Jeter in 1989

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. He has written novels set in the Star Trek and Star Wars universe, and has written three (to date) sequels to Blade Runner.

[edit] Biography

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^{[citation needed]}. 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.

He currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife, Geri.

[edit] Franchise novels

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.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Original novels

• Seeklight (1975)
• 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)

[edit] Star Wars books

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

[edit] Blade Runner sequels

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

[edit] Star Trek novels

• Deep Space Nine
  • Bloodletter (1993)
  • Warped (1995)

[edit] References

1. ^ Timeline - CyberpunkWiki

[edit] External links

• K. W. Jeter at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Cyberpunk timeline at cyberpunkreview.com.