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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Written in the 1980's, when people would find many of these events nostalgic. Now that it has been over 25 years since it came out, it's more of a time capsule of the 25 year period.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Ken Grimwood was writing a sequel when he died in 2003.
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* DiedDuringProduction: Ken Grimwood was writing a sequel when he died in 2003.
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* DevelopmentHell: Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/RobertZemeckis have been attached to direct a film version at Warner Bros., which seems to have been put on hold due to Affleck directing ''Argo'' and Zemeckis directing ''Flight''.
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* DevelopmentHell: Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/RobertZemeckis have been attached to direct a film version at Warner Bros., which seems to have been put on hold due to Affleck directing ''Argo'' and Zemeckis directing ''Flight''. As of 2016 the project seems to have stalled.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Written in the 1980's, when people would find many of these events nostalgic. Now that it has been almost 25 years since it came out, it's more of a time capsule of the 25 year period.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Written in the 1980's, when people would find many of these events nostalgic. Now that it has been almost over 25 years since it came out, it's more of a time capsule of the 25 year period.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: With appearances of the [[http://www.wang1200.org/ Wang 1200]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%22_type_C_videotape Sony VTR]]. The following 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? ... '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?'"
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Written in the 1980's, when people would find many of these events nostalgic. Now that it has been almost 25 years since it came out, it's more of a time capsule of the 25 year period.
-->"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?'"
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Written in the 1980's, when people would find many of these events nostalgic. Now that it has been almost 25 years since it came out, it's more of a time capsule of the 25 year period.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Ken Grimwood was writing a sequel when he died in 2003.
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* DevelopmentHell: Creator/BenAffleck and RobertZemeckis have been attached to direct a film version at Warner Bros., which seems to have been put on hold due to Affleck directing ''Argo'' and Zemeckis directing ''Flight''.
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* DevelopmentHell: Creator/BenAffleck and RobertZemeckis Creator/RobertZemeckis have been attached to direct a film version at Warner Bros., which seems to have been put on hold due to Affleck directing ''Argo'' and Zemeckis directing ''Flight''.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book - that's the equivalent of living from his birth year of 1945 to 2147. He had ten replays totaling 159 years.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book his replaying - that's the equivalent of living from his birth year of 1945 to 2147. He had ten replays totaling 159 years.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book - that's the equivalent of living from 1945 to 2147. He had ten replays totaling 159 years.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book - that's the equivalent of living from his birth year of 1945 to 2147. He had ten replays totaling 159 years.
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* DevelopmentHell: BenAffleck and RobertZemeckis have been attached to direct a film version at Warner Bros., which seems to have been put on hold due to Affleck directing ''Argo'' and Zemeckis directing ''Flight''.
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* DevelopmentHell: BenAffleck Creator/BenAffleck and RobertZemeckis have been attached to direct a film version at Warner Bros., which seems to have been put on hold due to Affleck directing ''Argo'' and Zemeckis directing ''Flight''.
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* The "skew" is small until his fifth replay, when he is a full year off (leaving 24 years). The next three replays are 4 years shorter (20 year replay), 8 years (12 year replay), and 9 years (3 year replay).
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* The "skew" is small until his fifth replay, when he is a full year off (leaving 24 years). The next three replays are 4 years shorter (20 year (a 20-year replay), 8 years (12 year (a 12-year replay), and 9 years (3 year (a 3-year replay).
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book. He had ten replays totaling 159 years. That's the equivalent of living from 1945 to 2147.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book.book - that's the equivalent of living from 1945 to 2147. He had ten replays totaling 159 years. That's the equivalent of living from 1945 to 2147.
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* This page was created in December of 2011 - [[spoiler: a mere six years short of the replay date of the man in the epilogue]].
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* This page was created in December of 2011 - [[spoiler: a mere six years short of the replay date of the man in the epilogue]].epilogue.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book. He had ten replays totaling 159 years, [[spoiler: not counting the rippling he encountered at the end.]] That's the equivalent of living from 1945 to 2147.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book. He had ten replays totaling 159 years, [[spoiler: not counting the rippling he encountered at the end.]] years. That's the equivalent of living from 1945 to 2147.
