Replay, Ken Grimwood
Replay, Ken Grimwood
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Replay

Author: Ken Grimwood

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/24/2008

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

A time-travel classic in the tradition of Jack Finney's Time and Again, Ken Grimwood's acclaimed novel Replay asks the provocative question: "What if you could live your life over again, knowing the mistakes you'd made before?"

Forty-three-year-old Jeff Winston gets several chances to do just that. Trapped in a tepid marriage and a dead-end job, he dies in 1988 and wakes up to find himself in 1963, at the age of eighteen, staring at his dorm room walls at Emory University. It's all the same...but different: Jeff knows what the future holds. He knows who will win every World Series...every Kentucky Derby...even how to win on Wall Street. The one thing he doesn't know is: Why has he been chosen to replay his life? And how many times must he win—and lose—everything he loves?

Winner of the 1988 World Fantasy Award for best novel and published in eleven languages, Replay unravels the answers in a masterful skein that captivates our imagination.

About Ken Grimwood

Ken Grimwood (1944-2003) worked in broadcast journalism for a number of years before retiring in 1988 to write full-time. He wrote five novels, including the award-winning Replay, Breakthrough, and The Voice Outside.


Reviews

Goodreads review by George on January 18, 2013

This book crushed me. It sparked such a deep feeling of loss and regret in me. Made me examine my own life, my own decisions, missteps and regrets and wasted time and opportunities. Life is short, and this book will remind you of that. It will remind you of lost loves and what could have been. It wi......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on July 23, 2019

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. Every night and every morn Some to misery are born, Every morn and every night Some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night. Go......more

Goodreads review by Emily on January 12, 2019

(4.5) One of my favorite premises is a character reliving their life over and over. So this book was on my radar. I really liked Grimwood's take on it as, for once, I could relate with the main character's decisions and he added a nice twist to it. It did become more philosophical and would recommend......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on January 18, 2020

As I read this, I had to go through a period of adjustment that included shock, pleasure, annoyance, and eventually acceptance. It’s by no means a bad book. Indeed, it’s a great book that kept me riveted throughout the reading, and despite... or rather, BECAUSE of the associations I kept making as I......more

Goodreads review by Metodi on February 24, 2025

Review on English, followed by the Bulgarian one. Ревюто на английски е първо, следва това на български. I had read it twenty years ago and I did not remember anything about "Replay", except that I did liked it a lot. Now, after rereading it, I can say with a pure heart that Ken Grimwood's book is gre......more