num_pages: 336
description: will we miss government?"Lying still, Gordon felt a sad poignancy — something like homesickness. The jeep, the symbolic, faithful letter carrier, the flag patch ... they recalled comfort, innocence, cooperation, an easy life that allowed millions of men and women to relax, to smile or argue as they chose, to be tolerant with one another — and to hope to be better people with the passage of time." — The PostmanThis is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.Gordon was a survivor — a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating bio-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 Gordon begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery.
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