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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780688161125 ISBN: 068816112X Label: Harper Paperbacks Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: August 05, 1998 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Release Date: July 22, 1998 Studio: Harper Paperbacks Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Jeff Winston, forty-three, didn't know he was a replayer until he died and woke up twenty-five years younger in his college dorm room; he lived another life. And died again. And lived again and died again -- in a continuous twenty-five-year cycle -- each time starting from scratch at the age of eighteen to reclaim lost loves, remedy past mistakes, or make a fortune in the stock market. A novel of gripping adventure, romance, and fascinating speculation on the nature of time, Replay asks the question: "What if you could live your life over again?" Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Extremely strong premiseWith over 300 reviews, it's clear this book has struck a chord with readers. I found it in a charity book store, and was intrigued by its one sentence 'hook' about what would happen if you could live your life over and over and over again. For the first three quarters of the book, the author delivers 5 star material. In particular, the 'second time around life' of the protagonist is rendered in exceptionally compelling and believable detail that kept me turning pages with scarcely a ... Read More Rating:  - Let down ending....I agree with most of the reviews - it was a great book. After many repetitions of the theme, I had to wonder where it was going. I am not going to spoil the ending, but will say that I was disappointed, apparently others were not. For me it was anti-climatic. It built up to a let down. There should have been some sort of explanation for the phenomena. Maybe the sequel will cover it, or the movie!?!? Rating:  - 'Replay' delivers big timeI love 'Groundhog Day' and 'Back to the Future' trilogy, so this book was right up my alley. I'm not going to bother with the synopsis; there is already enough of them posted in these other reviews. I bought this from Amazon and received it in the mail yesterday. I started reading it this morning and finished it tonight. I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN, resulting in a nonproductive day. After getting nearly halfway through the book, I figured that there can't be much more Ken Grimwood ... Read More Rating:  - Seen This Idea Done BetterA person mysteriously repeats part of their life, usually one day, sometimes longer. The repeating loop plot idea has been around for ages, and Jack L. Chalker's 'The Wonderland Gambit' trilogy took a riff on it involving parallel yet separate worlds. This particular offering revolves around an everyman with a troubled marriage and unrealized dreams. He dies in 1988 and wakes up in 1963, back in college. He goes a bit nuts, then relives his life and makes a fortune from sports betting ... Read More Rating: - You simply need to read this book.While an overwhelming majority of the reviews for Grimwood's "Replay" are favorable, I was shocked to see a few that weren't. I guess it's because they are possibly too young to "get it". This book is a wonder. It would make the most incredible movie, but doubt anyone would ever attempt it. It's simply got too much content to be condensed to 2 hours. To do Replay justice, the movie would have to be about 6 hours. If someone could figure it out, and do it right, it would be a block buster for all ... Read More 
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