num_pages: 294
description: This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.  A timeless novel as urgently compelling as War Day or Alas, Babylon, David Brin's The Postman is the dramatically moving saga of a man who rekindled the spirit of America through the power of a dream, from a modern master of science fiction.He was a survivor--a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war.  Fate touches him one chill winter's day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold.  The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.From the Paperback edition.
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: Bantam Books