On a dull and rainy afternoon, in 19th-century Manchester, desperate to avoid the question of ellipses (on which her strict great-aunt Ermintrude is sure to test her this afternoon), Alice works on a jigsaw puzzle, only to find (frustratingly) that 12 pieces are missing from the picture of the London Zoo. Lamenting aloud, Alice is answered by her great-aunt's very talkative parrot, Whippoorwill. Prompted by Whippoorwill's increasingly intriguing riddles, Alice frees the him from his cage. Suddenly, in pursuit of the elusive bird, Alice falls into the workings of a grandfather clock and emerges in the Manchester of 1998-a world of automated wonders and inspired nonsense with a distinctly 19th-century flavor.
--From the jacket copy
This book belongs in both the "Vurt" series and "Alice in Wonderland". See the Wikipedia link for details.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | British Fantasy Award | August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Automated Alice | Bantam Books (UK) | Novel | ||
| September 1996 |
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Automated Alice | Crown Publishers | Novel | |
| November 1996 |
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Automated Alice | Doubleday (UK) | Novel | |
| 1997 |
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Automated Alice | Corgi | Novel | |
| 1999 |
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Alice im Automatenland | Manhattan | Novel | |
| 2000 | Automated Alice | Black Swan | Novel |