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{{short description|1985 novel by David Brin}}
{{about|the 1985 novel|the 1997 film|The Postman (film)|other uses|Postman (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox book <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name          = The Postman
| title_orig    = 
| translator    = 
| image         = ThePostman(1stEd).jpg
| caption       = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
| author        = [[David Brin]]
| cover_artist  = 
| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = 
| genre         =[[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|Post-apocalyptic]] [[dystopia]]n
| publisher     = [[Bantam Books]]
| release_date  = 1985
| media_type    = Print ([[hardcover]] and [[paperback]])
| pages         = 294
| award         = [[Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel]] (1986)
| isbn          = 0-553-05107-5
| dewey         = 813/.54 19
| congress      = PS3552.R4825 P6 1985
| oclc          = 12215763
}}
'''''The Postman''''' is a [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic]] [[dystopia]]n [[science fiction]] novel by [[David Brin]]. It is about a man wandering the desolate [[Oregon]] countryside who finds a [[United States Postal Service]] uniform, which he puts on and then claims he is a mail carrier and federal inspector for the "Restored United States of America". His mail service and claims about the return of a central government gives hope to the people, who are threatened by a murderous, [[Neo-feudalism|neo-feudalist]] militia.

The first two parts were published separately as "The Postman" (1982) and "Cyclops" (1984). In 1997, [[The Postman (film)|a film adaptation]] of the novel was released starring [[Kevin Costner]] and [[Will Patton]].