The Matrix Trilogy
Get this SparkNote to go!
Suggestions for Further Reading/Viewing
Baudrillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. Trans. Sheila Faria Glaser. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
Campbell, Joseph, and Bill Moyers. The Power of Myth. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1991.
Gibson, William. Neuromancer. New York: Ace Books, 1995.
Haber, Karen, ed. Exploring the Matrix: Visions of the Cyber Present. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2003.
Irwin, William, ed. The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real. Chicago: Open Court, 2002.
Kapell, Matthew, and William Doty, eds. Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004.
Kelly, Kevin. Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World. New York: Perseus Group, 1995.
Lamm, Spencer, ed. The Art of the Matrix: Screenplay and Art. New York: Newmarket Press, 2000.
Lawrence, Matt. Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the Matrix Trilogy. New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
Schopenhauer, Arthur. “Transcendent Speculation on the Apparent Deliberateness in the Fate of the Individual.” Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000.
Seay, Chris, and Greg Garrett. The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spirituality and Faith in the Matrix. New York: Pinion Press, 2003.
Yeffeth, Glenn, ed. Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix. Dallas: Benbella, 2003.
Readers' Notes allow users to add their own analysis and insights to our SparkNotes—and to discuss those ideas with one another. Have a novel take or think we left something out? Add a Readers' Note!
