42 in the Millennium Fantasy Masterworks series, a library of the most original and influential fantasy ever written One of the great 'what if I could live my life again' novels "The story and the writing are terrific and the end is ... thoroughly satisfying' Bari Wood 'There's not a false or melodramatic note in the whole thing ... It's a fantasy using the reality of our lives ...A pleasure to read .. . Fresh' Baird Searles 'Highly successful ... the plot gradually and intricately thickens ...the heart of the tale is the swift sophistication of its unpacking of the great dream' The Encyclopedia of Fantasy Winner of the World Fantasy Award
Ken Grimwood (1944-2003) was a radio journalist in California. He was the author of Breakthrough, Elise, The Voice Outside and Into the Deep. He won the World Fantasy Award for Replay.
In 1986 (seven years before the release of the film Groundhog Day),
Grimwood published this riveting novel about a man who dies of a
heart attack and then wakes up in his college dorm room 25 years
earlier. He discovers that he has the chance to live his life over
again. And again. And again. This is one of the most elegant and
moving time travels stories ever written. A thrilling adventure
that also explores the nature of destiny and the human
experience.
*Ernest Cline, author of READY PLAYER ONE*
I didn't just love Replay, I believed in it, I dreamed of it ... I
also discovered that I wasn't only believer; at the time, there
were fan sites dedicated to Replay. Hundreds of people - like the
fellow replayers we never realize are out there - were all dreaming
my same dream
*You Must Read This*
Powerful ... compelling ... superb!
*Atlanta Journal*
Ken Grimwood's Replay is one of the freshest, most engaging
novels
*Dean Koontz*
The story and writing are terrific and the end is a thoroughly
satisfying answer to a great "what if" question
*Bari Wood*
I was moved by it greatly
*Fantasy Review*
The psychological implications ... are vividly portrayed and his
characters are well drawn and sustained
*Vector*
Highly successful ... the heart of the tale is the swift
sophistication of its unpacking of the great dream
*The Encylopedia of Fantasy*
In this intriguing fantasy adventure, Jeff Winston, a failing 43-year-old radio journalist, dies and wakes up in his 18-year-old body in 1963 with his memories of the next 25 years intact. He views the future from the perspective of naive 1963: ``null-eyed punks in leather and chains . . . death-beams in orbit around the polluted, choking earth . . . his world sounded like the most nightmarish of science fiction.'' But Grimwood has transcended genre with this carefully observed, literate and original story. Jeff's knowledge soon becomes as much a curse as a blessing. After recovering from the shock (is the future a dream, or is it real life?), he plays out missed choices. In one life, for example, he falls in love with Pamela, a housewife who died nine minutes after Jeff; they try to warn the world of the disasters it faces, coming in conflict with the government and history. A third replayer turns out to be a serial killer, murdering the same people over and over. Jeff and Pamela are still searching for some missing part of their lives when they notice they are returning closer and closer to the time of their deaths, and realize that the replays and their times together may be coming to an end. 60,000 first printing; 75,000 ad/promo; film rights to United Artists; Literary Guild selection. (January)
In 1986 (seven years before the release of the film Groundhog
Day), Grimwood published this riveting novel about a man who dies
of a heart attack and then wakes up in his college dorm room 25
years earlier. He discovers that he has the chance to live his life
over again. And again. And again. This is one of the most elegant
and moving time travels stories ever written. A thrilling adventure
that also explores the nature of destiny and the human
experience. -- Ernest Cline, author of READY PLAYER ONE
I didn't just love Replay, I believed in it, I dreamed of it
... I also discovered that I wasn't only believer; at the time,
there were fan sites dedicated to Replay. Hundreds of people
- like the fellow replayers we never realize are out there - were
all dreaming my same dream -- Brad Meltzer * You Must Read This
*
Powerful ... compelling ... superb! * Atlanta Journal *
Ken Grimwood's Replay is one of the freshest, most engaging
novels -- Dean Koontz
The story and writing are terrific and the end is a thoroughly
satisfying answer to a great "what if" question -- Bari Wood
I was moved by it greatly * Fantasy Review *
The psychological implications ... are vividly portrayed and his
characters are well drawn and sustained * Vector *
Highly successful ... the heart of the tale is the swift
sophistication of its unpacking of the great dream * The
Encylopedia of Fantasy *
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