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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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Plot & Themes

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

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   bounty hunter Age:    -   20's-30's

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

Writing Style

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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