Loop

by Brian Caswell

From interdimensional time travel to the choices that define our lives here and now; from the inability to let go to the inevitability of change; from the many faces of alien contact to the healing power of a single human touch, Brian Caswell bridges genres and generations, shifting through tragedy to joy, humour to pathos - from the everday to the exceptional. Loop displays the undeniable talent of one of Australia's most accomplished and admired writers for both young people and adults. It will tease the emotions and challenge the intellect - drawing us again and again into the 'loop' of one man's unique vision.

196 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 2006

About the author

Brian Caswell was born in Wales and moved to Australia at the age of twelve. He began his working life as a teacher, resigning in 1990 to become a full-time writer.
His first novel, Merryll of the Stones, was Honour Book (Older Readers) in the 1990 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards. He has since published three more books, A Dream of Stars (1991), A Cage of Butterflies (1992), which was short-listed in the 1993 Children's Book Council Awards, and Mike (1993) his first novel for younger readers. Two further novels, Dreamslip and Lisdalia, are scheduled for publication in 1994.

Reviews

[Fiona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Omg hey someone finally put this book on Goodreads. I remember picking it up from the library a zillion years ago and I swear there's nothing anywhere obvious that indicates that it's a bunch of short stories so it was super confusing at the start. Also I totally wanted to know what happened next in the first story but it was never mentioned again goodbye.

[Eloise B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Might have been better if I'd realised that it was a book of short stories and not a novel before the halfway point, but truly, it is unfair to judge Caswell's work on the demerit of my own stupidity. Very creative and relatively easy to digest, if straying a little too often into cliche. Tomorrow's n
News was excellent.

[Yvette Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book of short stories by Aussie YA author, mixing genres, time travel, aliens, and reality.