false <![CDATA[The Postman]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179202180m/889284.jpg 889284 17 Gordon Krantz survived the Doomwar only to spend years crossing a post-apocalypse United States looking for something or someone he could believe in again. Ironically, when he's inadvertently forced to assume the made-up role of a "Restored United States" postal inspector, he becomes the very thing he's been seeking: a symbol of hope and rebirth for a desperate nation. Gordon goes through the motions of establishing a new postal route in the Pacific Northwest, uniting secluded towns and enclaves that are starved for communication with the rest of the world. And even though inside he feels like a fraud, eventually he will have to stand up for the new society he's helping to build or see it destroyed by fanatic survivalists. This classic reprint is not one of David Brin's best books, but the moving story he presents overcomes mediocre writing and contrived plots. 924908 book 1985 The Postman (Bantam Classics) total:1525|5:314|4:645|3:455|2:92|1:19| 1525 5718 2181 147 4 5 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 12:42:39 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 18:04:32 -0700 2007 The Postman was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula the same year as Ender's Game, which really isn't a fair competition. Had this book come out in a different year, I think it would've won both.

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Movie Opinion: Kevin Costner'...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 07:38:06 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 20:47:48 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 2 3 false false Tue Feb 26 20:24:24 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 20:30:21 -0800 2008 The Postman is a perfect example of a great storyline with a great build-up that is then totally ruined by a deus ex machina resolution. It's as if the author were given a page count limit and then realized that he was about two dozen pages from that limit and said, "Uh-oh, I'd better wrap this...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 05 21:45:44 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 16:11:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Sun Oct 18 14:58:26 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:34:53 -0700 2009 Again with my interest in post-apocalyptic stories. I guess I’m always a sucker for man stripped of all his contrivance and forced back to earlier software build. It’s kinda like reinstalling the OS for the world, I guess.

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Aside from that, the book was pretty good, and totally different from the movie. I'd go so far as to say that anyone who absolutelty hated the movie but thought the setting...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 09:25:57 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 08:38:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 05:25:09 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 05:48:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 07 16:43:54 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:43:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun May 24 00:45:16 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 01:43:48 -0800 2009 1 Jericho, or Y: The Last Man — both of which are somewhat obscure comparisons and possibly not very helpful*, but what t...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=889284