The Postman
Registered by JPix of Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on 1/3/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
13 journalers for this copy...
He was a survivor - a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. But when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker, his life changes forever. As he journeys from one isolated community to the next, the old, worn uniform becomes far more than a protection against the unrelenting cold: it becomes a reminder of how things were before the world collapsed - and a symbol for how things might be again. And his story becomes one of a lie that turns into the most important kind of truth. Against a background of global failure, THE POSTMAN is a powerful and affecting novel of the survival of the human spirit from the author of the award-winning Uplift novels.
Released 6 yrs ago (9/29/2017 UTC) at Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom
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Sent as a RABCK to dark-draco, enjoy!
Thank you so much for my wishlist book - this has been one I've wanted to read for a long time :)
WOW!
I've always been a fan of the big disaster, end of the world, distopian story - whether novel or film. And although the actually catastrophe makes for some good entertainment, I'm always more intrigued as to how the survivors will rebuild and what sort of society would emerge from the ashes.
Well this book addresses that in a really neat way - you only hear about the Doomwar and end of civilisation through odd remarks and thoughts - but as Gordon travels from place to place, you see how different groups of people have structured their lives around the new reality.
I love the way that getting mail suddenly gives people hope - a way to once again think beyond the environment just outside their home, and see the world as a much bigger place. I also love Gordon's inability to see that he is the person he's been longing to find - someone who takes responsibility and tries to rebuild, even if it is reluctantly to start with.
The whole Dena/women warrior storyline definitely gives you food for thought ... whether you would agree with her philosophies or the way in which she tries to fight back, it's certainly an alternative to the all our warfare the other men seem to prefer.
Definitely my favourite quote from the book...
“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
A brilliant read.
I've always been a fan of the big disaster, end of the world, distopian story - whether novel or film. And although the actually catastrophe makes for some good entertainment, I'm always more intrigued as to how the survivors will rebuild and what sort of society would emerge from the ashes.
Well this book addresses that in a really neat way - you only hear about the Doomwar and end of civilisation through odd remarks and thoughts - but as Gordon travels from place to place, you see how different groups of people have structured their lives around the new reality.
I love the way that getting mail suddenly gives people hope - a way to once again think beyond the environment just outside their home, and see the world as a much bigger place. I also love Gordon's inability to see that he is the person he's been longing to find - someone who takes responsibility and tries to rebuild, even if it is reluctantly to start with.
The whole Dena/women warrior storyline definitely gives you food for thought ... whether you would agree with her philosophies or the way in which she tries to fight back, it's certainly an alternative to the all our warfare the other men seem to prefer.
Definitely my favourite quote from the book...
“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
A brilliant read.
Journal Entry 5 by 
dark-draco
at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, January 6, 2020
dark-draco at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, January 6, 2020
Released 4 yrs ago (1/4/2020 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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This is my choice for the Favourite Book of 2019 Roundabout - hope you enjoy it.PARTICIPANTS
1 Earthcaroleanne
2 Cross-Patch
3 greenbadger
4 Estelle1806
5 Fifna
6 dutch-book
7 Lamilla
8 Icila
9 Billbooks
10 Math-Girl40
11 Mcsar
12 Valpete
13 original-slicey
Arrived today. Of course not on it's own. Can't believe I'm starting 2020 with a backlog.
Journal Entry 7 by 
earthcaroleanne
at Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 5, 2020
earthcaroleanne at Falkirk, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 5, 2020
This is not my usual choice of book and I wouldn’t have picked it up myself but I found it strangely compelling. It is a surprisingly upbeat and hopeful story for an end-of-the-world novel. I really wanted to know where it was going and needed to get to the end. Good choice for the roundabout - I'm glad when I enjoy a book I would never have looked at myself.
Journal Entry 8 by earthcaroleanne at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 12, 2020
earthcaroleanne at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Released 4 yrs ago (2/12/2020 UTC) at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom
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Sending on in the roundabout.
Journal Entry 9 by 
Cross-patch
at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Friday, February 14, 2020
Cross-patch at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Friday, February 14, 2020
Safely arrived. Next tbr.
Journal Entry 10 by Cross-patch at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Monday, February 17, 2020
Cross-patch at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Monday, February 17, 2020
Earthcarolanne took the words out of my mouth. I certainly would not have picked this book up in the first place, but the storytelling was so compelling I finished it in a couple of days in a weekend that was already overloaded. I loved the sense of hope linked to Gordon’s presence. Thank you dark-Draco for choosing to send this dystopian science fiction special round.
Journal Entry 11 by Cross-patch at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, February 17, 2020
Cross-patch at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, February 17, 2020
Released 4 yrs ago (2/17/2020 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Here’s another quite different book chosen for the roundabout by dark-draco. It’s all proving very interesting. Hope you enjoy it.
Journal Entry 12 by 
greenbadger
at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Thursday, February 20, 2020
greenbadger at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Thursday, February 20, 2020
Arrived with me - favourite book of 2019 roundabout.
Journal Entry 13 by greenbadger at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 25, 2020
greenbadger at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 25, 2020
In a post-apocalyptic world, Gordon Krantz is one of many struggling on the edge of survival, till he finds a postman's uniform. I really liked the first half of this book and I love the idea of a uniform, the token of the security that was lost, bringing hope to communities which have lost civilisation. The second half of the book has some very misplaced notions about women taking responsibility for cleansing the violence out of men which is rather a let down. It's interesting to see some similar ideas about militaristic men to 'The Gate to Women's Country', published three years later, but actually I think some of the post-apocalyptic themes of gun-nut survivalists, post vaccination plagues, and the way civilisation gets torn apart are things that I still think could happen today. Overall a good read.
