Today, Free League Publishing announced the Kickstarter campaign for Simon Stålenhag’s next narrative artbook. Swedish Machines takes readers on a deeply personal journey based on Stalenhag’s native home of Sweden. The Kickstarter campaign launches on August 27, 2024, at 9 AM EDT / 3 PM CEST.
Stålenhag’s “most ambitious work” to date, Swedish Machines is a tale of friendship, love, and maturing in an alternate world. Swedish Machines spans the ‘90s, ‘00s, and beyond, and transports readers to the Svartlöten Exclusion Zone to uncover the weird secrets within it.
Simon Stålenhag is the internationally acclaimed author and artist behind Tales From the Loop, Things From the Flood, The Electric State, and The Labyrinth. 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. The narrative art book was turned into a multiple award-winning tabletop roleplaying game and a board game by Free League. In 2019, his book The Electric State was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clare Award and the Locus Award. A film adaptation of The Electric State, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, will soon be released on Netflix. His first book, Tales From the Loop, was adapted into a TV show on Amazon Prime in 2020.
Images via Free League Publishing
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