![]() OB: My job is to figure out which events should go in which episode. And there’s one more.įB: How involved are you with the TV show? So we’ll hear from him in widening the world we’re also widening the cast a little bit. But one thing I want to always bring it back to is “knowledge is carnage.” It’s a flashy catchphrase but also it’s a little bit of an allegory for existing in the state that do which is conceivably having answers to any possible question and how that can almost eat you alive.įB: Will there be any more points of view in Paradox, apart from the main six characters? So, you have a little bit more people starting to wonder what’s going on in Book 2 but it’s not answered yet. ![]() Yes, so this is another thing that’s three books in the making. OB: You’ll read more about it and find out more about the way that it works. So we’re just progressively zooming out further to see the way things look like and, but I wanted to establish what we’re dealing with in a very isolated setting.įB: So what about their time inside the house? Reading Book 1, I couldn’t help but feel that the library was more a character on its own than a setting. There are a few field trips outside of the house, and then Book 3 they’re going to be completely out in the world. So in Book 2, they’re not completely in the world yet but you do get to see a little bit more. So, part of it is supposed to feel a little bit like Big Brother, and I compare it to The Bachelor all the time because it’s just like that. So it’s the same here but I wanted you to focus in on just the six people to watch the ways that their morality kind of shifted, because if they’re existing in the real world, then it’s much easier to remember that, you know, killing people is bad. OB: Book one is intentionally supposed to be claustrophobic, it’s kind of the same concept as Westworld where you start only seeing less world and then you start to zoom out and understand how the ethics of that particular park are woven into the ethics of the larger society. Will we see them interact more with the outside world in Paradox? And then what? And so yeah, the the bigger question of like how do I exist in the world is kind of intrinsically funny.įB: The six protagonists were sort of secluded in the house in book 1, which felt almost claustrophobic at times. ![]() And it’s a very sort of existential, it’s got a real ring of quarter life crisis to it, they’re just like… now what do we do? We know we’re going to be out in the world. Being inside their heads was much funnier to me because we’ve now removed the stakes, there is not a murder on the line. OB: I think that Paradox is a funnier book, it’s definitely a dark comedy. What do we do, and how much do we actually think about what we’re doing and how ethical is it and can you even make an ethical choice? How can you really make ethical choices in this system?įB: How is The Atas Paradox different from The Atlas Six? ![]() In this scenario where it’s constantly being asked of us to be ethical in society. I didn’t want to just ask what’s the larger right or wrong, but like let’s look at this from the perspective of someone who thinks they’re right and maybe isn’t. Olivie Blake: We found out that someone thinks Atlas is the bad guy, who is the actual bad guy is still up for interpretation, and I really wanted to write in a world where there were no clear heroes and villains and everybody like the heroes of the book are still being tested in the same ways that the villains are. Atlas, the powerful medeian who’s recruited the protagonists into the Alexandrian Society, looks like he may not be a mentor, but the ultimate villain. The second book in the series, The Atlas Paradox, comes out on October 25.Įarlier this year, we spoke with Olivie about Paradox, the television show, and much more! This interview has been edited for length and clarity:įederica Bocco: Book 1 ends with a shocking twist. It’s been republished by Tor Books and is getting a straight-to-series order adaptation at Amazon. Olivie Blake is the author of the best-selling dark academia book The Atlas Six,which in the past few years has taken the world of fantasy by storm. By Federica Bocco 5 months ago Follow Tweet
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