Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human

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<tr><th>Country</th><td>United States</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Series</th><td>Blade Runner #2</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Science fiction</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (Hardcover, Paperback)</td></tr><tr><th>Pages</th><td>340</td></tr><tr><th>ISBN</th><td>ISBN 0-553-09979-5</td></tr><tr><th>Preceded by</th><td>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</td></tr><tr><th>Followed by</th><td>Replicant Night</td></tr>

**The Edge of Human**
Author	K. W. Jeter
Publisher	Bantam
Released	October 1, 1995

Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human (1995) is a novel by K. W. Jeter, and a continuation of both the film Blade Runner, and the novel upon which it was based, which was Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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The book continues the story of Rick Deckard. Beginning several months after the end of Blade Runner, the author attempts to resolve many of the differences between the movie and the novel. He also addresses at least one inconsistency to be found in the movie itself -- the question of the sixth replicant. Is Deckard a replicant after all?

The book is, however, extremely poorly researched, showing little indication that Jeter had read more than a synopsis of Dick's original novel or seen the movie more than once. He includes appearances from both JF Sebastian and JR Isidore despite Sebastian and Isidore being the same person (the character was renamed for the movie and given a different disorder, but he serves precisely the same function in the plot of each). This alone would be sloppy enough, but to make matters worse both Sebastian and Isidore were killed in the movie and book respectively.

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Review by Tal Cohen

[edit] See also

*The Blade Runner* series**
Characters	Rick Deckard \| Eldon Tyrell \| Gaff \| Rachael \| Roy Batty \| Leon Kowalski \| Pris \| Zhora \| J.F. Sebastian
Locations	Tyrell Corporation \| Bradbury Building \| Tannhauser Gate
Cast	Harrison Ford \| Rutger Hauer \| Sean Young \| Edward James Olmos \| Daryl Hannah
Crew	Ridley Scott \| Hampton Fancher \| Michael Deeley \| David Peoples
Novels	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? \| The Edge of Human \| Replicant Night \| Eye and Talon
Games and comics	The Blade Runner Videogame \| A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner
Other topics	Philip K. Dick \| Vangelis \| Soundtrack \| Themes \| Replicants \| Voight-Kampff machine \| Spinner
Related articles	Postmodernism \| Cyberpunk \| Cult film \| Soldier