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