# Botticelli March 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525 "2023-03-01T03:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/61 "2023-03-06T04:50:39Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > I think he’s still alive, but… are you William Gibson? > > Already denied, per Prof P’s IQ (post 50). Ah, missed that, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/62 "2023-03-06T05:48:18Z")
He died a few years ago, but I’m not sure exactly when… Are you _Logan’s Run_ co-author William Nolan? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/63 "2023-03-06T12:50:24Z")
I am not William Nolan. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/64 "2023-03-06T15:31:03Z")
It’s either going to be someone I have heard of and I’ll be kicking myself for not remembering, or someone I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/65 "2023-03-06T15:42:15Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > It’s either going to be someone I have heard of and I’ll be kicking myself for not remembering, or someone I don’t know. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/66 "2023-03-06T17:05:39Z")
Ditto ditto. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/67 "2023-03-06T18:30:54Z")
Or I _might_ have heard of the name, vaguely, but couldn’t tell you anything about him. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/68 "2023-03-06T18:31:50Z")
And , of course, that was supposed to read known afyer 1970, not 2960. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/69 "2023-03-06T20:32:33Z")
And wikipedia says Nolan died in 2021, so it couldn’t have been him anyway… Curious to see who it is, as I’m coming up blank… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/70 "2023-03-06T21:32:22Z")
As am I. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/71 "2023-03-07T02:53:15Z")
Are we there yet? ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/72 "2023-03-07T03:17:10Z")
We are! I am the late author **William Sleator** best known for either _House of Stairs_ or _Interstellar Pig_. Do I pick a new person? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/73 "2023-03-07T03:18:53Z")
Never heard of him. Or those books. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/74 "2023-03-07T03:27:05Z")
[House of Stairs was probably the first dystopic book I read.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Stairs_(Sleator_novel)) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/75 "2023-03-07T13:24:29Z")
I haven’t read anything by him yet, but my younger sister did give me _Interstellar Pig_ last Christmas. So, I have heard of him, and you go again. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/76 "2023-03-07T15:51:09Z")
Looking over his Wikipedia page, _The Boy who Reversed Himself_ is the only book that sounds familiar. Unless I only think that because of [this](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/624122.The_Man_Who_Folded_Himself). ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/77 "2023-03-07T15:52:12Z")
Wiki says he wrote YA and kids’ books. I actually thought of asking that as a DQ (“Best known for adult fiction, rather than YA/children’s?”), but not until the deadline for DQs had passed. Wouldn’t have helped me, but maybe you or someone else… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/78 "2023-03-07T16:27:31Z")
Ignore this. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/79 "2023-03-07T17:33:00Z")
Never heard of him either. Next letter, **kitap**? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525/80 "2023-03-07T18:30:38Z")
IQs: 1. Did you write that book about that guy? 2. Are you married to that actress? 3. Did you do that bad thing last year? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2023/980525.md?page=5)