Logan's Run

Plot introduction

In the future, the population's age is limited at twenty one years (thirty in the movie version). When people reach that limit — called Lastday — they are euthanized in a Sleepshop; in the film, there is a ceremony called Carousel, in which they believe they will be reborn. A person's age can be told by looking at a life clock crystal in the palm of their hand, that glows a different colour depending on their age.

Related Topics:
Euthanized - Crystal - Hand

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• White: Birth to 7 years.
• Gold: 7 to 15 years.
• Green: 15 to 21 years.
• Red: 21 to 10 days before Lastday (30).
• Blinking Red/Black: 10 days to Lastday.
• Black: End of Lastday

Runners are people who want to escape this fate. Logan 5 (Logan 3 in the novel), a Deep Sleep Operative, or sandman who polices the Carousel process, becomes a runner himself when his life clock is put forward so he can work undercover. Jessica 6, a contact Logan has because he terminated her runner brother, helps Logan to find the mythical "sanctuary", a place of safety for runners outside of the massive cities that the population is centered in.

Related Topics:
Myth - Sanctuary

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