Apocalypse Whenever Rebooted discussion

I just finished The Postman and enjoyed it. The protagonist (in his mid 30's) was an 18 year old college sophomore when the doom war occured and caused the collapse of civilization. I found it very unbelievable that he is as educated and well-read as he is. Maybe I'm not getting a wide enough selection of young adults but I don't know any 18 year olds that are at his level.

In fairness to Brin, I think his primary objective in writing The Postman was to pontificate about various political and social hobby horses, and his (usually pretty good imo) characterisation and consistency were less of a priority.

Randal wrote: "In fairness to Brin, I think his primary objective in writing The Postman was to pontificate about various political and social hobby horses, and his (usually pretty good imo) characterisation and ..."

I agree with your assessment, but still think Brin could've aged his character more. IMO more believable that an 41 yo is still strong enough to do what he did than a 18 yo to be as educated as he was.