num_pages: 296
description: 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.
title: The Postman
titlecomplete: The Postman
characters: Gordon Krantz
genres: Fantasy, Dystopia, Science Fiction Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Apocalyptic, Novels, Post Apocalyptic, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 35013
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: Bantam Spectra