Tales from the Loop
1st Edition
Published on 9. April 2020
128 pages
978-1-4711-9442-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Remarkable... beautiful' - National Public Radio
These are the tales of an extraordinary journey: from the small towns of Sweden to the deserts of Nevada to the bitter chill of Siberia. A journey where children make friends with abandoned robots... in a world where dinosaurs roam freely.
These are the Tales from the Loop.
Stories told in both words and haunting illustrations, TALES FROM THE LOOP captures a not-too-distant reality that is both haunting and imminent: addressing the many ways developing technology and nature can create havoc and wonder in our world... and the hope we might still find in that future.
Perfect for fans of everything from STRANGER THINGS to JURASSIC PARK to JUMANJI, Tales from the Loop is an incredible, unmissable work of genius.
PRAISE for SIMON STALENHAG
'Tales has the magic. It's got the robots, the weirdness, the dinosaurs. But most of all, it has the wonder. No one who picks this book up will be the same person when they put it down again' NPR on Tales from the Loop
'No words to describe this novel in pictures. Stahlenhag defined a whole new aesthetic for scifi in the 21st century' Damien Walter on The Electric State
'A chilling, unforgettable visual and narrative experience' Locus on The Electric State
Stalenhag's 'stories crawl into my brain and mess with my memory of history, time and place' NPR on The Electric State
These are the tales of an extraordinary journey: from the small towns of Sweden to the deserts of Nevada to the bitter chill of Siberia. A journey where children make friends with abandoned robots... in a world where dinosaurs roam freely.
These are the Tales from the Loop.
Stories told in both words and haunting illustrations, TALES FROM THE LOOP captures a not-too-distant reality that is both haunting and imminent: addressing the many ways developing technology and nature can create havoc and wonder in our world... and the hope we might still find in that future.
Perfect for fans of everything from STRANGER THINGS to JURASSIC PARK to JUMANJI, Tales from the Loop is an incredible, unmissable work of genius.
PRAISE for SIMON STALENHAG
'Tales has the magic. It's got the robots, the weirdness, the dinosaurs. But most of all, it has the wonder. No one who picks this book up will be the same person when they put it down again' NPR on Tales from the Loop
'No words to describe this novel in pictures. Stahlenhag defined a whole new aesthetic for scifi in the 21st century' Damien Walter on The Electric State
'A chilling, unforgettable visual and narrative experience' Locus on The Electric State
Stalenhag's 'stories crawl into my brain and mess with my memory of history, time and place' NPR on The Electric State
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Simon Stålenhag (b. 1984) is the internationally acclaimed author, concept designer and artist behind Tales from the Loop and Things from the Flood. His highly imaginative images and stories depicting illusive sci-fi phenomena in mundane, hyper-realistic Scandinavian and American landscapes have made Stålenhag one of the most sought-after visual storytellers in the world. Tales from the Loop was ranked one of the ?10 Best Dystopias? by The Guardian, along with such works as Franz Kafka's The Trial and Andrew Niccol's Gattaca.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- 1. A Brief History of the Loop Project
- 2. The Hulk at Bastlagnö
- 3. The Axle at Stavsborg
- 4. The Bona Plant and Ossian
- 5. The Arch Towers at Klövsjö
- 6. The Remote Glove
- 7. The Echo Sphere
- 8. The Magnetrine Discs at Spånviken
- 9. Sketch Book 1: Vehicles
- 10. Invasive Species
- 11. Sketch Book 2: Dinosaurs
- 12. Robot Transport
- 13. The Escapee
- 14. Sketch Book 3: Machines
- 15. The Tower House
- 16. Jens and Håkan Switch Bodies
- 17. Postcards from America
- 18. The Spectre from Siberia
- 19. The Sätuna Spiders
- 20. The Däven Monster
- 21. The Moomin
- 22. The Scrappers
- 23. The Spontaneous Combustion of Connie Friske
- 24. The House of the Savages
- 25. The Cybernetic Bison Boar
- 26. Hotel Åkerfeldt
- 27. The Disappearance of Göran Friske
- 28. Pontus's Kata
- 29. The Metal Detector
- 30. Regarding the Extinction of Dinosaurs
- 31. Final Words
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
