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The Postman

(1985)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee)
1986 John W. Campbell Memorial Award
1986 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)

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.


Genre: Science Fiction

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