- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (Nov 8 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 031232264X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312322649
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.9 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 213 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,278,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When it hit the screen in 1999, The Matrix captured the imaginations of people living in a world becoming dependent on increasingly sophisticated technology. Much has been made of the film's computer-generated world, known as the matrix, and the few who escape it, including Neo, the movie's (and its sequels') hero, who transcends the matrix and sees its programming. Horsley draws connections between the world of the movie and our own world and shows how the characters in the movie transcend the false reality the matrix imposes on humanity. The matrix program focuses on humanity's most superficial, exterior desires, but once someone has "seen through the matrix, there is absolutely nothing they could ever want from it." In the conclusion to the movie trilogy, Matrix Revolutions (opening this month), moviegoers will find out whether Neo and company can defeat the matrix, and this accessible, entertaining book will be an enjoyable companion for those who want to dig deeper into the movies' rich universe. Kristine Huntley
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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“This accessible, entertaining book will be an enjoyable companion for those who want to dig deeper into the movies’ rich universe.”
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4.0 out of 5 stars
an interesting & provocative contemporary read,
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This review is from: MATRIX WARRIOR: BEING THE ONE (GOLLANCZ S.F.) (Hardcover)
Still reading the Matrix Warrrior, I found it to be a contemporary re-write of all the zen and other philosophical books on enlightenment. This is a good thing as I didn't have the energy to read all the zen/buddha stuff to begin with. It used my interest in the matrix movie to hook me into tapping into a fuller version of what the matrix was trying to say. In addition, it used other favorite movies of mine, fight club and wall street, as metaphors to explain points or point of views. There is an error on P97 where he specifies Troy when it is spelled as CHOI in the matrix script. If there are other errors, then I have not found them it. Overall, I am enjoying the read of the book. I am only giving it 4 stars as it is using the matrix to hook readers. Lack of originality is deduction of 1 star but if it did not use the matrix motif, I would not have read it. But I wanted to say that the wachowskis went through the trouble to create the matrix myth and Jake horsley is riding the wave.
4.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent companion piece to the movies,
By Jon (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Matrix Warrior: Being the One (Paperback)
Since the movies were not only action-oriented but highly philosophical (sort of Zen-like), so, too, is this very good book. But I believe one should also get some great science fiction books and delve into their philosophical depths, below the high-tech, the action, and, yes, even the cyberpunk tales: "Foundation" trilogy, "Childhood's End", "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Neuromancer", "Darkeye: Cyber Hunter", and other such bodies of work. All present an undertone of philosophical views, usually through the protagonists' eyes, of the workings of the world and society.
5.0 out of 5 stars
theoretical look at reality through the Matrix movies,
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This review is from: Matrix Warrior: Being the One (Paperback)
This book is more than simple sugar candies for die hard fans of the movie though obviously MATRIX WARRIOR provides a reference tool for the film's cult lovers. However, there is a more powerful philosophical bent to this book that takes readers to the deeper meaning of what is reality. Jake Horsley makes a case that the movie could be real (are we someone else's dream/nightmare?) yet even more brilliantly interprets a metaphysical meaning of realistic pragmatism. Like The Matrix, he pleads with his audience to unplug themselves in search of the real inner person by discarding the masks of society and to stop being the source of energy for someone else.MATRIX WARRIOR is a one sitting easy to read work that is also a thought-provoking analysis of the movie yet is more at least in the reality of this reviewer. Mr. Horsley provides an interesting strongly supported theory that the underlying theme to The Matrix is to unplug oneself from the machines of society. There is no doubt that Mr. Horsley has done just that with this intriguing look at society through the spectrum of The Matrix movies. Editorial asides: (1) reality to this sixties lost soul of going unplugged is if this is all I received by being plugged I was cheated; (2) the middle picture was filler that needed more confrontation/debate between the Architect and the hero; and (3) Mr. Horsley owes a follow-up guide book once the third movie is unplugged. Readers who appreciate a theoretical look at reality (interesting phrasing) through a microcosmic analysis of The Matrix will enjoy this well written cerebral work. Harriet Klausner
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