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The PostmanDavid Brin
Sci-FiLiterary

The Postman

321 pagesFirst published 198521 editions · 3 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

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
AudiobookBlackstone Publishing202019781799955108
AudiobookBlackstone Publishing202019781799955115
PaperbackOrbit2012—9780356501758
EditionLittle, Brown Book Group Limited20113369781405514323
EbookRandom House Publishing Group2010—9780307575012
PaperbackJ'ai lu1999—9782290022610
EditionTandem Library19993219780808598213
EditionLittle, Brown Book Group Limited19983369781857236293
Edition · gerHeyne1998—9783453138988
AudiobookPaperback Nova Audio Books1998—9781567402698
Edition · rus"Vagrius"19983509785702706085
AudiobookNova Audio Books1997—9781567407600
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