Blade Runner 4 - Eye and Talon (GollanczF. SF Masterworks)

Eye and Talon (Blade Runner #4) - [ASIN: B015X585N0] '-' Blade Runner sequel novels series...to continue the Blade Runner storyline started in the 1982 movie. The story follows Iris, a female blade runner, on an assignment to find Tyrell's owl, which seems to have special importance for the Tyrell Corporation and other dubious organizations...
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[Wikipedia]: Eye and Talon begins with an "out-take" section, written as a movie script, which describes the scene from the original movie in which Leon is subjected to the Voight-Kampff test. However, in this version, the blade runner performing the test is a woman, and Leon kills her at the end of the test. The section ends with an unknown person commenting "This one didn't work, either; we'll have to try another one.."

The story begins with the introduction of Iris, a female blade runner, and the best in her unit. Meyer - her boss - tells her that the Blade Runner Division is in danger; far fewer replicants are coming to Earth, and thus the economic value of the blade runners is dropping, giving the risk of a "reorganisation". Meyer gives Iris the assignment to track down an owl - an extremely rare, real owl, named Scrappy. Iris is skeptical, since if the owl is real (and thus not a replicant) the case seems to be nothing to do with the blade runners, but she accepts the job anyway (...) '.'
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Enduring impact of the Blade Runner film on legendary status of Philip K. Dick — written by K. W. Jeter, an award-winning novelist, the author they felt best equipped to take forward the vision of one of the great names in SF, "Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon" combines the dark imagery, paranoia, tension, and pace of Dick's original novel and the cinematic genius of Ridley Scott in a novel that takes the "Blade Runner" series into a new millennium. "Blade Runner" has become one of the most recognisable and well loved brands in SF and K.W. Jeter has only added to its reputation and impact '.'

"Jeter's Blade Runner books combine the spirit of Philip K. Dick's Original with the often brilliant touches found in Jeter's own writing." (The Washington Post)

"Jeter is an exhilarating writer who always seems to have another rabbit to pull out of his hat". (The New York Times)

"Brain-burning intensity" . . . (Village Voice)

[About the Author]: K. W. Jeter is an American science fiction and thriller author known for his literary writing style, dark themes, and complex, paranoid characters. His latest novels are THE KINGDOM OF SHADOWS, set in the sinister & glamorous world of the film industry of the Third Reich, and the Kim Oh Thriller series -- KIM OH 1: REAL DANGEROUS GIRL, KIM OH 2: REAL DANGEROUS JOB and KIM OH 3: REAL DANGEROUS PEOPLE, with more to come.
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