Loved itthe ending was superb replay is one that's probably not talked about quite as much as some of the others on this list but I think is one that's fantastic
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Replay (1986)
Others: Positive 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?"
- ISBN:
- 9780688161125
- Length:
- 310 pages
Genres: science fiction
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