Logan's Run

Logan's Run
First edition; cover art by Mercer Mayer
AuthorWilliam F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherDial Press
Publication date
1967
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages133
Followed byLogan's World 

Logan's Run is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusian future society in which both population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by requiring the death of everyone reaching the age of 21. The story follows the actions of Logan, a Sandman charged with enforcing the rule, as he tracks down and kills citizens who "run" from society's lethal demand—only to end up "running" himself.