From the Bookshelf of Apocalypse Whenever

The Postman
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Start date
June 1, 2011
Finish date
July 8, 2011
Discussion
AW BOOK CLUB (spoilers)
Discussion leader
Gertie
Why we're reading this
Many of you will have seen the movie The Postman with Kevin Costner. This is the story of a man who inadv…more

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What Members Thought

Brook
Aug 06, 2018 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Boy, oh boy, did they BUTCHER this book in the movie. It's like they got a synopsis of the setting, characters, and major story arch for the film, and then filled out the rest. This is much more "based on a book" than actually from book to film.

There are parts of this book that are four stars, and there are some now-culturally dated criticisms and references that (for this reader) took me a bit out of the story. This book was published in the Reagan years, when the threat of nuclear attack was
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Gwyn
Mar 12, 2016 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2016
Started out great. Then it got weird really quickly. It was a bit disappointing.
Aaron
Jul 04, 2014 rated it it was ok
Shelves: apocalyptic
Yes, apocalyptic.
2 stars for being two stories in one, with neither one being fully developed or fulfilling to me.
Kaye
Apr 15, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Stefanie
Jun 26, 2007 rated it it was ok
Girly
Jul 11, 2007 marked it as to-read
Brandon
Aug 14, 2007 marked it as to-read
Shelves: apocalypse
Esther
Oct 11, 2007 marked it as waiting-on-my-shelf  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: science-fiction
Sherrie
Dec 24, 2008 marked it as to-read
GG
Oct 07, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: apocalyptic
Jason
Dec 06, 2009 marked it as to-read
Shelves: my-library
Stacie
Dec 17, 2009 rated it it was ok
Shelves: natural-disaster
Amber
Jan 02, 2010 marked it as to-read
Betsy
Jan 16, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: futurefiction, x2009
Gertie
Jun 08, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: apocalypse
Pat
Jul 01, 2011 rated it liked it
Tabatha
Jul 25, 2011 marked it as to-read
Erica
Sep 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: post-apocalyptic
Dave Schumaker
Nov 09, 2012 rated it really liked it
Summer
Dec 04, 2012 rated it liked it
Mark Rayner
Dec 28, 2012 rated it really liked it
A
Jul 08, 2013 marked it as to-read
Geoff
Oct 04, 2013 marked it as to-read
Steve
Feb 05, 2014 rated it it was ok
Shelves: post-apocolyptic
Robert
Apr 10, 2014 rated it really liked it
Micaella
Oct 19, 2017 marked it as to-read
Kelly
Jan 28, 2018 marked it as to-read
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