Things From the Flood
Saga Press · Print & ebook · July 7, 2020
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- Who it’s for
- A pastoral landscape, impossible technology, and uncanny creatures make for a quietly haunting speculative read.
- Themes
- Technology, Strange machines and creatures
- Genres
- Sci-Fi, Alternate History, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
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From the author of the imaginative and “awe-inspiring” (New York Journal of Books) The Electric State—now a Netflix film—comes the haunting sequel to his remarkable Tales from the Loop. Welcome back to the Loop. In 1954, the Swedish government ordered the construction of the world’s largest particle accelerator in the pastoral countryside of Mälaröarna. The local population called this marvel of technology The Loop and celebrated its completion.
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But Mälaröarna and the world would never be the same. Infused with strange machines and unfathomable creatures, Things from the Flood is transcendent look at technology that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
Pastoral Unease
A pastoral landscape, impossible technology, and uncanny creatures make for a quietly haunting speculative read.
Come here for
- The strange friction between rural Sweden and vast technological ambition
- Uncanny machines and creatures in an unsettling speculative world
Expect
- A haunting atmosphere that lingers beyond the final page
- A blend of pastoral calm and technological strangeness
Where it sits
| Sci-Fi | 67% |
|---|---|
| Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic | 36% |
| Alternate History | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Conceptual Art
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Alternate History
- Authors
- Simon Stålenhag
- Publisher
- Saga Press
- Published
- July 7, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Technology · Strange machines and creatures
- Reading lane
- Conceptual Art