Editing Jeff Noon (section)

===''Automated Alice'' (1996)===
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Noon describes ''Automated Alice'' as a "trequel" – it is a companion piece of sorts to Lewis Carroll's books ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]''. The novella follows Alice's journey to a future Manchester populated by Newmonians, Civil Serpents and a vanishing cat named Quark.

The people who suffer from ''{{not a typo|new|monia}}'' (pronounced the same as the real condition [[pneumonia]]), are hybrids of humans and other entities. They are mainly hybrids of animals and humans, but also of other random items such as kitchen sinks and pianos.

The ''civil serpents'' (a play-on-words of the job 'civil servant') are trying to control everything that happens in the future, and try to stop randomness. The 'Supreme Serpent' is the controller of the serpents, and hints at the fact that he is [[Satan]] himself.
The writing style of Noon is very similar to that of [[Lewis Carroll]], who Noon constantly refers back to during the novel. The narrative is full of Alice mis-hearing words, most notably ''worm'' instead of ''wurm'', and ''pneumonia'' instead of ''{{not a typo|new|monia}}''.

There are also references to popular musical figures, with two notable characters. Firstly, James Marshall Hentrails, a sculpture made of rubbish, and who contains the insides (entrails) of a hen. This character is obviously a reference to [[Jimi Hendrix]]. The character also sings a song while playing the guitar. The song is titled 'Little Miss Bonkers', a reference to 'Little Miss Strange' by Hendrix.{{Original research inline|date=August 2010}}

Secondly, the character of Long Distance Davis, who Alice meets in a police cell, is a reference to jazz musician and trumpet player [[Miles Davis]].