Replay in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Dec 27, 2008 J.C. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2008-reads, science-fiction, time-travel

The Finest Speculation. REPLAY Has it All

Replay, by Ken Grimwood, is a miraculous journey through time and the human spirit. Grimwood wonderfully exposes the possible outcomes of having advanced knowledge while leading life. What happens when you live the same thirty years over, and over, and over? What makes a life worthwhile? Is it a lifetime of money, fame, or positive interactions with others? What does anything matter if at the end of the "replay" everything just gets erased, except in your ...more

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Nov 10, 2007 Foxthyme rated it really liked it

Shelves: sf-f-spec-h

I had a hard time with the beginning of this book first start. A bit depressing. But with some nudging I continued and was glued in for the ride. Imagine going through every scenario possible when you get reborn again and again starting near the same time, but a bit later each time so each subsequent life is a bit shorter to the point of your known death date... Then add in people and complications and life.

Yep. I'd get that heart anxiety wondering what was going to happen.

I did feel the ending ...more

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Dec 19, 2007 Tracey rated it liked it

Shelves: no-longer-owned

What would you do differently if you could live your (adult) life over again after you die, memories intact? How about if you kept living it over and over? Jeff Winston is trying to answer that very question, finding himself back in his college dorm room after a fatal heart attack at the age of 43. His recollection of some key sporting events provides him with all the money he needs; happiness is a little more elusive. The story gets even more interesting after he discovers he's not the only re- ...more

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Apr 22, 2010 Bryan457 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, own-it, science-fiction, time-travel

This guy gets the chance to do his life over again and again and again.
He figures out a bunch of ways to make his life come out better, and also a bunch of ways to make it come out a whole lot worse. This book is just a great read.

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