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Original Title:	The Postman
ISBN:	0553278746 (ISBN13: 9780553278743)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.davidbrin.com/postman.html
Characters:	Gordon Krantz
Setting:	Pacific Northwest(United States)
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1985), Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1986), John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1986), SF Chronicle Award Nominee for Novel (1986)

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Title	:	The Postman
Author	:	David Brin
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 321 pages
Published	:	December 1997 by Spectra/Bantam Books (first published November 1985)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Dystopia. Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy

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This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth. A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin's The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, from a modern master of science fiction. He was a survivor--a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter's day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.

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A reread. But I don't know that I'd ever re-read this one before and its been a long time. My memory was always that this was one of the author's lesser books with a not very good ending. But I liked this much more than I remembered. And even though there was a few twists too many near the end, it was still a solid interesting earned ending. As an after-the-day novel, the play with the title still reads clever to me - since it stars someone pretending to be a Mail Carrier aka a Postman. When I

The PostmanBy David BrinA Retroview by Eric AllenSome people may be aware of the movie adaptation of The Postman with Kevin Costner. If you haven't seen it. I would probably recommend skipping it unless you're a really huge Costner fan, because that's pretty much the only thing the movie has going for it. I found it too long by at least an hour, very boring, cheesy, and pretty confusing. Back when it came out, I had just started my job working for the post office as a mail carrier, and all

hmmm. i'm not gonna lie, i'm kind of disappointed in this one. and it started out SO WELL. the basic premise is that the world as we know it has ended. there was a war and a three year winter and people are kind of just left to scavenge for themselves among scraps of ruined homes and ghost towns.published in the mid 1980's, the postman actually takes place in 2011-2012. gordon krantz is one such survivor of the apocalypse and has spent seventeen or so years just struggling to survive. one day he

I actually enjoyed the first half of this book - a wanderer finds a postal worker's uniform and uses it to pretend he's employed by a revived national government in order to restore civilisation to a post-apocalyptic Oregon...But then it all goes downhill, the plot, I mean.And then there was the movie (sad trombone...)

Good post-apocalyptic SF.David Brins 1985 novel, really a put together of two novellas, has won numerous accolades and gushing praise, including the 1986 Locus Award. And for good reason, Brin is a good writer and backs up his prose with real science.More than just a Road Warrior after civilization story, Brin explores themes of the frailty of civil society, but also the perseverance of that same community and the importance of belief in tradition and national identity.A survivor dons an old

Didn't realize The Postman was a book before it was a movie, and (obviously then) didn't realize it was written by David Brin. I've read a few Brin's from his "Uplift" series; liked Sundiver but not so much Startide Rising, so approached Postman with mixed feelings....And left the same way. First 2/3's was a near-5 stars, as Brin presented a surprisingly realistic and prescient view of how a society on the ropes after a nuclear winter could suffer a near-fatal knockout punch from radical/feudal

So I finally read the book that was the inspiration for one of my favorite movies! I do mean inspiration because there isn't a whole lot that the two have in common. Bethlehem doesn't even exist in the book!!! Isn't that shocking?!I felt that the book was a bit passive and meandering throughout. Since this fits the character I think that this was intentional. It didn't work well for me. And then it's like somewhere around 2/3 he realizes that there has to be some great conflict so he throws in