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Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and the Religion in the Matrix

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Full Title:

Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and the Religion in the Matrix

Contributors:

By (Author) Glenn Yeffeth
Introduction by David Gerrold

ISBN:

9781932100020

Publisher:

BenBella Books

Imprint:

Smart Pop

Publication Date:

3rd November 2003

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:

Non-Fiction

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:

Films, cinema

Dewey:

791.4372

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

288

Dimensions:

Width 154mm, Height 229mm

Description

Dive into the world of The Matrix ahead of the 2021 release of Lana Wachowskis The Matrix Resurrections!

Taking the Red Pill is a thought-provoking, mind-expanding thrill ride through The Matrix, examining the technological challenges, religious symbolism, and philosophical dilemmas the film presents.

Renowned scientists, technologists, philosophers, scholars, social commentators, and science fiction authors provide engaging and provocative perspectives:

  • Inventor and technologist Ray Kurzweil reveals the technological trends that make The Matrix more prophetic than anyone suspects

  • Sun chief scientist Bill Joys classic essay Why the Future Doesnt Need Us describes the horrors that await as these technologies are developed

  • Yale philosopher and occasional standup comic Nick Bostrom calculates the odds that we are in the Matrix

  • Best-selling science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer explores the history of artificial intelligence in science fiction culminating with The Matrix

  • Economist and philosopher of science Robin Hanson shows how we are controlled by a power as malevolent as that of the Matrix

    Taking the Red Pill will change how you view The Matrixand the world around you.

    • Author Bio

    Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of several anthologies in the Smart Pop series, including Anthology at the End of the Universe, Farscape Forever!, Five Seasons of Angel, Navigating the Golden Compass, Seven Seasons of Buffy, Taking the Red Pill, and What Would Sipowitz Do

    David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula awardnominated The Man Who Folded Himself and When HARLIE Was One, books that quickly established him in the hard science fiction genre during the 1970s. He also wrote "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode of Star Trek, voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time, and is the author of the popular Star Wolf, Dingillian, and Chtorr series. He lives in Northridge, CA.

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