I have always felt that the skeleton who Gordon encounters in the abandoned mail truck and whose uniform he appropriates was probably homage to the character of Harry in Lucifer's hammer. You'd have to ask Brin, I guess.- Pittsburghmuggle 06:25, 14 September 2007 (UTC) Reply Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle wrote Lucifer's Hammer and David Brin wrote The Postman. Is this just a coincidence, or was Harry somehow the inspiration for The Postman? Farnsworth1968 15:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Reply Could be, but they're by different authors. In Lucifer's Hammer, also dealing with a post-apocalyptic world, the character of Harry the Postman seems to have some interesting parallels with the title character of this book. Grandpafootsoldier 21:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC) Reply I have moved all the corresponding info there. Gero 22:40, 24 September 2006 (UTC) Reply Agree IanOsgoodĪll right, its been done - there is now a The Postman (film) page. I do like the movie (one of the few it seems sometimes), but unless a movie follows the book word for word, their articles should be separate. I'd suggest putting comparisons of the major diferences between the movie and book in the movie article, and in the book article, throw in a link to the movie article (in addition to the disambiguation link at the top), and also briefly describe the vital info (who made it, who starred, overal critic and audience reaction, as well as possibly a note mentioning the author's reaction to the movie, since David Brin did go through the trouble of writing an article about it on his website).- Raguleader 21:24, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Reply I think it should be split too. Cheers, ♥ Her Pegship ♥ 01:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC) Reply I agree, this needs to be two different articles. I'll do this next week if no one else is into it, but I do think (especially after reading these comments!) there should be 2 separate articles. Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.116.3 ( talk) 01:33, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Reply Book/film split
It wasn't a situation where he needed the townsfolk to live - he was going to pass them by, but his anger drove him to pretend and try to force a change. He even notes to himself that he is perhaps the last man alive who would take a more dangerous option out of aesthetic pleasure. Its not exactly for refusing him entry, but his response to finding a feudal structure which is oppressing the poor of the town. Clarityfiend 07:14, 6 August 2006 (UTC) Reply Sorry, but he does pretend out of anger. He pretends to be a mailman in order to survive, not for spite. One thing that's worth mentioning: in the book, the title character does actually impersonate a mailman out of spite for a town that won't let him in. There're a lot more differences than those mentioned in the article, from what I can remember (it's been years since I've read the book, however).
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