The Postman (Bantam Classics)
 

The Postman (Bantam Classics)

by David Brin

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... (read more)

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Lori B
  • Rated 4 stars

This was WAY BETTER than the Kevin Costner movie. Very creative, suspenseful, and you love the main character for how he evolves from a gritty, desperate survivor to a respected, revered individual. I highly recommend it.

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Brandon C
  • Rated 2 stars

I was severely disappointed with this book. The movie certainly wasn't all that great either, but I think that generally I enjoyed the movie storyline more than the book. However both of them seemed pretty lacking to me. Gordon's character was great, but the book jumped around way too much and the ending was kind of a dud for me. It just seemed really disjointed. Again, not that the movie was any better. The book and the movie share little in common other than the title. Still, I'd...

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  • Rated 3.903704 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
 

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  • Eddie G

    eddie g said:

    Felt like "Cold Mountain" meets "Mad Max." The main character, Gordon, is very like-able and human.

    posted Saturday, March 22 2008
  • Aimeesue

    aimeesue said:

    The book was much better, but I admit, I liked the movie too. = D

    posted Thursday, June 14 2007
  • sweetafton

    sweetafton said:

    Well, David Brin is a far better storyteller than Kevin Costner, hands down. But Costner does manage to capture of the revivalist spirit of Brin's novel, even if he does miss the complexity of Brin's critical, historical, techno-scientific, fall of America parable.

    posted Wednesday, June 13 2007
  • sassquatch

    sassquatch said:

    I wished they had included the computer in the movie.

    posted Wednesday, June 13 2007
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