Friday Face-Off: An Alien Encounter
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined theme, post and compare two or more different covers available for that book, then name your favorite. A list of future weeks’ themes are available at Lynn’s Book Blog.
This week’s theme is:
“We come in peace…or maybe not”
~ a cover featuring AN ALIEN ENCOUNTER
Mogsy’s Pick:
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
Not all books about alien encounters involve little green men. In Rosewater, the extraterrestrial presence takes the form of a biodome which has settled itself right outside of Lagos, Nigeria, giving rise to its own little community. Every so often, the dome would split apart, releasing a mysterious substance that is said to have strong healing properties, making it the destination for millions of the world’s most sick and desperate.
Let’s take a look at the covers:
From left to right:
Apex Book Company (2016) – Orbit (2018)
Orbit eBook (2017) – Russian Edition (2019) – French Edition (2019)
German Edition (2020) – Turkish Edition (2019) – Spanish Edition (2019)
Winner:
There are some really nice covers here, but I was immediately drawn to the French edition because all the lovely colors and the alien imagery.
But what do you think? Which one is your favorite?
The BiblioSanctum 
I do agree with your winner Mogsy. That cover is stunning
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I do love the colors!
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I completely agree with your favorite! I think I used Rosewater for a different prompt and picked the same fave😁
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It really is the one that stands out the most!
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I think I like the Orbit one most, but your choice is my second favorite. I haven’t read the book, so I’m not sure what fits. I think that’s why I picked the basic one.
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It was a strange book, so I don’t know if anything really quite fits to be honest, lol! 😀
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Huh. I’m not sure if that’s odd or not.
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I love that cover – and the Turkish one – although they’re so very different.
Lynn :
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Yeah it’s a very strange book which is probably why we’re seeing all these very different interpretations!
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For me this one’s a toss up between the French and Spanish editions. The French does seem more creative.
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Agreed! The French one is more creative, whereas the Spanish one want for more of a “realistic” depiction 😀
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I have no idea about this book but i do like the Russian version a lot
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The Russian would be my second choice 🙂
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Ooh some nice ones here! I like the Orbit one and the french edition the best. 🙂
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Yeah I don’t normally like “text” covers but I like what the Orbit cover did with the concept!
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Oh good one, I keep meaning to read this book too haha. I love the one you picked–it feels very alien.
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My thoughts exactly!
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I like the Russian one (needs better font as always) But the Orbit ebook is so simple and nice
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Yeah, my second choice is the Russian edition. And you are absolutely spot on about the text ,lol.
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The Spanish one. I love the colors, the detail, and the contrast between the slums and the sleek dome at the center.
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