“In telling a story one of the most successful devices for easily creating uncanny effects is to leave the reader in uncertainty whether a particular figure in the story is a human being or an automaton and to do it in such a way that his attention is not focused directly upon his uncertainty, so that he may not be led to go into the matter and clear it up immediately.” RealitySecretMysteryReaderUncertaintyLiteraryUncannyEffectDeviceAutomatonUnheimlich Book:Zur Psychologie des Unheimlichen Source: Zur Psychologie des Unheimlichen