printer. My word processor did not even have a spell checker! Heck I was just a high school student back then. By the time issue #9 rolled around I was going to college and had access to some better production equipment, but my time was very limited. Issue nine and ten on were 'velobound' and had clear plastic protective covers. Issue 9 has a sepeatoned picture of Logan and Jessica in the swamp from the episode Stargate. The cover of issue #10 was one of, if not the first SF fanzines in the world to have a full color cover. The club dissolved in 1986 upon publication of Sandman Sentinel #10. On average one issue was produced each year, with the exception of issues 7 and 8 which were both produced in the same year so that the final issue could be printed in connection with the tenth anniversary of the movie's release. In between issue 10 and issue 11 one fan kept the club alive.. His name is (Darn! I don't have it handy here) but he put out Sentinel Informer issues on a regular basis. Issue #11 was not produced until 1994 and received very limited distribution. Even though issue 11 was promoted at worldcons and regional conventions very few people ordered it as Logan fandom had sunk to an all time lack of interest. Now, thanks mostly to the Internet, Logan fandom seems to be making a sort of comeback. Well maybe not a comeback but at least the interest is there.

Vol 1 #1 September 1977 (commonly referred to as issue #1.) believe it or not there were a lot of copies of this issue made, so it is the easiest to find. The nice binding and offset printing makes it very readable today. Remember there is no such thing as a dumb Sandman... just dumb citizens! Sandman Focus Gym Graffiti DS Training Manual Sandlady Part I by Janelle Holmes Sentinel Search (Word Maze) Star Wars Focus Star Wars Review Mark Hamill alais Luke Skywalker News and Notes Editor's Page Logan's Run Update Media Notes
	Vol 1 #2 October 1978 (commonly referred to as issue #2.) Mimeographed and some pages were glued together so that they could have a picture on one side this is one of the harder issues to read. My copy has a lot of unreadable bits in it. Articles Pages From The Deep Sleep Training Manual Logan's Run Supertrivia Quiz Sentinel Search (word maze) Jenny! A Complete Biography by Michael Smith Movie Review: Invasion of the body Snatchers Fiction Fight For Life by Alfred F Turner The Search by Pat Caillouett and J. L. Holmes Sandlady Part II by Janelle Holmes Death of a Sandman (poetry) by Jacquelyn Taylor News and Notes Editorial by Janelle Holmes Accolades (letters section) Tri-Dim Report Sentinel Search #1 answers Missing A Few Words ( reprinting blured out words in the previous issue)
	Vol 2 #1 May 1979 (commonly referred to as issue #3 as this was the only issue published this year. Mimeographed with offset art. The art in this issue was exceptional. Some pages were printed on different color (yellow) paper. Articles Logan's Run - - A Series Doomed To Failure D. C. Fontana on Logan's Run Exclusive Interview Logan's Run Epiosde Synopsis Logan's Run Stars' Biographies Fiction DS Training Manual (with illustrations) Terror Unto Death Part I by Jacquelyn Taylor And Gant Slew Ballard by Leigh Chapman Fight For Life by Alfred F. Turner (who also did some great art in this issue) The Search by Pat Caillouett and J. L. Holmes The Sandlady's Return By Janelle Holmes Carousel by Gloria Colon ( a nice filk song) News and Notes Editorial by Janelle Holmes Accolades and Tirades (letters section) DS Exchange Answers to the LR Trivia Quiz Missing A Few Words ( reprinting blured out words in the previous issue)
	Issue #4 December 1980 This issue and the ones following it all looked very sharp. Mimeographed with offset art. By the time this issue was printed the Logan's Run Organization Of Fans had already folded. 'Runs' at conventions were being banned because of accidents. It was a very bad year for Logan's Run fans and the third and 'final' Logan's book was published. Articles Review of Logan's Run ( written back in 1976) Biography of Michael York Biography or Richard Jordan Fiction The Masquerade by Frank R. Wilson Their Souls and Spirits Prose by Frank R. Wilson Citizens Career Guide Sandgirls Part I by Carl Nicastro (a story too 'hot' for The Circuit!) The Historian by Dan Helmick Terror Unto Death Part II by Jacquelyn Taylor Sandlady's Return Part II by Janelle Holmes News and Notes Editorial by Janelle Holmes Accolades and Tirades (letters section) DS Exchange
	Issue #5 December 1981 Mimeographed with offset art. News and Notes Editorial by Janelle Holmes Accolades and Tirades (letters section) Fiction Time Tripper Part 1 by Tony Doimadios Sandgirls Part II by Carl Nicastro A Sandlady By Any Other Name by Janelle Holmes Terror Unto Death Part III by Jacquelyn Taylor Reflections on a Crystal by Jessica 6 (as written by Gloria Colon) Deep Sleep Training Manual Supplement by Gloria Colon Death Chase by Greg Crawford Adrian's Run by Dan Helmick Logan's Discovery Part 1 by John Kennedy
	Issue #6 December 1982 Mimeographed 2 sided printing. Cover based on t he Corgi Books Logan's Run Paperback. News and Notes Editorial by Janelle Holmes Accolades and Tirades (letters section) Fiction Time Tripper Part 1 by Tony Doimadios Odyssey of Santana 3 Part I by Greg Crawford Sandgirls Part III by Carl Nicastro A Sandlady By Any Other Name: Part II by Janelle Holmes Terror Unto Death Part IV by Jacquelyn Taylor The Adventures of Sandgirl Mackenzie 19 by Marcy Dare Pages From the DS Training Manual by Francine Bake Logan's Run Word Maze by Tony D Doimadios
