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Automated Alice (2000)

by Jeff Noon(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

series

Vurt

review 1: First of all, I think it's unfair to compare this to Lewis'in Carroll's Alice. This may be written like a sequel but it's been written in a completely diffrent era. This book is very good, if you liked the other Alice books you will like this too (unless you are a nostalgia lover). I read this book's translation to Turkish but even in translation I was amazed by the great language games. If you are looking for something to read you can read this, it was fine.
review 2: Eek. I saw this at the library when I checked out Vurt for re-reading, and specifically did not get it because it looked like it was going to be some sort of Alice in Wonderland derivative. Later, I read somewhere that it was a sort-of prequel to Vurt, taking place in the Vurt universe. Because I... more like the writing style in Vurt, I gave it the benefit of the doubt-- which was a mistake. The entire book was a re-imagined Alice in Wonderland, even imitating Lewis Carroll's writing style. It was painful and had almost nothing in common with Vurt. The punny statements were a little funny at first.... it didn't take long for them to get old. To be fair, I'm of the opinion that AiW is given way too much credit in popular culture and roll my eyes every time I see an event or show with some sort of AiW theme. If you feel the opposite of me, you will probably love this book. less

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