Episode 67

Ep67: Into The Great with Elliot Blake

Elliot Blake is the author of a new Science Fiction novel called Into The Great that comes out September 1, 2026. The synopsis reads as following:

Sparks fly when Lilah, a thief from a struggling freespacer colony outside the borders of the Federated Solar Republic, meets Bax, an FSR security officer stationed at an official colony within those borders, during a time of heightened tensions for humanity as the silent, staring, seemingly invulnerable aliens dubbed The Aureum begin to meddle in human affairs. A story about choosing the life you want to live in a time of unprecedented, rapid change beyond your control.

The author Elliot Blake, courtesy of Elliot Blake.

Elliot has worked in the creative industry pretty much all of his adult life. He has been the executive producer of the Apple TV animated kids’ series The Sisters Grimm and director of flagship Audible Original series Moriarty. We will talk about some of his past work including the Emmy-winning animated web series Tomb Raider: ReVisioned.

So it’s my great pleasure to have Elliot on the show for a fascinating conversation about the book, its origin story, Elliot’s origin story, and more. We even delve into topics surrounding AI.

Get the purchase links and more at: https://tales.dups.ca/p/ep67-into-the-great-with-elliot-blake

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Tales under the cat tree: Conversations on Imagination, Tech & Human Adventure
Hosted by tech leader and storyteller Duleepa Wijayawardhana, this podcast explores the intersections of technology, fiction, and human adventure. Words create the worlds we live in—join us for weekly conversations that spark your imagination.

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana

It started with late nights, glue sticks, and a university newspaper / radio.

That early obsession with how words reach people took me from student journalism to a career spanning the globe. I’ve gone from designing newspapers and having radio shows to building systems at BioWare (yes, the RPG legends), managing data at MySQL, and now leading tech at Supermetrics in Helsinki.

But at my core, I’m still that geek who believes writing is just code for the human mind.

While a computer chip executes code exactly, your imagination runs stories based on your own unique wiring. Tales under the cat tree is where we run those programs together. Whether we're exploring the fiction that inspires us or the tech that defines us, my goal is to spark your imagination and—most importantly—never make you go "meh."

Words create the worlds we live in. Let's explore them.