	Issue #7 December 1983 Mailed out much in the summer of 84! Originals of this issue were printed on dot matrix printer paper, so if you see an Xerox copy of it it is not an original. Produced on an old Atari 800 computer! Non Fiction Michael Anderson Jr. on Logan's Run The Movie George Clayton Johnosn on Jessica's Run Fiction Quest of the Spear Part 1 by Carl Nicastro Odyssey of Santana 3 Part II by Greg Crawford A Sandlady By Any Other Name: Part III by Janelle Holmes Terror Unto Death Part V by Jacquelyn Taylor The Adventures of Sandgirl Mackenzie 19 by Marcy Dare Articles Answer key to Issue 6 Word Maze Accolades and Tirades Janelle Holmes From the Typist by Rick Hallock
	Issue #8 June 1985 This issue was also printed on a dot matrix printer, but was veroxed to make the print darker. Very thin paper made for a very thin issue. The end of the club is announced by Janelle. A few pages were lost but later recovered and put is issue #9 of part IV of Janelle's story. Non Fiction From The Editor Janelle Holmes From the Typist by Rick Hallock Script The Playground Part 1 Fiction A Sandlady By Any Other Name: Part IV By Janelle Holmes Groso's Run Part II by Rick Hallock The Adventures of Sandgirl Mackenzie 19 by Marcy Dare Articles City Demographics By Dan Helmick The Philosophy of the 23rd Century by Carl Nicastro (Rainbird 6) Religion In The Future By Carl Nicastro
	Issue #9 January 1986 First velobound cover. First use of spot color Non Fiction From the Typist by Rick Hallock Script The Playground Part 2 Fiction A Sandlady By Any Other Name: Part IV Missing pages from the earlier issue By Janelle Holmes Terror Unto Death Part VI by Jacquelyn Taylor Groso's Run Part II by Rick Hallock Francis 7? By Greg Crawford
	Issue #10 November 1986 This issue was sent out to all the people still with valid addresses on our mailing list as a free thank you for supporting Logan Fandom for those many long years. Velobound full color cover. It also featured biographies of club members who wrote in with how Logan's Run had effected them. There were a bunch of these floating with fanzine dealers for a few years after publication at west coast cons. This issue also featured three wallet sized pictures courtesy of Tim Smith to go with his articles. George Clayton Johnson liked this issue and complimented me on it and the Jacquelyn Taylor story! Non Fiction From the Typist by Rick Hallock Bios by Janelle Holmes, Greg Crawford, Tim Smith Ankh and A Scene Passed By Too Quick By Tim Smith A complete membership list both past and present Script The Playground part 3 Fiction A Sandlady By Any Other Name: The Conclusion by Janelle Holmes Terror Unto Death Part VII by Jacquelyn Taylor Groso's Run Part III (conclusion) by Rick Hallock
	Issue #11 1995 (extremely limited distribution) Originally was planed to include a videotape with this issue, but it never got enough subscriptions to support that ffeature. Most were shipped in a three ring binder with a transparent cover. The cover was full color printed on (at the time) state of the art HP 550c inkjet printer. The inside was a crisp original laserprinted copy. Not many stories.. but quite long ones! Non Fiction From the Typist by Rick Hallock Fiction The Thinkers Sandlady by Janelle Holmes (a complete story) Last Run by Greg Crawford (a complete story) Special Thanks to Greg Crawford for financial contributions on this issue, Tim Smith and Chris Wiedner for their unending support of Logan's Run, and a very special thanks to Janelle The Logan's Run / Logan's World Lexicon The Logan's Run / Logan's World Lexicon was edited and Compiled by Janelle Holmes. This 18 page dittoed (that is right purple fading ink and all) tome was a really nice guide to understanding the first two books. Well written and arranged in alphabetical order with references to the corresponding pages in the paperbacks. It also includes a few illustrations. The Logan's Run Reference Book I bought my copy form an advertisement in the back of an old issue of The Circuit. This tome contains 195 terms from the film Logan's Run. It is 23 pages long. and covers everything form Abbot, L. B. to York Michael. The copy I have is the Third Printing. It also says Volume 1 on the front but I am not aware of a second volume. This was written by Paul McComas who obviously put a lot of work into it. While there are pictures on t he cover the inside contains 26 cartoon like illustrations.  A college science fiction club in Michigan produced several issues of "Steam Tunnels Quarterly" which had a very high Logan's Run content. Sandman Sentinel author and long time Logan fan Dan Helmick served as editor (at least on these two issues) . The blue issue's caption under the photograph of Box in the ice caves reads "Guided tours of the extensive climate control system underneath the Library provide the hilight to any visit to the campus" This was produced by the MSU Science Fiction Society. The 23rd Century was the name of another fanzine that came out around 1977. For some reason no one liked to put dates on things back in the 1970's. This is the cover of Vol 1 No. 2 I am not sure if there were further issues or not. It appears that the editor, Edwark Novak, worked hard on it for a one man operation. This issue had a transcript of the TV pilot movie taking up most of the issue and a "What If" story where Francis joined up with Logan and Jessica to fight the system, though this was interesting it was less than one page and to be continued to boot! There was one other Logan's Run fanzine which I do not have bout would love to see a copy of. I did not even know it it ever came out but it was mentioned in the Circuit #3. It was called Carousel and was published by Betty Jean Browning of Salt Lake City , Utah. Any information would be welcome! I am assuming it was a fairly large fanzine published in 1977