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Brin's review

podrock — 8/30/2020 3:15:17 PM (archived)

https://www.davidbrin.com/nonfiction/postmanmovie.html

And more recently: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-postman-speaks-save-post-office.html

And another: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2020/08/going-postal-and-toc-you-want-book-no.html

The first few chapters can be read here: http://www.davidbrin.com/fiction/postman1.html

I haven't seen the movie (or read the book again) in a very long time.

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Literature picks for the Pandemic? - Vitruvius - 8/27/2020 6:48:07 AM
- Finding a lot of time to dig into my stories . . . - DanS - 9/9/2020 4:44:13 PM
- Thanks for the suggestions - Vitruvius - 8/31/2020 8:51:50 AM
  - If you are lucky enough to find it.... - RL - 8/31/2020 11:44:11 PM
    - Forgot to mention it is a hilarious satire - RL - 9/1/2020 1:09:42 AM
    - Along those lines: "Ridley Walker" - podrock - 8/31/2020 11:49:55 PM
      - Now THAT is iinteresting - Vitruvius - 9/1/2020 7:17:14 AM
- David Brin's "The Postman." - podrock - 8/28/2020 7:01:42 PM
  - Love Kim's work! - Vitruvius - 8/31/2020 8:30:43 AM
  - Kevin Costner managed to suck every bit of soul and goodness out of that book... - RL - 8/30/2020 3:43:00 AM
    - Brin's review - podrock - 8/30/2020 3:15:17 PM
- Other than 'The Stand', 'Earth Abides', 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'...? - RL - 8/28/2020 4:00:00 AM
  - I already own Canticle for Leibowitz - Vitruvius - 8/31/2020 8:29:01 AM
    - More - podrock - 8/31/2020 3:41:31 PM
  - How about "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"? - hank - 8/28/2020 4:08:06 PM

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