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K. W. Jeter
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Kevin Wayne Jeter (born 1950) is an American science fiction and horror author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, and paranoid, unsympathetic characters.
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. Jeter was actually the inspiration for the character named Kevin in Dick's novel, Valis. Many of Jeter's books focus on the subjective nature of reality in a way that is reminiscent of the works of Dick.
Jeter wrote what was likely the first true Cyberpunk novel [1] (though he probably would protest that description), Dr. Adder, which was enthusiastically recommended by Philip K. Dick. Due to its violent and sexually-provocative content, it took Jeter approximately ten years to find a publisher for it. Jeter is also the first to coin the term, "Steampunk", to describe the retro-technology, alternate-history works that he published along with his friends, Blaylock and Powers. Jeter's Steampunk novels were Morlock Night and Infernal Devices.
As well as his own original novels, K. W. Jeter has written a number of 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.
Even though Mr. Jeter regularly writes novels for Alien Nation, Star Wars and various Star Trek franchises, he also continues to publish original books and screenplays.
He currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife, Geri.
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- Morlock Night (1979) - a sequel to H. G. Wells' The Time Machine
- Soul Eater (1983)
- Dr. Adder (1984)
- The Glass Hammer (1985)
- Infernal Devices (1987)
- Dark Seeker (1987)
- Mantis (1987)
- Death Arms (1989)
- Farewell Horizontal (1989)
- In the Land of the Dead (1989)
- The Night Man (1989)
- Madlands (1991)
- Wolf Flow (1992)
- NOIR (1998)
- Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human (1995)
- Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night (1996)
- Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon (2000)
- Deep Space Nine
- Bloodletter (1993)
- Warped (1995)
- K. W. Jeter at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Cyberpunk timeline at cyberpunkreview.com.