{"id":1574,"date":"2018-12-27T14:42:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T22:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2019-01-03T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T23:11:55","slug":"the-postman-by-david-brin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/books.randolphking.com\/?p=1574","title":{"rendered":"The Postman by David Brin"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In The Postman<\/I>, David Brin tells the story of men in a post-apocalyptic world. Set in the near future (but an alternate past for today), the protagonist, Gordon Krantz, is traveling west looking for a place in the world. <\/p>\n

It is set in Oregon almost two decades after a nuclear war where the young have no memory of the pre-apocalypse. Early in the book, it is Winter when he is robbed by three men who take everything of value that he has. Cold and seeking shelter, he finds a wrecked mail car with a dead mailman. Taking the dead man’s clothing and a mail sack so he’ll have something to read. This action determines his fate and that or Oregon. <\/p>\n

In order to gain food and shelter, he presents himself as a mailman of a reformed USA. Shuffling through his bag, he is able to find a few letters to deliver to local survivors. His conscious bothers him for the lies, but his subconscious compels him to continue the farce. <\/p>\n

In trial after trial, he is only trying to survive, but the uniform and his subconscious call him into action, he, or rather his uniform, becomes a symbol of a united country. Where he goes, people are inspired and form their own post offices. In spite of his own desires, he is making a truth out of his fiction. <\/p>\n

David Brin has built a compelling picture of this world and its characters. The story is compelling and very well-told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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