Living Dolls or Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life is a non-fiction book that explores humanity's age-old obsession with moving dolls and speaking robots, intelligent machines and bionic men, especially 18th and 19th century automatons (mechanical, wind-up figures). The book was an inspiration for author Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 2002/00/00 | Gaby Wood | Author | Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life published in the United kingdom as 'Living Dolls' | ||||
| 2002/00/00 | Faber and Faber | Publisher | Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life published in the United kingdom as 'Living Dolls' | ||||
| 2003/00/00 | Brian Selznick | Brian Selznick is inspired to write "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" after reading "Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life". |
| Particulars for Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life: | |||
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| Machine | Automaton | a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being | |
| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |