The Postman

alimentopia.consequences“Sixteen years chasing a dream, Gordon thought. First that long, futile struggle against the collapse... then scratching to survive through the Three-Year Winter. and finally, more than a decade of moving from place to place, dodging pestilence and hunger, fighting goddamned Holnists and packs of wild dogs... half a lifetime spent as a wandering, dark age minstrel, play-acting for meals in order to make it one day more while I searched for... ...for someplace...."
alimentopia.consequences“I wouldn't count on getting drunk yet, Brer Bear!"
alimentopia.consequences“Back at the beginning, during the riots and the great starvation, it had seemed that the one thing in inexhaustible supply was ammunition. If only tun-of-the-century America had stockpiled and distributed food half so well as its citizens had cached mountains of bullets...”
alimentopia.leftovers“Throwing scalding tea into the face of the first bearded robber, he dove right into the nearby brambles.”
alimentopia.leftovers“His tent had been converted into a pile of nylon shreds, his sleeping bag a small blizzard of scattered goose down. All Gordon found intact was the slim longbow he hhad been carving from a cut sapling, and a line of experimental venison-gut strings.”
alimentopia.places“The bandits had caught him off guard as he sipped elderberry tea by a late afternoon campfire.”
alimentopia.servers“"Run away, little rabbit. Run, or we'll skin you and have you for supper!"”
alimentopia.servers“As soon as he was fiee of the thicket, Gordon limped to the trickling stream to wash his face and the worst of his cuts. He refilled his canteen and thought. Besides his pistol and half-shredded clothes, a pocket knife, and compass, his pouch held a miniature fishing kit that might prove useful, if he ever made it over the mountains to a decent watershed.”
alimentopia.servers“His tent had been converted into a pile of nylon shreds, his sleeping bag a small blizzard of scattered goose down. All Gordon found intact was the slim longbow he had been carving from a cut sapling, and a line of experimental venison-gut strings.”
alimentopia.species“No, home meant more to Gordon than any particular place. A hamburger, a hot bath, music, Merthiolate cool beer...”
alimentopia.species“The bandits had caught him off guard as he sipped elderberry tea by a late afternoon campfire.”
alimentopia.species“He plucked his travel belt free of twigs and drew the half-full canteen for a long, desperately needed drink.”
alimentopia.species“"Run away, little rabbit. Run, or we'll skin you and have you for supper!"”
alimentopia.species“As soon as he was fiee of the thicket, Gordon limped to the trickling stream to wash his face and the worst of his cuts. He refilled his canteen and thought. Besides his pistol and half-shredded clothes, a pocket knife, and compass, his pouch held a miniature fishing kit that might prove useful, if he ever made it over the mountains to a decent watershed.”
alimentopia.species“Of course the food was all gone: the jerky: the bag of split grains that a small Idaho village had let him have in exchange for a few songs and stories; the tiny hoard of rock candy he had found in the mechanical bowels of a looted vending machine. It's just as well about the candy, Gordon thought as he plucked his trampled, ruined toothbrush out of the dust.”
dc.contributor.authorBrin, David
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-12T17:29:32Z
dc.date.available2024-03-12T17:29:32Z
dc.date.first_ed1985
dc.date.issued1985
dc.description.abstractA timeless novel, focusing on a post-apocalyptic world, which was due to war and ecological disasters. In the darkness and despair the uniform of a postal worker plays a role of symbol of hope for the whole of America as it leads to the restoration of the nation.
dc.identifier.urihttps://cetapsrepository.letras.up.pt/id/cetaps/114173
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBantam Books
dc.rightsmetadata only access
dc.subjectDystopian Texts
dc.subjectFood and Ecology
dc.subjectFood Waste
dc.subjectGenre
dc.subjectNovel
dc.subjectOmnivorous
dc.subjectScience Fiction Texts
dc.subjectTexts
dc.subjectType of Diet
dc.titleThe Postman
dc.title.alternativeThe Postman

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