Veronica Roth's books were adapted into a series of movies. A young woman raised in an authoritarian society is the subject of her new novel.
She was not a typical hero figure because she was complicit in the authoritarian regime that fell and struggling with how she understands that.
The ultimate state where every action is recorded and judged is imagined by the poster girl. It wasn't hard for her to imagine how Sonya would enjoy being monitored and rewarded for good behavior. She says that she was always well-behaved and that she loved to be rewarded in school. It is appealing to know that you are doing what you are supposed to be doing.
The book was influenced by her frequent trips to visit her husband's family in Romania, a country that was ruled by the communist dictatorNicolae Ceauescu until 1989. The Christmas Market in Romania sells magnets with the face of Ceauescu on them. Some people have communist nostalgia because it may not have been as bad as they thought. There is someone who doesn't benefit from everyone.
She says that researching all the ways in which our devices are tracking us has made her paranoid. She says that you have to choose your poison. I don't think it's our responsibility to keep creeps out of your data, it should be protected on a grander scale
You can listen to the entire interview with Veronica on Geek's Guide to the GALAXY. Some highlights from the discussion can be found below.
VeronicaRoth is on privacy.
The recent Supreme Court discussion about abortion has made this more relevant. A lot of women have an app on their phone that helps them track their period, and there was a lot of talk about, "Oh, you should get rid of that app now." I went to the Women's March in Atlanta if there was a significant regime change.
Veronica is writing a novel called Arch-Conspirator.
It is a sci-fi remake of a Greek tragedy. All of the settlements are dying all the time. The main difference from the play is that I had to ask myself how I was going to handle the incest, because Antigone is the daughter of the man who killed his father and married his mother, and then had children. She feels like she is cursed from birth because of the incest of the play and other people treat her that way. I didn't do that because I wanted to create more wonder and mysticism around why she feels cursed. She is not edited because she is in a dying earth environment. That is a taboo that she carries with her.
VeronicaRoth is on endings.
An early version of the outline ofPoster Girl was sent to me by my colleauge. One was happy and the other wasn't. The happy ending just felt cheap to me, because she was like, "I don't think the way you've set this up, that this is actually an ending that feels true to the book or feels earned" I didn't feel right about it. I was trying to make it work and I was wondering if I could do something else that would be riskier for me. She said you have to do that. That is a great end. I wasn't sure that I could bear it. I used to say that to her. I wasn't sure if I could live in that reality for a long time. She told her that she could. You need to.
VeronicaRoth is on the subject of introverts.
When I was a child, my mother would always try to give us advice, like for a high school resume, because she was a model when I was young. I remember getting the prints and seeing nothing on my face. I don't know what my face is doing A lot of people can relate to the discrepancy between how you feel and how you look. I feel like anin't no exception. You feel like you're in a rich and complex world, and then people think you're a quiet person. It was like, what a sad way to describe it.
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