Re: Currently reading......
- From: Michael Schey <mscheynjSPAMBLOCK@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:30:08 -0400
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:59 -0400, Karen Burns
<pants@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Michael Schey wrote:
Just finished Replay, by Ken Grimwood. Dasm. This was one great book
that I just did not want to put down. In fact, last night I read the
last 10 pages again. I highly recommend this book to everyone. It
made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me make some long overdue
phone calls. Some reviews (taken from Amazon):
From Publishers Weekly
In this intriguing fantasy adventure, Jeff Winston, a failing
43-year-old radio journalist, dies and wakes up in his 18-year-old
body in 1963 with his memories of the next 25 years intact. He views
the future from the perspective of naive 1963: "null-eyed punks in
leather and chains . . . death-beams in orbit around the polluted,
choking earth . . . his world sounded like the most nightmarish of
science fiction." But Grimwood has transcended genre with this
carefully observed, literate and original story. Jeff's knowledge soon
becomes as much a curse as a blessing. After recovering from the shock
(is the future a dream, or is it real life?), he plays out missed
choices. In one life, for example, he falls in love with Pamela, a
housewife who died nine minutes after Jeff; they try to warn the world
of the disasters it faces, coming in conflict with the government and
history. A third replayer turns out to be a serial killer, murdering
the same people over and over. Jeff and Pamela are still searching for
some missing part of their lives when they notice they are returning
closer and closer to the time of their deaths, and realize that the
replays and their times together may be coming to an end. 60,000 first
printing; 75,000 ad/promo; film rights to United Artists; Literary
Guild selection.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to
an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
The possibility of traveling back in time to relive one's life has
long fascinated science fiction writers. Without a single gesture
toward an explanation, this mainstream novel recounts the story of a
man and a woman mysteriously given the ability to live their lives
over. Each dies in 1988 only to awaken as a teenager in 1963 with
adult knowledge and wisdom intact and the ability to make a new set of
choices. Different spouses, lovers, children, careers, await them in
each go-round of the past 25 years, as well as slightly altered
versions of world events. Their deep commitment to one another
continues through the centuries of their many lifetimes. This
delightful and completely engrossing story will appeal to a wide
variety of readers.
Next up, and I just read the first 20 pages of so yesterday, is
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. So far so good.
Michael
(http://michaelschey.blogspot.com/)
I wish I had read this post yesterday, I probably would have looked for
this one. (scribbling a note and stashing it in my purse)
Instead, last night I picked up these:
THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT - Walter Mosley (thanks to BillyI for the tip...)
That looks COOL. I just printed the Amazon entry and have added it
to my list.
Michael
(http://michaelschey.blogspot.com/)
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