The Friday Face-Off was originally created by Books by Proxy:
each Friday, bloggers showcase book covers on a weekly theme.
Visit Lynn’s Books (@LynnsBooks) for a list of upcoming themes.
Please visit also Tammy at Books, Bones & Buffy (@tammy_sparks)
thanks to whom I discovered this meme.
This week, the theme is “Scifi written in 1975 or before”
As soon as I saw the theme, I thought of this book, as I cohosted a readalong on it, and it was published in 1969.
And how lucky I am, there are so so many of amazing book covers on it.
Here is just a sample of the most striking.
I circled my favorite one.
Click on the picture if you want to identify the various editions
You can also right click and open image in new tab to zoom in
WHICH COVER IS YOUR FAVORITE? WHY?
I am amazed at the diversity of covers.
Some just go with the strain idea (#20), without giving any clue of the space aspect.
Some focus only on the space dimension (#23), even in a rather romantic way (#19).
#17 is my favorite because of all the details, artistically put together.
Have you read this book?
WHICH COVER IS YOUR FAVORITE? WHY?
Next Friday: a murder mystery in space
Words And Peace 
This is a great choice, and there are so many good covers! I love #20 for the color and simple design, and I love the last one for how clever it is.
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Good choices! There are really some for every taste here!
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I like the 11th one (in Russian?) and the 15th…those headless space travellers. Enjoyed the post. Haven’t read the book but now I am curious.
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Highly recommended if you like scifi. You can have a look at the beginning of our readalong to have a better idea.
#11 is actually a Bulgarian edition. The 15th is Russian. Yes, quite striking!!
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Ooh I still have to read this. I like the first one but then biohazard always gets my attention 🙂
The third one from the last I like too although it more looks like a UFO vibe…
Oh, and you asked on my blog if I had read Flood. I have not but it sounds so interesting (and timely)!
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Yes, besides Flood, you do need to read this one!
#23 looks too much like a regular scifi to me, and it really isn’t that type at all. In that respect, #1 is smarter
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Oh wow, these covers really do focus on all sorts of aspects of the story. I read the first one, and I do like the minimal aspect of that cover. I wonder if my expectation would have changed if I read one of the alternate covers.
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Exactly same reaction here! I think it was good this cover looks very mysterious. Though now we have read it together, I like the more artisty #17
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Such a great selection – my favourite is no.20.
Lynn 😀
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Thanks for sharing. Looks like several prefer this one. I miss the space aspect here though
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Wow Emma thanks for displaying all the different book covers, fascinating. I’m not sure I will get round to pick up any of the Scifi by Michael Crichton . It looks like an interesting read but I will pass for now since I still have too many books to go through right now . I recently started watching Manifest on Netflix and that is taking up quite a lot of time, wish there were a book….
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Ah yes, I read a lot, because I chose not to have TV, nor Netflix or the like.
The Andromeda Strain was a great book, and we had a fantastic readalong on it. I want to read more by the same author, I guess Jurassic Park is a must!
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Thanks to you, I participated in it this week. Here’s the link: https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2022/01/28/friday-face-off-murder-mystery-in-space/
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woohoo, so glad you joined!
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