Books[edit]

Most of Stålenhag's artwork was initially available online, before later being
released for sale as prints.[9][4] Since then, it has been turned into two narrative
art books: Tales from the Loop (Swedish Ur Varselklotet) in 2014 and Things
from the Flood (Swedish Flodskörden) in 2016. Both focus on the
construction of a supermassive particle accelerator called the Loop.[10]
More recently, Stålenhag has covered the western United States in a third
artbook, The Electric State,[11] which was also crowdfunded via Kickstarter.[9] It
is centered around a girl and her robotic companion traversing the fictional
state of Pacifica.[12] Simon & Schuster published the UK edition in September
2018, and Skybound Books published a North American edition the following
month.[13] The Electric State (the Simon & Schuster edition) was one out of six
finalists for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2019.[14] Also in 2019, the Skybound
edition was shortlisted for the Art Book category of the Locus Award.[15]
Stålenhag's fourth art book, The Labyrinth, was announced in late 2020. As
with his previous books, a crowdfunding campaign was run on Kickstarter to
fund its printing and distribution.[16]
Adaptations[edit]
In 2016, a Kickstarter campaign was launched to fund a tabletop role-playing
game called Tales from the Loop, based on the book of the same name;[9] Set
in the 1980s and in either the United States or Sweden, players roleplay as a
group of teenagers dealing with the impact of the Loop; this focus on
nostalgia and young protagonists meant multiple media outlets compared it to
the TV series Stranger Things.[17][18] Different classes