The Postman

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More than just a Road Warrior after civilization story, Brin explores themes of the frailty of civil society, but also the perseverance of that same community and the importance of belief in tradition and national identity. David Brin's Ph.D in Physics from the University of California at San Diego (the lab of nobelist Hannes Alfven) followed a masters in optics and an undergraduate degree in astrophysics from Caltech. Every science show that depicts a comet now portrays the model developed in Brin's PhD research. Learn More What this story does have in common with the predicament the USPS currently finds itself in, here in 2020, is the noble idea of an institution. I’m glad we have this tale of adventure from David Brin to remind people how the U.S. Postal Service does a great service to connect us to each other. It shows us how, even in a world plagued by cruelty, where survival comes first at any cost, the right myth has the power make people believe in something bigger than themselves. Favorite Quotes from The Postman

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Double-Meaning Title: Postman, as a mail carrier and a person living after some event. Gordon is both.Make a class version of the book by splitting into groups, so that each group can make one section.

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Fake–Real Turn: Gordon made up the Restored United States and its postal services, but as he travels and recruits more postmen to his cause, the lie becomes more and more real. Apocalypse How: Continental/Societal Collapse. Unusually, there was no single cause of the Doomwar. In fact, humanity probably could have weathered the nukes, the electromagnetic pulses, and the bioengineered diseases if not for the predatory, hyper-survivalist Holnists who pounced on other bands of survivors without mercy. So Much for Stealth: When approaching what he thinks is a bandit hideout, Gordon is trying to do it as silently as possible, looking for each of his steps. The moment he turns his gaze from the ground, he instantly steps on a dry twig. Right after lampshading this very trope.The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), an American film starring Lana Turner and John Garfield, probably the best known of the film adaptations

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In an interview with Metro before filming began, Brin expressed his hope that The Postman would have the "pro-community feel" of Field of Dreams instead of the Mad Max feel of Costner's other post-apocalyptic film Waterworld. Brin said that, unlike typical post-apocalyptic movies that satisfy "little-boy wish fantasies about running amok in a world without rules", the intended moral of The Postman is that "if we lost our civilization, we'd all come to realize how much we missed it, and would realize what a miracle it is simply to get your mail every day." [6] He was a survivor—a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. By mid-1934, the whole country was talking about the book, which was well on its way to becoming one of the most phenomenal successes in publishing history. —Biographer Roy Hoopes in Cain (1982) [10] Gordon himself. The very first chapter of the book opens with portraying him as nice and civil guy who just tries to survive. Which in the given situation means preparing to shoot in cold blood four robbers who just have stolen most of his belongings.

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Paper-Thin Disguise: But it works, since Gordon is the only person aware of how he got himself the postman uniform. It's also reasonably downplayed early on, before the whole thing snowballed into becoming self-sustaining. Aside from the uniform, Gordon also forges a few documents and has to rely on mail brought from Pine View to gain any real credibility — the uniform is only a sweetener to the hard evidence. Gordon was a survivor — a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating bio-war.