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2.0 out of 5 stars Read the road instead, April 29 2009
This review is from: The Postman (Mass Market Paperback)
I was looking forward to another nightmare realistic version of the apocalypse this book did not deliver. Super Soilders, a computer that talks to people. This book offers only glimpses of what it could have been in the first 100 pages after that it's all down hill. This book is a waste of time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Importance of Communication, April 26 2008
By K.P. (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Postman (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved this book when I read it the for the first time 10 years ago. It's a great post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel as it shows you how the world could look after a nuclear holocaust. The world David Brin invents is interesting and believable. I recommend this to anyone who likes post-apocalyptic sci-fi books.

I should also note that the books is MUCH better than the movie! Do not judge this book on the awful Kevin Costner movie!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Far better than the movie, Jan 23 2007
By J. Tupone (Saskatchewan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Postman (Mass Market Paperback)
Do yourself a favour and buy or borrow this book before you watch the movie. This is a great book for people who enjoy apocalyptic stories. It's a fast, easy read, but the story unfolds well. The character development is quite strong and is effective in drawing the reader into the story. The author does a good job of describing the world that the Postman is living in and how that dismal existence came to be.

I would suspect that a lot of people form their opinion of this story from the way the movie played out. The book is a much more detailed and effective story. There are more characters that are reasonably complex and believable. There are also a number of communities, or regions, that factor into the book itself and the author does a good job of explaining the dynamic of the world that the Postman is living in. In the movie, General Bethlehem notes that "this is a feudal system", but the book makes it clear that civilization (at least on the west cost of the former USA) has reverted to a more primitive form of governance, without having to come out and say it. A written story is often so much more effective than a story told through film. That is the case with this story.

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4.0 out of 5 stars This is a much better story without Kevin Costner
You know, without having to look at Kevin Costner, this is a pretty good story. I haven't seen the movie, but I have read many other books by David Brin, and they've all been... Read more
Published on Jul 19 2004 by Eric D. Austrew

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage...
I am an avid reader and a fan of the "post-apocalyptic" genre, but I have to say, this book is utter garbage. I only read up to the third chapter or so... Read more
Published on Jul 10 2004 by Mathias Purtlebaugh

4.0 out of 5 stars The Postman by David Brin
Book Review by C. Douglas Baker

THE POSTMAN is set sixteen years after a cataclysmic event (presumably a nuclear war although there is room for speculation that it may have been... Read more

Published on Jul 1 2004 by C. Baker

4.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary Story with Decent Writing
The postman never believed he was one until he stood back and saw the effects of his lie. He was a wanderer, a man with no plan that had survived an unthinkable war ending the... Read more
Published on May 18 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars So much potential...
...wasted. It's hard to say how good a book this could have been based on the concept, but the execution was just, well, terrible. One of the best (worst? Read more
Published on April 6 2004 by Frank L. Winn

3.0 out of 5 stars Post-apocalyptic genre fiction at its most average
Brin's tale of a loner's midlife journey in a world devastated by warfare, climate change, and disease is exactly what genre-bound science fiction readers expect. Read more
Published on Jan 25 2003 by erica

4.0 out of 5 stars A postapocalyptic novel with hope.
In David Brin's postapocalyptic novel, The Postman, the civilized world has been destroyed by a brief nuclear war and the ensuing nuclear winter, diseases, and barbarism. Read more
Published on Jan 4 2003 by C W Breaux

4.0 out of 5 stars A Definitive Post-Nuke Book
Before SF novelist David Brin became known as one of the "Killer Bs" of 80s and 90s SF, he penned a serial novel called "The Postman," a post-apocalyptic romp through the... Read more
Published on Dec 9 2002 by Jason N. Mical

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, good read
Having not seen the movie, I was not sure to expect. It is a very well written book and keeps your interest from beginning to end. Read more
Published on Nov 10 2002 by atmj

4.0 out of 5 stars And I thought the movie was good!
I can't believe I never read this book after seeing and kinda liking the movie itself.
Of course, the book is far superior in just about all ways as far as characters and... Read more
Published on Sep 21 2002 by Michael & Angela

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