You thought Postman Pat and Cliff Clavin from Cheers are the bees knees? They got nothing on Gordon The Postman, he really knows how to deliver! The protagonist of this book has to be the most heroic postman in fiction. In my experience people who pretend to be postmen are usually up to no good, they are more apt to enter your homes under false pretenses and rob you blind than attempt to unite the post apocalyptic Disunited States of America. This is from an article celebrating the 20th anniversary of the movie adaptation. That is David Brin’s very nice summary of The Postman his best novel (IMO). “The heart of my story… about a flawed and fretful hero who feels guilt over telling a beautiful lie, in order to survive.” Not perfect, this could also be fragmented and with inconsistent pacing but still good speculative fiction. Brin adeptly blends with this concept a heaping side order of irony and good storytelling to make this a memorable read with lots of good quotes.
The red-white-and-blue shoulder insignia means something to these fighters, and to those too young to remember the United States, he becomes symbol of lost idealism.
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.Ī survivor dons an old postal inspector uniform and becomes the personification of a lost ideal. And for good reason, Brin is a good writer and backs up his prose with real science. It won the Freedom of Speech Prize from the American Library Association.īrin serves on advisory committees dealing with subjects as diverse as national defense and homeland security, astronomy and space exploration, SETI, nanotechnology, and philanthropy.ĭavid appears frequently on TV, including "The Universe" and on the History Channel's "Life After People."ĭavid Brin’s 1985 novel, really a put together of two novellas, has won numerous accolades and gushing praise, including the 1986 Locus Award. His non-fiction book - The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Freedom and Privacy? - deals with secrecy in the modern world. Startide Rising won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. A movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on his post-apocalyptic novel, The Postman. His ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web.
At least a dozen have been translated into more than twenty languages.Įxistence, his latest novel, offers an unusual scenario for first contact. His novels have been New York Times Bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula and other awards. David Brin is a scientist, speaker, and world-known author.
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