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The PostmanDavid Brin

The Postman

1985321 pages
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21 editions · 4 languages
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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…

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Editions

21 editions · 4 languages
  • Audiobook · English · 2020
    Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781799955115
  • Audiobook · English · 2020
    Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781799955108
  • Paperback · English · 2012
    Orbit · 9780356501758
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    Random House Publishing Group · 9780307575012
  • Audiobook · English · 1998
    Paperback Nova Audio Books · 9781567402698
  • Hardcover · English · 1997
    Doubleday Books · 336 pages · 9781568655000
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