Editing K. W. Jeter

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'''Kevin Wayne Jeter''' (born March 26, 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?592|title=Summary Bibliography: K. W. Jeter|website=www.isfdb.org}}</ref> is an American science fiction and [[horror fiction|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 "[[steampunk]]s".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beschizza|first=Rob|date=March 1, 2011|title=The Birth of Steampunk|url=https://boingboing.net/2011/03/01/the-birth-of-steampu.html|access-date=September 6, 2021|website=Boing Boing|language=en-US}}</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>{{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>

==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 (novel)|The Night Man]]'' (1989)
* ''Alligator Alley'' (1989), with Mink Mole a.k.a. Tim MacNamara<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jeter_k_w|title=Authors : Jeter, K W|encyclopedia=Science Fiction Encyclopedia}}</ref>
* ''[[Madlands]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Wolf Flow]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Noir (novel)|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 (novel)|Death Arms]]'' (1987)

====George Dower trilogy====
# ''[[Infernal Devices (K. W. Jeter novel)|Infernal Devices]]'' (1987)
# ''Fiendish Schemes'' (2013)
# ''Grim Expectations'' (2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2016/12/19/revealing-new-covers-for-k-w-jeters-george-dower-trilogy/|title=Revealing New Covers for K.W. Jeter's George Dower Trilogy|date=December 19, 2016|website=Tor.com|access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref>

===Novellas===
* ''Ninja Two-Fifty'' (2006)

===''Star Wars'' books===
* ''[[The Mandalorian Armor]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Slave Ship (Jeter novel)|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)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{isfdb name|id=592|name=K. W. Jeter}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110522081342/http://www.kwjeter.com/ K. W. Jeter website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071212075032/http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/wiki/index.php?title=Timeline Cyberpunk timeline] at cyberpunkreview.com.

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