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| Replay | 
 enlarge | Author: Ken Grimwood
Publisher: Arbor House Book Club
Category: Book
Buy Used: $37.02
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 676918
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Book Club
Pages: 248
ASIN: B0012AHMHG
Publication Date: 1986
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Published 1986 by Arbor House, Book Club Edition, 248 pages. Dustjacket is in good condition, slight edge wear, a small tear on the back top edge, hardcover is in very good shape, text is clean, binding is tight, paper is sound, book is in very good condition. - Ships within 2 business days - Satisfaction Guaranteed!
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Product Description
A 43 year-old man has a fatal heart attack and awakens in his eighteen-year-old body in 1963. Lives until the age of 43 and then dies again and awakens in his eighteen-year-old body.
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What If You Were Able to Change Your Past? April 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Replay" is a book that hits directly in the middle of a universal fantasy: "What will you change in your life if you were able to do it?" I think there is no one, that at some point in his/hers life, hasn't wondered on this question.
I feel that that is why this book is such a compelling reading.
Jeff dies suddenly of a heart attack at age of 43 after living an unsatisfactory life, but instead of going to Heaven or Hell or Nothingness he awakes at his college dormitory when he was 18 years old. First he is almost driven into madness (as it will occur to you or to me). Then little by little he is able to gain control of his new life and starts an amazing trip.
However when he reaches 43, he dies again. Is this the End? Of course not, it's a new start. He is launched, and the reader with him, into a seemingly endless quest.
Ken Grimwood, (unfortunately dead) has constructed a novel that dwell with fundamental questions as: Which is the meaning of life? Are our actions inane? Is love attached to a person?
He broods on ethics, responsibility, altruism, selfishness, fatherhood and vocation amongst other significant issues.
So, is this a philosophical and boring book? No, not the least! It's a fast paced gripping and thought provoking novel! It earned his author the World Fantasy Award in 1986.
Just one more detail: take a careful look to one of the Replayed Lives that depicts what kind of world may arise from a ruthless America and remember it was written in 1986 way before the more dreadful recent events.
Have a nice reading!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.
Changing Your Past, Blessing or Damnation? February 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Replay" is a book that hits directly in the middle of a universal fantasy: "What will you change in your life if you were able to do it?" I think there is no one, that at some point in his/hers life, hasn't wondered on this question.
I feel that that is why this book is such a compelling reading.
Jeff dies suddenly of a heart attack at age of 43 after living an unsatisfactory life, but instead of going to Heaven or Hell or Nothingness he awakes at his college dormitory when he was 18 years old. First he is almost driven into madness (as it will occur to you or to me). Then little by little he is able to gain control of his new life and starts an amazing trip.
However when he reaches 43, he dies again. Is this the End? Of course not, it's a new start. He is launched, and the reader with him, into a seemingly endless quest.
Ken Grimwood, (unfortunately dead) has constructed a novel that dwell with fundamental questions as: Which is the meaning of life? Are our actions inane? Is love attached to a person?
He broods on ethics, responsibility, altruism, selfishness, fatherhood and vocation amongst other significant issues.
So, is this a philosophical and boring book? No, not at all! It's a fast paced gripping and thought provoking novel! It earned his author the World Fantasy Award in 1986.
Just one more detail: take a careful look to one of the Replayed Lives that depicts what kind of world may arise from a ruthless America and remember it was written in 1986 way before the more dreadful recent events.
Have a nice reading!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.
LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST... June 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a World Fantasy Award winning book that should appeal to those who are interested in alternate realities and time travel themes. This is the second time that I have read this book, and I love it as much the second time as I did the first. Time has not diminished the capacity of this book to entertain the reader.
The book has a wonderfully intriguing plot. What would happen if one were to have the opportunity to relive one's life after death? That is exactly what happens to Jeff Winston, a forty- three year old man who is trapped in a stale and loveless marriage with a dead-end job as the icing on his personal cake.
In 1988, Jeff has a fatal heart attack and wakes up in 1963 as his younger self, an eighteen year old college student. After his initial shock wears off, he realizes that he remembers what the future holds. Using that knowledge, he goes about trying to improve his life the second time around, only to die again at forty-three and have to replay his life, over and over.
Along the way, Jeff tries to correct his mistakes in judgment and develops a new perspective on life. He also discovers that he is not alone in terms of the ability to replay one's life and finds a soul mate who shares a similar fate. Jeff ultimately discovers true love, romance, adventure, and a deep appreciation of life itself. This is a wonderful book that will keep the reader turning the pages. Bravo!
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