num_pages: 321
description: In post-apocalypse America, a survivor wanders the aftermath of a devastating war, trading tales for food and shelter. Fate touches him when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker and begins to weave his greatest tale - that of a world on the way to recovery.
language: English
title: The Postman
titlecomplete: The Postman
characters: Gordon Krantz
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Speculative Fiction, Apocalyptic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 35012
places: Pacific Northwest
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: SF Chronicle Award
category: Novel
publisher: Orbit