K. W. Jeter

K. W. Jeter
Jeter in San Francisco (2011)
Born
Kevin Wayne Jeter

(1950-03-26) March 26, 1950 (age 76)
EducationCalifornia State University, Fullerton (BA)
OccupationAuthor
Years active1975–present

Kevin Wayne Jeter (born March 26, 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 universes, and has written three sequels to Blade Runner. Jeter coined the term "steampunks".

Biography

Jeter went to Buena Park High School, and later 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 the inspiration for the character Kevin in Dick's semi-autobiographical novel, Valis. 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 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?

Bibliography

Original novels

Dr. Adder trilogy

  • Dr. Adder (written 1971; published 1984)
  • The Glass Hammer (1985)
  • Death Arms (written 1978; published 1987)

George Dower trilogy

  1. Infernal Devices (1987)
  2. Fiendish Schemes (2013)
  3. Grim Expectations (2017)

Novellas

Star Wars books

Blade Runner sequels

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novels

Comic book works

The Kim Oh Thrillers (as Kim Oh)

References

  1. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: K. W. Jeter". www.isfdb.org.
  2. ↑ Beschizza, Rob (March 1, 2011). "The Birth of Steampunk". Boing Boing. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  3. ↑ Amarantus, Christine (2010). "Powering an Alternate Past". TITAN Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jeter Interview". SF at CSUF. February 3, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ Sutin, Lawrence (1989). Divine Invasions. New York City: Carol Publishing Group. p. 258. ISBN 0-8065-1228-8.
  6. ↑ "The Birth of Steampunk". BoingBoing. March 2011.
  7. ↑ "K.W. Jeter: Rockin' in the Steampunk World". Locus Online Perspectives. July 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Authors : Jeter, K W". Science Fiction Encyclopedia.
  9. 1 2 Jeter, K. W. (1987). Death arms. Internet Archive. New York : St. Martin's Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-312-03321-7.
  10. ↑ "Revealing New Covers for K.W. Jeter's George Dower Trilogy". Tor.com. December 19, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2017.