Editing K. W. Jeter (section)

==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>{{cite web | url = http://calstate.fullerton.edu/Titan/2012/powers.asp | title = Powering an Alternate Past | last = Amarantus | first = Christine | date = 2010 | website = TITAN Magazine | access-date = 16 September 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://sfatcsuf.wordpress.com/jeter-interview/ | title = Jeter Interview | website = SF at CSUF | date = February 3, 2016 | access-date = 16 September 2024 }}</ref> Jeter was actually the inspiration for "Kevin" in Dick's semi-autobiographical novel, [[VALIS|''Valis'']].<ref>{{cite book |title=Divine Invasions |last=Sutin |first=Lawrence  |year=1989 |publisher=Carol Publishing Group |location=New York City |isbn=0-8065-1228-8 |page=258 }}</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">{{cite web|url=http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/01/the-birth-of-steampu.html|title=The Birth of Steampunk|date=March 2011 |publisher=BoingBoing}}</ref> in a letter to ''[[Locus (magazine)|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 (K. W. Jeter novel)|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>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2014/07/k-w-jeter-rockin-in-the-steampunk-world/|title=K.W. Jeter: Rockin' in the Steampunk World|date=July 20, 2014 |publisher=Locus Online Perspectives}}</ref>