title: The Edge of Human (Blade Runner, Book 2)
author:  K.W. Jeter 
description: Jeter's recent spate of tie-in novels (a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel, etc.)?his primary production since Wolf Flow (1992)?likely has reached its apex with this book, which notably is not a sequel to the late Philip K. Dick's classic Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? but to the hit film based on it, Blade Runner. That movie, set in an apocalyptically dismal L.A. of the near future, became a cult classic, especially after the release of the director's cut, which raised ambiguities scarcely hinted at in the original version. Jeter trades on these uncertainties as the replicant-hunter Deckard returns from Northern California to search for an alleged sixth replicant. Several characters from the movie make appearances here, including a few believed to be dead. Most significant is Roy Batty, who claims to be the human upon whom one of the replicants was based; in his own search for the sixth replicant, Batty teams up with a medically enhanced Dave Holden, Deckard's former partner, who is at various times convinced that virtually everyone in the novel is a replicant. Like Dick, Jeter has a gift for limning believable conspiracies wherever a character turns. Featuring numerous questions of identity and twists of plot, as well as masterful depictions of a decaying L.A. reminiscent of Jeter's Madlands, this novel should fascinate even readers new to the Blade Runner universe. <br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  BLADE RUNNER™ 3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  REPLICANT NIGHT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  K.W. JETER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © the Philip K. Dick Trust 1996
  
  
  
  
  
  Blade Runner is a trade mark of, and is being used under licence from,
  
  
  
  
  
  The Blade Runner Partnership
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  The right of K.W. Jeter to be identified as the author of this
  
  
  
  
  
  work has been asserted by him in accordance with the
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  First Published in Great Britain in 1996 by
  
  
  
  
  
  Orion Books Ltd
  
  
  
  
  
  Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, London WC2H 9EA
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available
  
  
  
  
  
  from the British Library
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN 1 85798 420 X
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Typeset by Deltatype Ltd, Birkenhead, Merseyside
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Printed in Great Britain by
  
  
  
  
  
  Calys Ltd, St Ives plc
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  For Russ Galen
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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