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(1950- )
K. W. Jeter is an American science fiction and thriller author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, and complex, paranoid characters.
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K.W. Jeter’s Morlock Night (1979) is often cited as the first novel to be categorized at “steampunk.” In a 1987 letter to Locus magazine, Jeter coined the term in an effort to describe the types of stories that he and his friends Tim Powers and James P. Blaylock were writing:
Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers,
Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | K.W. Jeter | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Infernal Devices: A Mad Victorian Fantasy by K.W. Jeter
George Dower’s father was a watchmaker, but he didn’t just make watches. Some of his special customers knew he was a genius with all sorts of gear work. When his father died, George inherited the watch shop. Unfortunately, he didn’t inherit his father’s genius. He can sometimes manage to fix a customer’s watch if he sees that a part has worn out, or something else obvious is wrong, but that’s about it. He’s completely flummoxed when a strange brown man brings in something he’s never seen before — something George’s father made.
Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | K.W. Jeter | Audio | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Fiendish Schemes by K.W. Jeter
Fiendish Schemes is a recent (2013) sequel to K.W. Jeter’s classic steampunk novel Infernal Devices which I have previously reviewed. Jeter, who inadvertently coined the term “steampunk” and writes in a style similar to his friend James P. Blaylock, is probably an acquired taste. Personally, I love his droll overblown style, his eccentric and morose characters who tend to be paranoid and suicidal, and his absurd plots. If you’re a fan of Blaylock,
Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | K.W. Jeter | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Previous SFF Author: Liz Jensen
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