Journal Entry 14 by greenbadger at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Saturday, February 29, 2020
greenbadger at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Saturday, February 29, 2020
Released 4 yrs ago (2/29/2020 UTC) at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom
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On its way to estelle1806, next in the roundabout.
Received, in a Royal Mail plastic bag saying it burst in transit, but all is well and the book is alive!
An OK read for me, nothing extraordinary. I got bored a few times along but managed to finish it.
Ready to travel on...
Ready to travel on...
Following its course on the roundabout...
Please let us know when you release it again...
Merci de nous préciser quand vous le libérez...
Please let us know when you release it again...
Merci de nous préciser quand vous le libérez...
Arrived safely, thanks estelle1806!
Like several previous readers I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Even after my husband saw the cover and said 'Oh isn't that that Kevin Costner film?' (I'm not a fan...) :-) I liked the writing style and a good bit of dystopia plus hope goes a long way. It was also interesting that it was written way before many of today's technological advances. It didn't feel outdated though. Thank you very much for sharing!
Released 3 yrs ago (5/7/2020 UTC) at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands
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On its way to dutch-book.
Journal Entry 21 by 
dutch-book
at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Wednesday, May 13, 2020
dutch-book at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Wednesday, May 13, 2020
This book arrived a week ago I think. This is not my usual fare, but I've been wanting to read more science-fiction and the reviews are good, so looking forward to it!
Journal Entry 22 by dutch-book at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Sunday, May 31, 2020
dutch-book at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Sunday, May 31, 2020
This was a good story. Really I''ve got nothing more to add, other than I enjoyed it and it was an easy read, which, as Fifna said, did not feel outdated at all.
Journal Entry 23 by dutch-book at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Wednesday, June 24, 2020
dutch-book at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (6/23/2020 UTC) at Heerenveen , Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands
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Travelling to Lamilla.
Received today
Sent only today, sorry for the delay
You've found a travelling book. Hurray!
The book's journey continues by its finder's cooperation and creativity. By making a journal entry on this book, you can add to the book's story as it travels from reader to reader around the world.
Enjoy your reading!
Привет!
Спасибо, что нашли время зайти на сайт и сделать запись в журнале! Напишите, когда и где вы нашли книгу.
Перед тем, как попасть к Вам, она побывала в других уголках света. История ее путешествий записана на сайте, и теперь к ней добавился еще один пункт. Я очень рада, что она нашла нового читателя в Вашем лице.
You've found a travelling book. Hurray!
The book's journey continues by its finder's cooperation and creativity. By making a journal entry on this book, you can add to the book's story as it travels from reader to reader around the world.
Enjoy your reading!
Привет!
Спасибо, что нашли время зайти на сайт и сделать запись в журнале! Напишите, когда и где вы нашли книгу.
Перед тем, как попасть к Вам, она побывала в других уголках света. История ее путешествий записана на сайте, и теперь к ней добавился еще один пункт. Я очень рада, что она нашла нового читателя в Вашем лице.
And here it is. Thank you.
Typically a book that I never had chosen, I don't like neither post disaster books nor books with a film cover.
Strangely perhaps because it was written in the eighties it is not so outdated.
Reading this during a new surge of the pandemic and violence added to the gloom. Notwithstanding I read it to the end.
Perhaps it's the first time that I read a book thinking that the story w'd had been better in a movie.
Strangely perhaps because it was written in the eighties it is not so outdated.
Reading this during a new surge of the pandemic and violence added to the gloom. Notwithstanding I read it to the end.
Perhaps it's the first time that I read a book thinking that the story w'd had been better in a movie.
All the way across the Atlantic to Math-girl40 !
This book has arrived in Canada. It's one that I've read before and liked very much, and I'm looking forward to a reread.
I enjoyed this reread even more than my first reading of the novel years ago. I've always liked post-apocalyptic books and stories of survival, but perhaps I'm appreciating them more, given the current state of the world. Despite the grim setting, it is ultimately a hopeful story.
One aspect I found particularly interesting is Gordon's evolving views on lies versus the truth, and the idea that you can convince yourself to believe in the lies and quite possibly make them come true to some extent. With so much "fake news" proliferating in the world, which lies are dangerous and which bring comfort and hope?
Thanks, dark-draco, for contributing this book to the roundabout!
One aspect I found particularly interesting is Gordon's evolving views on lies versus the truth, and the idea that you can convince yourself to believe in the lies and quite possibly make them come true to some extent. With so much "fake news" proliferating in the world, which lies are dangerous and which bring comfort and hope?
Thanks, dark-draco, for contributing this book to the roundabout!
This book is on its way to mcsar now.
The book is with me. This looks interesting and I will start soon and get it to the next reader.
A great pick for the roundabout. Like many of the others, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It was oddly compelling. This post-apocalyptic novel read eerily prophetic in the current times. If I were reading it a couple of years ago, I would think of it as a fictional imagining of a post-acocalyptic with improbable circumstances to stretch and challenge the reader's mind. Now, it seems that if things just take a wrong turn somewhere, this kind of thing is not beyond us.
On its way to valpete. Happy new year and happy reading!
Received! Look forward to reading this.
I read this book right after I had read The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, which was also a post-apocalyptic story. Two of these books in a row was one too many for me. I tried watching the film; however, the cruelty and violence caused me to turn it off very quickly. I do like having the opportunity to read books I may otherwise never have picked up.
Journal Entry 37 by valpete at Little Free Library - 2595 Lucy Lane in Walnut Creek, California USA on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (6/8/2021 UTC) at Little Free Library - 2595 Lucy Lane in Walnut Creek, California USA
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This little book is being set free! Go far and wide, little book!
