K.W. Jeter Books In Order
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Dr. Adder | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Glass Hammer | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Arms | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of K. W. Jeter Suspense & Thriller Books
Dr. Adder | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Seeker | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Farewell Horizontal | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Madlands | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ninja Two-Fifty | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Kingdom of Shadows | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Straight Shot | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Nightgown | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Riding Bitch | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Will the Last One to Leave Please Turn Out the Lights? | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The First Time | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blue on One End, Yellow on the Other | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Candy in the Sack | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Layover | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of George Dower Books
Infernal Devices | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fiendish Schemes | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grim Expectations | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Kim Oh Books
Real Dangerous Girl | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Real Dangerous Job | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Real Dangerous People | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Real Dangerous Place | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Real Dangerous Fun | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Real Dangerous Ride | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Real Dangerous Plan | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Grimm City Books
Publication Order of Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars Books
The Mandalorian Armor | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slave Ship | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hard Merchandise | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Books
Emissary | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Siege | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bloodletter | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Big Game | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fallen Heroes | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Betrayal | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Warchild | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Search | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Antimatter | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Proud Helios | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Warped | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Valhalla | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Devil in the Sky | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ferengi: Rules of Acquisition | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Laertian Gamble | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Way of the Warrior | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Station Rage | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Night | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Objective: Bajor | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Heart of the Warrior | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Saratoga | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trials and Tribble-ations | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tempest | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wrath of the Prophets | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Legends of the Ferengi | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trial by Error | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vengeance | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Far Beyond the Stars | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 34th Rule | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What You Leave Behind | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tunnel Through the Stars | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lives of Dax | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Stitch in Time | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ds9#27 A Stitch In Time: Star Trek Deep Space Nine | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Section 31: Abyss | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rising Son | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prophecy and Change | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unity | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hollow Men | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Warpath | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twist of Faith | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
These Haunted Seas | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fearful Symmetry | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Soul Key | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Never Ending Sacrifice | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found) | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sacraments of Fire | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ascendance | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Force and Motion | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rules of Accusation | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Long Mirage | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Enigma Tales | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gamma: Original Sin | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I, The Constable | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Alien Nation Books
Alien Nation | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Horizon | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Change | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slag Like Me | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Extreme Prejudice | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cross of Blood | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Blade Runner Books
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / Blade Runner | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Edge of Human | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Replicant Night | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Eye and Talon | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Seeklight | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dreamfields | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Morlock Night | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Soul Eater | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mantis | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In the Land of the Dead | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Night Man | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wolf Flow | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Noir | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fourth Annual Collection | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Still Dead | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 3 | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fifth Annual Collection | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Book of Best New Horror | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Edited By | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
K. W. Jeter is an American author of horror and science fiction whose novels utilize dark themes and unsympathetic characters.
+Biography
Born in March 1950 in Los Angeles, K.W. Jeter is known for having coined the term ‘steampunk’, a word that aptly describes so many of his stories.
The author was a student at California State University, Fullerton. The institution brought Jeter into contact with notable figures like Philip K. Dick and James P. Blaylock who had a significant impact on the decisions he made during his literary career.
And Jeter believes he also had an impact on the literary personalities.
Jeter’s books have been compared to those of Dick because both authors love to tackle the subjectivity of reality. While Jeter’s earliest works came out in 1975, it wasn’t until he wrote ‘Dr. Adder’ in 1984 that K.W. Jeter’s name began to gain traction.
The book wasn’t easy to sell. In fact, Jeter couldn’t even find publishers willing to take a chance on it for the first ten years mostly because of all the violence and sex Jeter scattered throughout his story.
When ‘Dr. Adder’ eventually found its way into the hands of audiences, it became an instant classic. It was around that time that Jeter coined the term steampunk. His novel was categorized as cyberpunk but Jeter wasn’t sure he agreed with that terminology.
