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Before [[Logan's Run (film)|the movie]], ''Logan's Run'' was a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.▼
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| elevator pitch = Life ends at 21. Literally. Logan chases the people who try to run away from their deaths – until it's his turn to die, when he goes after a bigger target.
| genre = Dystopian science fiction
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| publication date = 1967
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▲Before [[Logan's Run (film)|the movie]], '''''Logan's Run''''' was a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.
At the close of the 20th Century, the "Little Wars" broke out, resulting in a worldwide ban on all adults. Before you reached your 21st birthday, you were required to turn yourself in for "Deep Sleep" in which a pleasure-inducing poison gas sang you gently to your grave. If you ran away from this responsibility, a "
Now, in the year 2116, Logan 3 is one of these Deep Sleep Men. When he chases down a Runner named Doyle 10, the man screams the mysterious word "Sanctuary!" right before he dies. Logan has heard rumors of the mysterious Ballard, the man who's allegedly led a "double lifetime" and runs the Sanctuary Line to help Runners escape their mandated destiny -- possibly even by leaving Earth itself. When Logan's own palm flower begins blinking red-black-red-black, indicating that he's on his Last Day before he has to turn himself in for Deep Sleep, he resolves to spend his final 24 hours hunting down Ballard and wiping out the Sanctuary Line once and for all. Meanwhile, a mysterious Sandman named Francis 7 watches Logan from the shadows.
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