Sci-fi

Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night

by K. W. JeterBook 3 of 3 in Blade Runner
Sign in to track, rate and see what friends think.
Rate it

Description

Is it real or is it a replicant? Doubt is cast on the idenity of just about every character who appeared in either the film or the previous sequel, The Edge of Human (1995). The action opens in the orbital studio Outer Hollywood, where a video is being made of Rick Deckard's original pursuit of the rogue replicants, with Deckard acting as technical advisor. After both a replicant and Deckard's former partner are murdered, Deckard storms off the set to head back to Mars, where he lives in squalor with Sarah Tyrell, former heir to the defunct Tyrell company, the original creators of all replicants. Sarah, however, out of her mind with bitterness and boredom, plans to murder Deckard upon his return. Fortunately for Deckard, she is whisked back to Earth by two disciples of her dead uncle, the evil genius Eldon Tyrell. There, she is convinced to reenter the time-warping derelict starship on which she was born, in search of information about her past. If this sounds confusing, it is. Reality could not be trusted in either Scott's film or the Dick novel, and matters have gotten only more complex since Jeter took over the franchise.

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatIncidental
HorrorChilling

Details

First published
October 1996
Pages
309
Reading time
About 6 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Gollancz
Language
English
ISBN
9780752806075
Series
Blade Runner, Book 3

More like this

RecursionTony BallantyneAI Rebellion, The Uncanny
SynRaymond F. JonesAI Rebellion, The Uncanny
Kiln peopleDavid BrinCyber Noir, Cynical

More by K. W. Jeter