Tales From the Loop
Saga Press · Print & ebook · April 7, 2020
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- Genres
- Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi Short Stories, Alternate History
- Published
- Saga Press, April 7, 2020
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Now an Amazon Prime Original Series! Perfect for fans of E.T. and Stranger Things—the first narrative artbook from acclaimed author and artist Simon Stålenhag about a fictionalized suburban town in the 1980s inhabited by fantastic machines and strange, imaginative beasts. In 1954, the Swedish government ordered the construction of the world’s largest particle accelerator. The facility was complete in 1969, located deep below the pastoral countryside of Mälaröarna.
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The local population called this marvel of technology The Loop. These are its strange tales. From the same author who wrote the imaginative artbook The Electric State, this “haunting,” (The Verge) “sophisticated sci-fi” (The Nerdist) follows the bizarre stories from otherworldly creatures and is a page-turner you won’t be able to put down.
Why It Clicks
Come here for
- looped-in atmosphere
- genre-blending sci-fi crime and cyberpunk
Expect
- sustained narrative read
- short-story rhythms with comic-book texture
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi | 56% |
|---|---|
| Alternate History | 54% |
| Sci-Fi Short Stories | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Conceptual Art
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Alternate History
- Authors
- Simon Stålenhag
- Publisher
- Saga Press
- Published
- April 7, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Conceptual Art