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Kevin Wayne Jeter (natural 1950) is an American science fiction and horror author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, & 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 a inspiration for the character known as Kevinside in Dick's novel, Valis. Numerous of Jeter's books focus on the subjective nature and severity of reality around how else that is evocative of the works of Dick. Jeter wrote what was belike to become a number one confessedly Cyberpunk novel, Dr. Adder, but it was about ten years before any publisher would agree to publish it, despite enthusiastic recommendations from Philip K. Dick, ascribable its violent & sexually-provocative content. Jeter is likewise a number 1 to coin a term, "Steampunk", to describe the retro-technology, alternate-history works that he published along by owning his friends, Blaylock & Powers. Jeter's Steampunk novels were Morlock Nighttime & Infernal Gear. Too when his have original novels, K. W. Jeter has written the total of authoritative 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. Possibly though Mr. Jeter regularly writes novels for Alien Nation, Star Wars and various Star Trek franchises, he also continues to publish original books & screenplays. He presently sleep in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife, Geri.
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K.W. Jeter Author of 'Doctor Adder', 'Farewell Horizontal', and various Star Wars and Bladerunner novels K.W. Jeter Spotlight Listing of Jeter's novels. Mark/Space: K.W.Jeter An annotated bibliography of the author's work. |
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