Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #21 December 2015 | Page 31

is a Sandman, a police force with one mission: hunt
down Runners, citizens who wish to live beyond their
thirtieth birthday. After ‘terminating’ a Runner, he is
sent on a mission by the City Computer. He is to find
Sanctuary, the mythical destination of Runners, and
destroy it. The catch—his life-clock (a crystal in the
palm of his hand that monitors his age) is accelerated,
making it appear that he is on Lastday. He makes
contact with a Runner underground through Jessica
6 (Jenny Agutter). After a series of adventures, the
couple escape from the city. Logan and Jessica find
that the rest of the world (or, at least the East Coast
of North America) is a wilderness. Washington DC is
in ruins, overgrown and populated by one person, the
Old Man (Peter Ustinov). Now that they know life
doesn’t have to end at thirty, Logan and Jessica return
to the city in an attempt to liberate their fellow humans
from the control of the City Computer and its system
of hedonism and death.
“No! Don’t go in there! You don’t have to die!
No one has to die at thirty! You can live! Live and
grow old! I’ve seen it!” Logan 5
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