When I saw the first Matrix movie in theaters I was completely taken by surprise! I usually hate hollywood movies (asian cinema and Anime man myself) but it was one of the best films I've EVER seen. I really love stuff like William Gibson's Neuromancer and Shadowrun etc. and I was just wondering if anyone noticed how influenced the makers of the Matrix were by these books? Obviously Neuromancer coined the idea of the Matrix (alternate computer online reality type stuff) back in 1984, but did anyone else notice how CLOSELY Trinity resembles the character of Molly in Neuromancer? Also there is a part in Neuromancer Case gets trapped online in a construct by an AI and has to try to figure out a way to wake up from the false reality. Anyway I just thought it was cool to see the man who envisioned the internet back in the early 80's get some cred now.

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You make Texas look good. And you make me look stupid. my dad showed me shadowrun but thet was like 8 years ago.

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What is the title of the book, cause i would like to read it...

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The name of the book Kamiya is talking about is Neuromancer, which is the first book in an unoffical trilogy. I can't remember the name of the other two books in the series off the top of my head but if you want to read a good Gibson book read Burning Chrome.

Burning Chrome is a collection of short stories that I beleive where written before Neuromancer. Theres an outstanding story in that book about a parolee, petty theft, holographic biplanes and an interesting technology parents can use to keep their kids from having sex.

The book can't be more than 2 dollars at a used book store.

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Imma check this book NEUROMANCER out!

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