tshirt - Author C Clarke is more than a story teller. Had it not been for him, the matrix would look like those ancient (but good) scifi flicks. He was one of the first writters that looked at the real world science and make accurate predictions of the future. I know he was not the only one or the very first. But his predictions have shocked many in the scientifif community. 2001, 2010, 2050?, and 3001 are no more than M1, M2, M3 and all the comics and games.
They could have been told in one story. Imagine when the matrix book(s) hit the shelves.