- Gebundene Ausgabe: 160 Seiten
- Verlag: Buccaneer Books Inc (Juni 1992)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0899668968
- ISBN-13: 978-0899668963
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,3 x 14,7 x 1,5 cm
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- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 47.116 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Logan's Run is one of my favorite novels from a standpoint of plotting, back story and general premise.For those unfamiliar with it, Logan's Run is about a society in the future where no one is allowed to live past the age of 21. A person's age is determined by the color of the small crystal flower in the palm of his/her right hand. When the crystal starts to blink from red to black, it means you have 24 hours to report to a Sleepshop for mandatory euthanasia. At the end of this grace period, your flower turns black, and you become quarry for the DS men, an elite squad of police whose sole purpose is to eliminate the fugitives, or "Runners" as they are called.As I mentioned before, the book is a crackerjack example of plotting, and can be read in an afternoon. What makes it special is how each of its plot points is included for thematic or symbolic reasons. In other words, each episode in the novel is included because it reflects on the society in which its characters live, which in turn is a comment on its general premise.The premise in question is that a society cannot sustain a culture without wisdom, experience, and tradition. Those things, it argues, come with age. When the novel was published back in 1967, it was seen by some as a finger in the eye of the emerging youth culture.Like all good speculative fiction, it takes current issues and extrapolates them to their extremes. I'm pleased to say that this aspect of Logan's run hasn't lost any of its bite. We continue to live in a society where youth is equated with beauty, where the old are locked away and forgotten, and by a media-driven feeding frenzy over all things materialistic and fashionable. "Be young, have fun, drink Pepsi", indeed... Logan's Run picked these as important thematic concerns. Sadly, they are still with us.Important to the novel is the concept of a gigantic computer web that regulates every aspect of people's lives. In the novel, it is slowly dying. Since nobody lives long enough to learn anything complex, nobody knows how to repair it, or even knows that anything is wrong with it at all. The overall implication, is that runners or no runners, whether Logan fails or succeeds in his quest, the society depicted in the novel is eventually going to fall, and fall hard, due to its built-in inability to sustain itself. Where the novel falls short is in its characterizations and in its dialogue, which feels like it could have used a rewrite or two. In my opinion, a second or third draft for dialogue could have played the characters more subtly and believably. Instead, characters say things in very flat, unconvincing ways (especially Logan and Jessica, in their first real conversation together)that do help move the action forward, but don't make them very believable people.Still, all quibbles aside, a ripping read, full of action, suspense, and intriguing ideas.
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In the future people live their lives to the full. People can travel to where they want when they want, they can enjoy a range of experiences that would make 20th century people envious.
The only drawback is that you have to give up your life at the age of 21. People who don't wish to do this are called runners. They are hunted down by executors and killed brutally.
Logan is a good citizen. He is one of the people who hunts down the cowardly runners. But now Logan's own time is up. The crystal flower embedded in the palm of his right hand has turned black, and now he has to complete his duty: suicide. Or, to use the euphemism, "Deep Sleep". Logan learns of a place called Sanctuary, where people can live out their natural lives. He teams up with a girl called Jessica, and they embark on a dangerous journey.
This is a fast-paced novel. There is danger at every turn. Logan and Jessica are literally running for their lives, pursued relentlessly by a hunter who will never sway from his task. This novel is a product of its time. The late 1960s was a time of social upheaval, when the young were finding a voice, rebelling against the older generation. The crystal flower that everyone has on them is probably a nod at the psychedelic "flower power" that was prevailing when the book was first published. "Logan's Run" seems to be warning us of the dangers of misplaced idealism, which ultimately leads to fanaticism. In a world filled to capacity the solution to overpopulation is drastic and cruel. The writers are saying we should not surrender ourselves to the lunacy of a conformist regime. It takes courage to go against the flow, something so many people are unwilling to do in a world where minorities are condemned.
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In a world suffering heavily from overpopulation, "Sleep" has become the "solution." As soon as the age of 21 is reached, the good citizen is expected to accept suicide for the benefit of society. Those that don't are known as runners and are viciously hunted down and killed. Logan used to be one of the hunters. Now he is one of the hunted.
This book is a chilling look at the impact of overpopulation and way that will effect policies in the future. In a world where population numbers are spirling out of control, "Logan's Run" is a window into what our world might become. This book deserves a spot on the bookshelves of every SF fan and a place in the back of every mind as a firm warning of what the future could hold.
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I first read this book in 1976 when I was 14. At the time, Ithought it was great literature and reread it several times. Lesen Sie weiter...
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