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K. W. Jeter
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/KWJeter-SanFrancisco-2011.jpg/220px-KWJeter-SanFrancisco-2011.jpg) K. W. Jeter in San Francisco (2011)
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Born
| Kevin Wayne Jeter
(
1950-03-26
)
March 26, 1950
(age 74)
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Alma mater
| California State University, Fullerton
(
BA
)
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Occupation
| Author
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Years active
| 1975?present
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Kevin Wayne Jeter
(born March 26, 1950)
[1]
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
".
[2]
Biography
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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
.
[
citation needed
]
Jeter was actually the inspiration for "Kevin" in Dick's semi-autobiographical novel,
Valis
.
[3]
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
[4]
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?
.
[5]
Bibliography
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Original novels
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Dr. Adder trilogy
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George Dower trilogy
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- Infernal Devices
(1987)
- Fiendish Schemes
(2013)
- Grim Expectations
(2017)
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Novellas
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Star Wars
books
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Blade Runner
sequels
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
novels
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- Bloodletter
(1993)
- Warped
(1995)
Comic book works
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- Mister E
(DC) (1991)
- Star Trek: N-Vector
(Wildstorm) (2000)
The Kim Oh Thrillers (as Kim Oh)
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- 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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