Since earning a bachelor's degree in apparel design at Oregon State University, Feature Kreep has been working in the outdoor apparel industry.
DOOMSDAY CLOTHING PROFESSIONAL
But considering the prominent role that clothing plays in the book, it also seems to have inspired his professional career. Photo: Feature Kreepįeature Kreep (who asked we refer to him by the name he uses for his blog and on prepper forums) says that reading The Postman at an early age instilled in him an appreciation for all things apocalyptic - zombies, robot takeover, economic collapse, nuclear war. He takes the skeleton’s uniform and becomes the Postman, a folk hero embodying hope for the “Restored United States of America,” a dream under constant attack by the Holnist, a hypersurvivalist militia, who are distinguished by their army surplus camouflage.įeature Kreep in a typical outdoors or bugout ensemble: nylon pants, windshirt over baselayer, trail runners. Postal Service jeep with a dead mail carrier inside.
Defeated, he stumbles away in a ripped shirt, faded jeans, and tattered moccasins and serendipitously finds a prewar U.S. He tries fruitlessly to trade the compass and Swiss army knife attached to his belt for the stolen boots, jacket, and gloves - what he needs to live through the night. In the opening scene, the protagonist’s campsite is ambushed and robbed by bandits. The book takes place in the Pacific Northwest of an America that has been decimated by electromagnetic pulse attacks and bioweapons. For a western Colorado-based outdoor and hunting retail worker who goes by the nom de plume Feature Kreep, it’s The Postman by David Brin. Many preppers’ interest in survivalism goes back to one post-apocalyptic book or film.
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