Hacker Empire: Time and Space Heroes

Author: Lainuo. Last
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The book "The Matrix" published by China Film Press, translated and authorized exclusively by Macmillan Publishers in the UK, is the source material for the movie "The Matrix" and its sequels, divided into three parts: "Temporal Hero," "Ghost," and "Shadow." The book has been praised by the UK magazine "" as "a sci-fi classic of the internet age" and "a novel that makes you worry about the future of the world." To date, it has sold nearly 100 million copies in English-speaking countries worldwide, setting a record for contemporary thrilling sci-fi novels. Recently, it has been translated and published in countries around the world, including China.
The planning of the book "The Matrix" was done by the editor Xing'an of China Film Press. Xing'an believes that although the book is the source material for the movie, it leverages the strengths of written language, offering readers a more magical space for imagination. It is said that the novel's author, after watching the movie "The Matrix," regretted that the film had turned his novel into a children's cartoon and simplified his ideas. Therefore, he can only consider the movie as a distant relative of his novel.