false 34318733 1583086 92127 0552999059 9780552999052 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171242494m/92127.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171242494s/92127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92127.Automated_Alice 3.48 374 Vurt and Pollen, have attracted a cult following with their psychedelic science fiction creation of the realm of "Vurt"--a region defined by illusion, dream and drug-induced fantasy. Noon has now decided to link up with an imaginative precursor by introducing Lewis Carroll's Alice as the protagonist in a new adventure that draws on Carroll's through-the-looking-glass inversions of reality, and adds a Jeff Noon menace and edginess absent from Carroll's Wonderland. Alice finds herself in 1998 Manchester when she enters an old grandfather clock, and soon becomes the prime suspect in the puzzling "Jigsaw Murders." Noon emulates Carroll's crazy wordplay throughout, and even adds his own illustrations inspired by those of John Tenniel, the famous interpreter of Alice.]]> 9233 3.85 2706 182 1996 4 0 false Wed Oct 01 16:33:51 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 16:33:51 -0700 2008