Has anyone here read a short story called "The Party"? I think it's by William F. Nolan

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I am looking online and I despair of ever finding it. It's the icky, "off" details of one man's journey to hell. There's an elevator that takes him from one party to the next, and they're all insufferable.

I'm really craving that blast from the past. Thank you. :thumbsup:

[pitohui]

1. i don't recall that one but another nolan story

william nolan's the doctor/SF writer from back in the day, right? when i was a kid, i got a kick from his story about the "cover up" when the doctors discovered that humans were descended not from the primates but from the pigs
-- humanity just couldn't handle the truth! :-)

P.s. just googled him and he was never a doctor, but he WAS the author of "the party" originally published in playboy in 1967

still don't have a link to either story...

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2. HEH!

PLEASE tell me a little about that. I really kind of got stuck on the Party story & it seems this guy has an imagination that would freak the most sturdy of us out.

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[pitohui]

3. it has been too long, trying to remember the name of it now!

i might have to sleep on it and get back at you later

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13. That would be really good.

Thank you, pitohui.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Is that the story that we find out that Hell is other people?

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6. Oh, DUH, Sartre.

:rofl: :loveya:

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Ah! That's right - No Exit, right?

Hey, even I fuck things up sometimes.

No need to be nasty.

x(

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11. You're the greatest of the best.

I'm telling you that from the purest truth I know. :hi: :yourock:

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9. PS, Rabrrrrrr, I love reading stories about hell.

:D It's fun.

[mzteris]

5. here

http://www.buried.com/features/stealthpress/nolan_01.pdf

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10. Cool!

Nolan and I share an alma mater!

[pitohui]

12. wow nicely done, thanks! EOM

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14. Thank you.

I really appreciate your scouting this out for me, but I failed to mention my computer can't do PDF's. Thank you so much, though. :hug: It's such a great story. Have you read it?

[mark414]

7. here's a link....

http://www.buried.com/features/stealthpress/nolan_01.pdf


also you can find it in this collection of stories:

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Crimes-Modern-Masters-Noir/dp/0881849197


and as someone above noted...it was first published in Playboy

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15. Dang! I looked at "buried" and still couldn't find the link.

Thank you so much for helping me look, though. :D I suppose if I want this story badly enough, I'll find it on the internet somehow. :toast: