Automated Alice

1996 novel by Jeff Noon

978-0-385-40808-0 (first edition, paperback)OCLC37155563Preceded byPollen Followed byNymphomation 

Automated Alice is a fantasy novel by British author Jeff Noon, first published in 1996. The book follows Alice's travels to a future Manchester city populated by Newmonians, Civil Serpents and a vanishing cat and more.

The book was written as both the third book in the Vurt series and the "trequel" to the famous Lewis Carroll books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).

Plot summary

The story of Automated Alice tells of the character of Alice from Lewis Carroll's books in a future version of Manchester, England. After following her Great Aunt Ermintrude's parrot Whippoorwill through a grandfather clock, Alice and Alice's doll Celia get lost in a world inhabited by Newmonians, entities made from two objects combined, for example a zebra and a human.

Characters

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Works by Jeff Noon
Novels
  • Vurt (1993)
  • Pollen (1995)
  • Automated Alice (1996)
  • Nymphomation (1997)
  • Needle in the Groove (2000)
  • Falling out of Cars (2002)
  • Channel SK1N (2012)
  • A Man of Shadows (2017)
  • The Body Library (2018)
  • Slow Motion Ghosts (2019)
Short fiction collections
  • Pixel Juice (1998)
  • Cobralingus (2001)
  • Mappalujo (2002)
  • 217 Babel Street (2008)
Film
Woundings (1998)
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Lewis Carroll's Alice
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Alice's Adventures
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Stage
  • Alice in Wonderland (1886 musical)
  • Alice in Wonderland (1979 opera)
  • But Never Jam Today (1979 musical)
  • Through the Looking Glass (2008 opera)
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2011 ballet)
  • Wonderland (2011 musical)
  • Peter and Alice (2013 play)
  • Wonder.land (2015 musical)
  • Alice's Adventures Under Ground (2016 opera)
  • Alice by Heart (2019 musical)
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