History Literature / Replay

* TakeThat: A mild one, where Jeff first meets Pamela and asks her about her filmmaking plans after ''Starsea''. At one point he suggests that if she produces ''RaidersOfTheLostArk'', she should "talk to [[StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] about [[IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom the first sequel]].

* TakeThat: A mild one, where Jeff first meets Pamela and asks her about her filmmaking plans after ''Starsea''. At one point he suggests that if she produces ''RaidersOfTheLostArc'', she should "talk to [[StephenSpielberg Spielberg]] about [[IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom the first sequel]].

** Pamela does this as well; during one replay she creates a hugely successful film called ''Starsea'', recruiting two unknowns to helm the project--director StephenSpielberg and special effects producer GeorgeLucas.

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: A different shooter kills JFK after Jeff's intervention, setting up the quasi-government agency that hold Jeff and Pamela prisoner a few replays later, trying to extract information from them.]]

* GroundhogDayLoop: A particularly long one of 25 years. Notable that this book came out 8 years before ''GroundhogDay'' came out.

Jeff Winston is 43 and stuck in a loveless marriage and DeadEndJob. At 1:06pm on October 18, 1988, he has a sudden, fatal heart attack and the next moment finds himself 18 in his college dorm room in May of 1963. He makes a killer bet on who he already knows will win the Kentucky Derby and uses his winnings and knowledge of the future to create a Fortune 500 company. By 1988 he is wealthy and powerful... and on October 18, 1988 he suffers another fatal heart attack, waking up in 1963 again.

Jeff Winston is 43 and stuck in a dead end marriage and job. At 1:06pm on October 18, 1988, he has a sudden, fatal heart attack and the next moment finds himself 18 in his college dorm room in May of 1963. He makes a killer bet on who he already knows will win the Kentucky Derby and uses his winnings and knowledge of the future to create a Fortune 500 company. By 1988 he is wealthy and powerful... and on October 18, 1988 he suffers another fatal heart attack, waking up in 1963 again.

* LegalJailbait: Jeff replays to his early 20's while Pam is still in High School. This doesn't stop them from romance.

Jeff Winston is 43 and stuck in a dead end marriage and job. At 1:06pm on October 18, 1988, he has a sudden, fatal heart attack and the next moment finds himself 18 in his college dorm room in May of 1963. He makes a killer bet on who he already knows will win the Kentucky Derby and uses his winnings and knowledge of the future to create a fortune 500 company. By 1988 he is wealthy and powerful... and on October 18, 1988 he suffers another fatal heart attack, waking up in 1963 again.

* PointOfView: Almost the entire book directly follows Jeff, save for the beginning of the chapter that covers Pam's high school graduation, and the Epilogue.

He meets Pam, a woman who is also stuck in the loop. Together they find some stability in their lives and seek out others who may be looping themselves.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Invoked in universe in an art exhibit Pamela made for public viewing but knew only Jeff would understand.

-->"Near the window was a large desk stacked with books and notebooks, and in the center of it sat a bulky, greenish-gray device that incorporated a video screen, a keyboard, and a printer. He frowned quizzically at it. What was she doing with a home computer so early?"
-->"'It's not a computer,' Pamela said. 'Wang 1200 word processor, one of the first. No disk drive, just cassettes, but still beats a typewriter. Want a beer?'"

-->Near the window was a large desk stacked with books and notebooks, and in the center of it sat a bulky, greenish-gray device that incorporated a video screen, a keyboard, and a printer. He frowned quizzically at it. What was she doing with a home computer so early?
-->"It's not a computer," Pamela said. "Wang 1200 word processor, one of the first. No disk drive, just cassettes, but still beats a typewriter. Want a beer?"

* TakeOurWordForIt: The description of the tear-inducing movie ''Starsea'', which in-universe was a blockbuster movie everyone was talking about.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Jeff's heart attack happens in 1988, but the book was published in 1986 - two years before 1988. The most up-to-date event covered is "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_disaster The shuttle disaster]]" (page 199), but the author remains purposefully vague on 1987 and 1988, because they hadn't actually happened yet. While there were arguably plenty of notable events in those years, luckily there was nothing on the level of another PearlHarbor or a 9/11.

* SetRightWhatWentWrong: Jeff always ensures that Martin is wealthy enough to keep him from committing suicide. [[spoiler: Also the replay where he has a healthy relationship with Linda.]]

* TheOmniscient: Jeff's college friend who sets up their bets feels this way about Jeff after Jeff proves right over and over. [[spoiler: It gets to be a little too much for him when he discovers Jeff was in Dallas a week before JFK is shot, so he cuts off ties with Jeff.]]

* AlternateHistory: Given the length of time this character loops, each "reply" is one of these by differing degrees.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Jeff's heart attack happens in 1988, but The book was published in 1986 - two years before 1988. The most up-to-date event covered is "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_disaster The shuttle disaster]]" (page 199), but the author remains purposefully vague on 1987 and 1988, because they hadn't actually happened yet. While there were arguably plenty of notable events in those years, luckily there was nothing on the level of another PearlHarbor or a 9/11.

* TakeOurWordForIt: The description of the movie ''Starsea'', which in-universe was a blockbuster movie everyone was talking about.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: With appearances of the [[http://www.wang1200.org/ Wang 1200]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%22_type_C_videotape Sony VTR]].
-->(This quote happens in 1974) Near the window was a large desk stacked with books and notebooks, and in the center of it sat a bulky, greenish-gray device that incorporated a video screen, a keyboard, and a printer. He frowned quizzically at it. What was she doing with a home computer so early?

-->Near the window was a large desk stacked with books and notebooks, and in the center of it sat a bulky, greenish-gray device that incorporated a video screen, a keyboard, and a printer. He frowned quizzically at it. What was she doing with a home computer so early?