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Summary: Pay Attention To What Brin Really Says
Review: The Postman is a parable about modern America. It plays on a completely different level when you consider that the hero was completely wrong about faking the Restored United States; he was busy creating it. It may have been a lie the first few times he said it, but a nation is a collective figment of the imagination. He began to get people's imaginations thinking about being part of a nation. He created the Restored United States as surely as Jefferson, Washington and Franklin created the original United States. A nation is an idea and ideas are the most powerful weapon you possess.
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Summary: A good book
Review: This was the first book I've read of David Brin and I was not in the least bit disappointed. The Postman was realistic and the Characters were done great. I found myself feeling for the characters and Mr. Brin paints a post-WWIII America so well that it felt like I was there. This book comes off greatly. Also I plan on reading more of Mr. Brin's books.
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Summary: A classic...very inspiring and moving tale..
Review: These novel by David Brin is one of the most inspiring story he has ever written.The Postman is unlike other SF novels which emphasis on technology.The Postman is about hope and redemption.A very moving story.Keep up the good work Brin!
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Summary: Brilliant character study and unique, uplifting concept.
Review: David Brin's "The Postman" is a brilliant conceptualization of the human truism "where there is no vision, the people perish". With his main character, Gordon, he portrays the plight of an idealist and dreamer thrown into a situation that demands decisiveness and action; in short, a modern Hamlet. Like Hamlet, Gordon is torn between his natural idealism and the terrible cynicism that the reality of his situation forces on him; like Hamlet, he flounders in moral introspection and debate when action is clearly required. It is interesting how natural cynics (call themselves realists) despise Gordon, while natural idealists understand and admire him; both within the novel and on this review site. Like every great novel, it reveals truths about human nature to the extent that the reader is able to perceive them. Keep writing, David! SF has too long been dominated by cynics, sensationalists and technotwits!
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Summary: Interesting Story, but the ending needed work
Review: The Postman is an interesting book, yes, but lacks a good ending. It was obviously written that way to make room for a sequel (Which never materialized, by the way). All in all, I enjoyed it. The plot was very creative. It was just the ending that I didn't like.
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Summary: A moving story...
Review: I first heard about David Brin's postman when the Kevin Costner movie was publicised on "Entertainment Tonight" (naturally!). Of course, we all know what happened to the movie but that should not deter someone from reading Brin's superb novel. As someone who loves to write letters, I could empathise with the villagers who relished receiving letters - the thought of communications reunifying the "Restored States of America" was a superb concept. Yes, I would like to read a sequel to the novel. Who knows, maybe someone else will have the opportunity to remake The Postman as a movie which has the vision that David Brin's novel has. Maybe a director of the calibre of Atom Agoyan can tackle a remake?
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Summary: Not his better novels
Review: Just another post-apocalypse view of the future, and not a very good one at that. I saw the movie and it was even worse. I couldn't believe they made a movie of one of his poorer works. I wish someone would make a movie of this Startide Rising/Uplift War series.
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Summary: Was God killed by man, war or desease?
Review: Mr. Brin's Postman is the story of the journey of Gordon, which never leads him to an inner life except to ask, who is going to save humanity from itself? The closest we ever get to something beyond the scope of human beings is Cyclops, the computer, who turns out to be the front for a group. The questions I ask are: Wouldn't the farmers have had some kind of worship service to a Higher Power? And, is Gordon going to California to find just more of the same or to find God? To me it is a good read on hopelessness and despair. Cause and effect.
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Summary: Makes me wonder what it really would be like...
Review: if there really was a war (or whatever) that destroyed/alienated civiliation? What would it be like to not have to live by any rules save the rules of survival? This book truly made me think of whether I would be up to the challenge. Not to be a Gordon Krantz, necessarily, but simply to live as long as he and all the others did in a chaotic and violent "new" world. I almost stopped reading it, though, when Cyclops was introduced. I though to myself "Oh, no, here comes some story about some magical machine that will save the world, or plot to destroy it further!" I won't talk further about it here, so as not to ruin this sub-plot, but if you come to that point and draw the same conclusion as I did, please, just keep reading. Great books leave you thinking and wondering. It's been over a month since I've read this, and the "what ifs" are still lingering in my mind!
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Summary: I see the book is backordered - You want my copy?
Review: Lost itself in its narcissism! I still don't understand its major themes. One has to do with women taking control and showing men the way. Another one has to do with hope in ideals and institutions (The postal system is not an institution to hold to such ideals). The main character treats everyone as inferior - that immediately put me off. I say skip it.
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