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Replicant Night - The Edge of Human - K.W. Jeter Book Review

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Review Summaries
"Replicant Night and The Edge of Human are Jeter's sequels to P. K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Bladerunner). They detail the relationship between Deckard and the two Raechels, and how Eldon Tyrell's niece is a link to why the replicants returned to Earth. "
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - two lovers coping with tough mission
Repressive society story Yes
Story involving clones/duplicates? - good clones/duplicates
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones Yes
Who's a slave/repressed? - aliens are slaves
Human/magical couple? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - bounty hunter
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Robot
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Water - Mountains - Forests - Planet surface, need spacesuit - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - 20th century - near future (later in 21st century)
Spaceship setting: - a space station - futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a contemporary society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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