The Postman (Bantam Classics) by David Brin

Author:David Brin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Oregon, General, Science Fiction, Fiction, World War III, Media Tie-In
ISBN: 9780553278743
Publisher: Spectra
Published: 1997-11-03T04:40:43.765000+00:00

Years in the wilds had made Gordon hard; all the while the men of Corvallis had suffered prosperity. It was almost ludicrously easy to slip by the guardposts at the city’s edge.

He made his way down empty side streets to the OSU campus, and thence to long-abandoned Moreland Hall. Gordon spared ten minutes to rub down his damp mount and fill her feedbag. He wanted the animal to be in shape in case he needed her quickly.

It was only a short run through the drizzle to the House of Cyclops. When he got near, he made himself slow down, though he wanted desperately to get this over with.

He ducked out of sight behind the ruins of the old generator building as a pair of guards walked past, shoulders hunched under ponchos, their rifles covered against the dank. As he crouched behind the burned-out shell, the wetness brought to Gordon’s nose—even after all these years— the scent of burning from the blackened timbers and melted wiring.

What was it Peter Aage had said about those frantic early days, when authority was falling apart, and the riots raged? He’d said that they had converted to wind and water power, after the generator house was torched.

Gordon didn’t doubt it would have worked, too, if it were done in time. But could it have been?

When the guards had moved off, he hurried to the side entrance of the House of Cyclops. With a prybar he had brought for the purpose, he broke the padlock in one sharp snap. He listened for a long moment, and when nobody appeared to be coming, slipped inside.

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