# R.I.P. Ken Grimwood **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127 "2003-06-11T15:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127/1 "2003-06-11T15:54:55Z")
SF/Fantasy author Ken Grimwood died over the weekend at age 59. Grimwood’s best-known work was the classic **Replay** , winner of the World Fantasy Award and voted by readers of _Locus_ as #32 of the top fantasy books written before 1990 (tied with **Something Wicked This Way Comes** ). _Replay_ is one of my favorite novels of all time, an extremely imaginative look at the old question, “If you had your life to live over, what would you do?” The ending is just plain wonderful. One of the tragedies of Grimwood’s death was that he was working on a sequel; now we’ll probably never see it. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127/2 "2003-06-11T16:30:34Z")
_Replay_ is definitely a fascinating book, one that keeps twisting into directions that you never suspected. Grimwood is one of those interesting one-book writers\*, someone who had one huge overwhelming idea, executed it perfectly, and then never really lived up to that standard. Walter Miller, Ralph Ellison, Daniel Keyes, Thomas Heggen, Harper Lee; the list is endless. \*I know that Grimwood has written other books but I never met anybody who read any. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127/3 "2003-06-11T22:30:18Z")
So sorry to hear that Ken Grimwood passed away. Replay is just an extraordinary book, which I first read shortly after it was first published as a paperback. I had long wanted to see it done as a movie, but after _Groundhog Day_ was released, I felt that its chances probably became diminished. And for those of you who haven’t read the book, go out and find a copy and read it. Replay is something special. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127/4 "2003-06-12T02:24:45Z")
There would be trouble turning _Replay_ into a novel – it covers too great a time span, for one thing. I read the book originally in hardcover; I think I got it from the library. When I saw it in paperback, I snatched up a copy. It was a keeper. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127/5 "2003-06-12T02:30:21Z")
> [@](#): > > There would be trouble turning Replay into a novel I guess so, Ken Grimwood tried it and he’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127/6 "2003-06-12T02:57:39Z")
Are you sure he’s really dead? I meanhe could have found himself back in his younger self which would mean that the sequel could be written first! ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ken-grimwood/181127/7 "2003-06-12T04:14:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exapno Mapcase \* > \*\* > > \*I know that Grimwood has written other books but I never met anybody who read any. \*\* I read Into the Deep, which isn’t bad. Expanded on the dolphin fascination that he hinted at in Replay.