K. W. Jeter

Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Redirect-distinguish Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Kevin Wayne Jeter (born March 26, 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is an American science fiction and horror author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, and paranoid, unsympathetic characters. He has written novels set in the Star Trek and Star Wars universes, and has written three sequels to Blade Runner. Jeter coined the term "steampunks".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Biography

He went to Buena Park High School. Jeter attended college at California State University, Fullerton where he became friends with James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers, and through them, Philip K. Dick.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Jeter was actually the inspiration for "Kevin" in Dick's semi-autobiographical novel, Valis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Many of Jeter's books focus on the subjective nature of reality in a way reminiscent of Dick's.

Philip K. Dick enthusiastically recommended Jeter's early cyberpunk novel, Dr. Adder. Due to its violent and sexually provocative content, it took Jeter around ten years to find a publisher for it. Jeter would also coin the term steampunk, in reference to cyberpunk<ref name="boingboing1">Template:Cite web</ref> in a letter to Locus in April 1987, in order to describe the steam-technology, alternate-history works that he published along with his friends, Blaylock and Powers. Jeter's steampunk novels are Morlock Night, Infernal Devices, and its sequels Fiendish Schemes (2013) and Grim Expectations (2017).

As well as his own original novels, K. W. Jeter has written three authorized novel sequels to the critically acclaimed 1982 motion picture Blade Runner, which was adapted from Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Bibliography

Original novels

• Seeklight (1975)
• The Dreamfields (1976)
• Morlock Night (1979; a sequel to H. G. Wells' The Time Machine)
• Soul Eater (1983)
• Dark Seeker (1987)
• Mantis (1987)
• Farewell Horizontal (1989)
• In the Land of the Dead (1989)
• The Night Man (1989)
• Alligator Alley (1989), with Mink Mole a.k.a. Tim MacNamara<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Madlands (1991)
• Wolf Flow (1992)
• Noir (1998)
• The Kingdom of Shadows (2011)
• Death's Apprentice (2012), with Gareth Jefferson Jones

Dr. Adder trilogy

• Dr. Adder (1984)
• The Glass Hammer (1985)
• Death Arms (1987)

George Dower trilogy

1. Infernal Devices (1987)
2. Fiendish Schemes (2013)
3. Grim Expectations (2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Novellas

• Ninja Two-Fifty (2006)

Star Wars books

• The Mandalorian Armor (1998)
• Slave Ship (1998)
• Hard Merchandise (1999)

Blade Runner sequels

• Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human (1995)
• Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night (1996)
• Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon (2000)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novels

• Bloodletter (1993)
• Warped (1995)

Comic book works

• Mister E (DC) (1991)
• Star Trek: N-Vector (Wildstorm) (2000)

The Kim Oh Thrillers (as Kim Oh)

• Real Dangerous Girl (Editions Herodiade Oct. 2011)
• Real Dangerous Job (Editions Herodiade Oct. 2011)
• Real Dangerous People (Editions Herodiade Oct. 2011)
• Real Dangerous Place (Editions Herodiade July 2012)
• Real Dangerous Fun (Editions Herodiade July 2014)
• Real Dangerous Ride (Editions Herodiade Mar. 2015)
• Real Dangerous Plan (Editions Herodiade Aug. 2015)

External links

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• K. W. Jeter website
• Cyberpunk timeline at cyberpunkreview.com.