Was the matrix based on Neuromancer?

Was the matrix based on Neuromancer? The biggest and perhaps most famous influence on The Matrix is William Gibson’s genre-transforming 1984 novel Neuromancer. The story of the book centers on Case, a “cowboy” who jacks into cyberspace to perform all sorts of espionage, theft, and other cyberpunky-stuff.

The biggest and perhaps most famous influence on The Matrix is William Gibson’s genre-transforming 1984 novel Neuromancer. The story of the book centers on Case, a “cowboy” who jacks into cyberspace to perform all sorts of espionage, theft, and other cyberpunky-stuff.