User blog comment:Nameless Wikia contributer/Wonder how this became a TV series?/@comment-7971816-20140427114044

I think the show was inspired by a lot of dystopia-esque stories that go around these days. It a subject that is not un-familiar to the general public. However i do think the book was already out, otherwise it would have bee plagiatarism and that's nothing for the CW to do (considering Eliza posed with the book on-set). So i'm pretty sure the book was out already :)