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book. He had ten replays totaling 159 years, [[spoiler: not counting the rippling he encountered at the end.]]
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* All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book. He had ten replays totaling 159 years, [[spoiler: not counting the rippling he encountered at the end.]]]] That's the equivalent of living from 1945 to 2147.
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* Jeff is 43 in 1988, meaning he was born in 1945.
*All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book. He had ten replays totaling 159 years, [[spoiler: not counting the rippling he encountered at the end.]]
*The "skew" is small until his fifth replay, when he is a full year off (leaving 24 years). The next three replays are 4 years shorter (20 year replay), 8 years (12 year replay), and 9 years (3 year replay).
* If Jeff is still alive by the 2017 date in the epilogue, then he would be 72 (227, factoring in his replays).
*All told, Jeff was 202 years old at the end of the book. He had ten replays totaling 159 years, [[spoiler: not counting the rippling he encountered at the end.]]
*The "skew" is small until his fifth replay, when he is a full year off (leaving 24 years). The next three replays are 4 years shorter (20 year replay), 8 years (12 year replay), and 9 years (3 year replay).
* If Jeff is still alive by the 2017 date in the epilogue, then he would be 72 (227, factoring in his replays).
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* This page was created in December of 2011 - a mere six years short of the replay date of the man in the epilogue.
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* This page was created in December of 2011 - [[spoiler: a mere six years short of the replay date of the man in the epilogue.epilogue]].
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* The Internet gives you to ability to watch the plot-important [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckYiWRtal7Q 1963 Kentucky derby]] - a luxury the author probably didn't have in the early 1980's. Seeing as many tropers these days weren't even born by 1988, the Internet gives you the ability to look up many of the events and technology covered in the book.
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* The Internet gives you to ability to watch the plot-important [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckYiWRtal7Q 1963 Kentucky derby]] - a luxury the author probably didn't have in the early 1980's. Seeing as many tropers these days weren't even born by 1988, the Internet gives you the ability to look up many of the events and technology covered in the book.book.
* This page was created in December of 2011 - a mere six years short of the replay date of the man in the epilogue.
* This page was created in December of 2011 - a mere six years short of the replay date of the man in the epilogue.
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* The Internet gives you to ability to watch the plot-important [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckYiWRtal7Q 1963 Kentucky derby]] - a luxury the author probably didn't have in the early 1980's.
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* The Internet gives you to ability to watch the plot-important [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckYiWRtal7Q 1963 Kentucky derby]] - a luxury the author probably didn't have in the early 1980's. Seeing as many tropers these days weren't even born by 1988, the Internet gives you the ability to look up many of the events and technology covered in the book.
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* Only four known replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the one from Australia who sent the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.
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* Only four known replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the one from Australia who sent the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.received.
* The Internet gives you to ability to watch the plot-important [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckYiWRtal7Q 1963 Kentucky derby]] - a luxury the author probably didn't have in the early 1980's.
* The Internet gives you to ability to watch the plot-important [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckYiWRtal7Q 1963 Kentucky derby]] - a luxury the author probably didn't have in the early 1980's.
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* Only four replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the one from Australia who sent the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.
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* Only four known replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the one from Australia who sent the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.
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* Only four replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.
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* Only four replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the one from Australia who sent the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Grimwood was working on a sequel when he died on June 6, 2003. He died of a heart attack, so one could hope he wrote it during his next replay...
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Grimwood was working on a sequel when he died on June 6, 2003. He died of a heart attack, so one could hope he wrote it during his next replay...replay...
* Only four replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.
* Only four replayers are found during the 1963-1988 era. Jeff, Pam, Stuart and the cryptic letter Pam and Jeff received.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Grimwood was working on a sequel when he died on June 6, 2003.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Grimwood was working on a sequel when he died on June 6, 2003. He died of a heart attack, so one could hope he wrote it during his next replay...
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