Replay (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Ken Grimwood
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—alternate history
- Time of Work: 1963-1988
- Setting: Primarily the United States and Paris, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Alternate history
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, France or French people, Paris, 1980’s, Death or dying, Reincarnation
- Locales: United States, Paris, France
The Plot
The novel employs a fascinating twist. Other works have addressed the issue of what a person might do if granted one opportunity to live life over. In Replay, Jeff Winston and Pamela Phillips are replayers, people caught in a continuing cycle of life, death, and rebirth, trying to understand what has happened to them and why.
At 1:06 p.m. on October 18, 1988, Jeff Winston suffers a fatal heart attack and dies. His job as radio station manager had been full of stress, and his marriage had been full of disappointments. Jeff finds himself in his old college...
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