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  • Tales from the Loop
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Tales from the Loop Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Simon Stålenhag (Author), Ulf Bjorklund (Narrator), Jade Wheeler (Narrator),
4.8 out of 5 stars 1,940 ratings

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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. 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 captivating listen you won’t be able to put down.

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  1. Listening Length
    1 hour and 1 minute
  2. Author
    Simon Stålenhag
  3. Narrator
    Ulf Bjorklund, see all
  4. Audible release date
    Feb. 25 2025
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Simon & Schuster Audio
  7. ASIN
    B0CX266CQW
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 1 hour and 1 minute
Author Simon Stålenhag
Narrator Ulf Bjorklund, Jade Wheeler
Audible.ca Release Date February 25 2025
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0CX266CQW
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Customers find the artwork amazing, remarkable, and entertaining. They also describe the content as wonderful, cool, and essential sci-fi reading. Readers appreciate the natural blending of sci-fi elements with familiar and commonplace scenes. They mention the book has sublime imagery and a real sense of awe.

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11 customers mention "Artwork"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the artwork amazing and remarkable. They say it captures the feeling of exploration and imagination in childhood unlike any other. Readers also mention the print quality is superb.

"The original book from Simon Stalenbag. Beautiful work, and it's easy to see why it was optioned to be made into a feature film...." Read more

"Everything I expected. Great paintings - can't wait for the next one." Read more

"...The large landscape format of the book is well suited to the detailed paintings inside and the print quality is superb...." Read more

"...shot in the show was frameable art, the book it is based on has sublime imagery and a real sense of awe...." Read more

11 customers mention "Content"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the content wonderful, cool, and essential sci-fi reading. They say it's not only a book to read, but also a cool coffee table book. Readers mention the author is a very good writer and the stories that go with it are great.

"Love this book, his knowledge of values and lighting is amazing as well as his composition." Read more

"...is an incredible collection of amazing artwork - all accompanided by cleverly written fiction from the artist himself - that has captured my..." Read more

"The original book from Simon Stalenbag. Beautiful work, and it's easy to see why it was optioned to be made into a feature film...." Read more

"I love this author’s work, I am reading this just after finishing “The Labyrinth”...." Read more

3 customers mention "Complexity"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book complex. They appreciate the unusual world-building, natural blending of sci-fi elements with familiar and commonplace elements. Readers also mention the book has sublime imagery and a real sense of awe.

"...frameable art, the book it is based on has sublime imagery and a real sense of awe...." Read more

"Stalenhag's art captures the feeling of exploration and imagination in childhood unlike any other...." Read more

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Beautiful work with strange bizarre ideas
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Beautiful work with strange bizarre ideas
The original book from Simon Stalenbag. Beautiful work, and it's easy to see why it was optioned to be made into a feature film. A lovely series of artwork.
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  • Citizen M
    5.0 out of 5 stars Futurism and Retro-Futurism combined with the familiar
    Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2016
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    Perhaps a contradiction to describe it thus, the phrase "science fiction realism/naturalism" best defines this incredible collection of Euro-suburbia through the filter of a science fiction-themed alternate 1980s Sweden. The book is an incredible collection of amazing artwork - all accompanided by cleverly written fiction from the artist himself - that has captured my imagination in a way few things do these days. The large landscape format of the book is well suited to the detailed paintings inside and the print quality is superb. Stalenhag's work combines elements of retro science fiction, with equal measures of modern and old school mechanical design, all set in the gorgeous landscapes of the Swedish cities and country side. I recommend this book to sci-fi fans, fans of art and fans that love robots.
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  • vic
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful work with strange bizarre ideas
    Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2021
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    The original book from Simon Stalenbag. Beautiful work, and it's easy to see why it was optioned to be made into a feature film. A lovely series of artwork.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Beautiful work with strange bizarre ideas

    Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2021
    The original book from Simon Stalenbag. Beautiful work, and it's easy to see why it was optioned to be made into a feature film. A lovely series of artwork.
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  • John
    5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Imagery
    Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2020
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    I saw the show on 鶹 Prime and I absolutely loved it so bought the book and was not disappointed. Just as every shot in the show was frameable art, the book it is based on has sublime imagery and a real sense of awe. Reading some backstory to some of the equipment (missing from the show) was a great companion piece! If you like bold sci-fi art and unusual world-building, you will love this
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  • Pierre N. LeBlanc
    5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning
    Reviewed in Canada on August 14, 2024
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    I love this author’s work, I am reading this just after finishing “The Labyrinth”. I do find the series to lack some of the mysteries, making too much obvious.
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  • David Jann
    5.0 out of 5 stars As advertised and on time.
    Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2025
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    As advertised and on time.
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  • RF
    4.0 out of 5 stars Careless shipping
    Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2022
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    This is not only a book to read. It’s a book to collect, to put in your living room. To hold a centre location in your bookshelf. I’m very much disappointed with the state the book arrived and will ask for replacement.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Careless shipping

    Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2022
    This is not only a book to read. It’s a book to collect, to put in your living room. To hold a centre location in your bookshelf. I’m very much disappointed with the state the book arrived and will ask for replacement.
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  • Victoria
    5.0 out of 5 stars Neat book.
    Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2021
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    Simon Stålenhag makes some really neat artwork, this is one of his many books and it's nice to flip through and read about each piece. Cool coffee table book for sure!
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  • Ewan Cross
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beatiful
    Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2022
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    A beautiful collection of artwork from one of my all-time favourite artists!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book. But the "sticker" is actually printed on
    Reviewed in Germany on June 25, 2025
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    Great book with amazing illustrations. Printing quality appears to be good.
    But unfortunately the 鶹 ad on it is not a sticker, but is printed on it. Just a warning.
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  • PA Leech
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating peek into a parallel universe
    Reviewed in Australia on April 22, 2023
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    Stumbled across this through a 'people who bought items in your cart also bought this' list - had never heard of the artist/author previously. So glad to have discovered it now, though.

    Not knowing a great deal about Scandinavia, the story sounded plausible at the very beginning, until I realised that it was way too early for the kind of science that's being suggested. So this is a parallel universe, then, and a fascinating one. What kid doesn't love playing around hulks of dead machinery? (Well, they did in my day - I'm not sure they'd be allowed near them today.)

    The artwork is fascinating, with sketches scattered here and there for an insight into the artist's process. Coupled with the fragments of story, it ends up being a comfortable mix of art book and illustrated story that just seems to work, even though it perhaps shouldn't.

    Will definitely by more works by the same author. Great find and highly recommended.
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  • VA
    5.0 out of 5 stars Superbe
    Reviewed in France on December 18, 2020
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    Très beau livre, édition de qualité et contenu onirique et captivant.
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  • Daniel Zh
    5.0 out of 5 stars The book's great, the shipping could be better
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
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    When I was reading the book it was quite soon apparent to me why it inspired so many. It has a really strong aesthetic which goes much deeper than "robots and mystery in 80-s Sweden". The way the stories are told, the charm of childhood stories plays a big role here. The narratives and illustrations are "human", very easy to sympathize with. Even though there's little overarching plot, every story pulls you in the universe and you get to experience different aspects of people's lives in a short amount of time. Oh, and the book is quite short, which is a shame. Both the 鶹 series and Things from the Flood, at least for me, don't scratch the same itch as this book.
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    Daniel Zh
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    The book's great, the shipping could be better

    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
    When I was reading the book it was quite soon apparent to me why it inspired so many. It has a really strong aesthetic which goes much deeper than "robots and mystery in 80-s Sweden". The way the stories are told, the charm of childhood stories plays a big role here. The narratives and illustrations are "human", very easy to sympathize with. Even though there's little overarching plot, every story pulls you in the universe and you get to experience different aspects of people's lives in a short amount of time. Oh, and the book is quite short, which is a shame. Both the 鶹 series and Things from the Flood, at least for me, don't scratch the same itch as this book.
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  • SS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hermosa edición
    Reviewed in Mexico on March 30, 2025
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    Hermosa edición. Definitivamente vale la pena
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