So he improvised and steampunk has since become a genre of its own. The letter to Locus which Jeter wrote in 1987 argued that the use of steam-technology and an alternate history in ‘Dr. Adder’ separated it from the other cyberpunk works on the shelves.
Jeter proceeded to write additional novels in the steampunk genre, permanently stamping his signature on that particular field.
The author produced a number of his own original works before he was hired to write novels for established franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and Blade Runner. The author also has a few comic books under his name.
+Literary Career
K.W. Jeter started writing fantasy, science fiction and horror in 1975. And for the next several years, he dominated the literary landscape in those genres. That opened the way for him to produce novelized sequels to the original Blade Runner Movie, not to mention the stories he wrote set in the Star Wars and Star Trek Universes.
And just when it seemed like Jeter couldn’t climb any higher, he stopped writing. In fact, by 1998, he had begun to disappear. It wasn’t until the early 2010s that the author suddenly returned to the literary scene with new original works and even a few sequels.
K. W. Jeter has played a part in the shaping of science fiction, fantasy and horror in literature, and it was suggested that Jeter returned to the writing table to prove that he still had more to offer.
Jeter has tried his hand at most genres of note. Though, he has admitted to struggling with and ultimately choosing to give the mystery genre a wide berth. Jeter loved mysteries as a kid. He remembers getting lost in the works of Ellery Queen and he admired every author that could create the sorts of puzzles and questions he couldn’t solve until the very last page.
Jeter doesn’t think he can produce a straight mystery novel. But he has shown a keen interest in trying his hand at the genre.
The author doesn’t have a particular source of inspiration. Movies definitely play a role in sparking ideas for some of his books. The Kim Oh Books, for example, were inspired by Jeter’s admiration for Asian cinema.
For the most part, though, the ideas just trickle into the author’s head. He always begins with a vision of either the first scene or an important scene that happens along the way.
And he builds upon that one piece of the puzzle until the whole picture comes into view. The author primarily aims to write a maximum of sixty thousand words. To K.W. Jeter, that is the ideal size for any novel.
Jeter believes that the traditional publishing industry has gone astray because they tend to expect astronomically ridiculous word counts for their novels these days, and that drives authors to pad their manuscripts to meet the necessary standard.
Jeter typically lets his story determine the size of his manuscript. But sixty thousand words is his optimal length. The author doesn’t have a particular daily writing target. He just writes until he has nothing to say, and then he takes a break.
The author relies heavily on his wife. She is his alpha reader. She also works as Jeter’s copy editor. Only she has access to K.W. Jeter’s new stories. The author values his wife’s opinion and he isn’t afraid to initiate drastic changes in response to her criticisms.
Jeter has admitted to struggling somewhat to keep his books unique and interesting, especially after all the original works he produced in the 80s and 90s. The author uses the outlining process to make sure he isn’t repeating himself.
The idea of writing by the seat of his pants has never crossed his mind.
+Dr. Adder
In the future, the United States breaks apart. The resulting enclaves are ruled by warlords. There’s a veneer of government that is doing little to bring technology and its many advancements under control.
Doctor Adder takes center stage as a surgeon of the most unique kind. Adder works to modify sexual organs to meet the sexual proclivities and perversions of his clients. To Adder, he’s merely doing whatever it takes to survive in a harsh world, even if some of his actions do more harm than good.
This book put K.W. Jeter on the map. It follows the exploits of Adder, a brilliant surgeon living in a wrecked Los Angeles. Adder makes his money reconfiguring the bodies of the many teenage runaways that cross his path.
Jeter writes Adder as a woman-hating criminal that has few redeeming qualities.
+Inferno Devices
George is a part-time musician that has a way with clockwork. Inheriting a watchmaker’s store gets him into a whole heap of trouble.
It starts with the attempted theft of an old device from the premises. Then comes the time travel, and the sex, and the intrigue.
Inferno Devices is considered by many to be a steampunk classic.
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