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I felt that it was time to join in another Friday Face-Off, so here we go!
This week's topic is:
“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” – a cover featuring a starry sky
The original topic for this week was for a book cover with a spider on it, but.. guys, I don't like spiders. Like I really, really hate them. I appreciate that they eat other bugs and are good guys overall, but I have a long, fraught history with them invading my house no matter what I do, so I'm not exactly inclined to pick up a book with a spider on it. But more importantly, I also simply couldn't find any covers with spiders on them from books I've read. I was hoping that one of the other Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets books might have a picture of Aragog on it, or The Hobbit might have one of those big spiders, but alas, I was out of luck.
Because of this, I decided to go back into the archives of Friday Face-Off topics and pick one that I missed, so I went with a starry sky! I chose The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber because I didn't see a cover that fit this topic better than this one. Plus, I love this book. It's about a man who is basically offered a chance to travel to a new planet to interact with the alien species there and... the entire thing is a bit wacky. I highly recommend it.
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Which covers do you like best?
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Because of this, I decided to go back into the archives of Friday Face-Off topics and pick one that I missed, so I went with a starry sky! I chose The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber because I didn't see a cover that fit this topic better than this one. Plus, I love this book. It's about a man who is basically offered a chance to travel to a new planet to interact with the alien species there and... the entire thing is a bit wacky. I highly recommend it.
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
US Hogarth HC || US Hogarth PB || Canadian HC
Czech Edition || Spanish PB Edition || Romanian Edition
Estonian Edition || Portuguese Edition || Spanish HC Edition
My choice:
My choice has to be with the US Hardcover with the dark starry background and hands reaching out. I think it lends a mysterious air to the book, but it also feels.. hopeful? yearning? curious? I like it. I think the Czech cover is rather lovely as well.
Which covers do you like best?
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Wow, these are so different! I think I like the two US ones the best.
ReplyDeleteI also like those, they're very simple but so well done.
DeleteI agree, the US cover is my favorite too. I bought a copy of this when it came out but haven't read it yet. I must get to it one of these days!
ReplyDeleteI'd be curious to hear your thoughts if you do! :)
DeleteI'm not a fan of spiders either lol and as I was looking at some of the spider covers people picked out I was creeped out! This is a much better topic haha! I think I like the Hogarth HC and the Romanian edition as well (mainly for the starfield, which I kinda like).
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