#SciFiMonth Friday Face-Off: First Sci-Fi I Reviewed
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:
~ a cover of an EARLY SCI-FI READ/FIRST SCI-FI REVIEWED
The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough
This week, we’re going back to one of the first sci-fi books I received for review. This was around the time I discovered NetGalley, and well, as they say the rest is history.
From left to right:
Del Rey (2013) – Titan (2013)
German Edition (2016) – Czech Edition (2014)
Winner:
All these covers have a very generic “commercial” feel, which is a shame because this was a great book. Out of these I’ll probably go with the Titan edition because it’s the most dramatic, and the fact it reminds me of Independence Day.
But what do you think? Which one is your favorite?
The BiblioSanctum 
Very reminiscent of Independence day! I think it might be my fave too because it’s terrifying!
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Yes, the imagery is very alarming!
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That’s too dramatic for my taste. I rather like the cool look of the German edition.
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Love the colors of that one 🙂
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I remember that Del Rey cover. It was very tempting but something in the blurb (I have no idea what now) didn’t really attract me and so I never tried it. Do you have a review here on the site?
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Hmm, it was one of my earliest reviews back when I was still using the blogger platform. Even though most of the posts transferred okay, that one might be one of a handful lost to the nether forever
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That is too bad 😦
You don’t have access to your blogger account still?
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I think so, but either way the review should also be saved at goodreads and netgalley so it’s not totally lost forever 🙂
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As long as you remember the website name, the wayback machine has you covered 😉
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Probably the German cover since I don’t remember the actual like, content really involving a space laser. It IS more dramatic, though 😂
I’ll have to look up that review now! To be honest, I had no idea this book had another US cover.
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Haha, no I don’t think the story involved an Independence Day style laser beam either, but yeah it’s damn cool 🤣
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I agree that these covers have a generic feel, especially the Del Rey version — which could be the poster of any number of action movies. My pick is the Czech edition, just because I like the illustration the best among the choices.
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Yeah, the Del Rey cover definitely looks like it could be an action movie poster. Not too crazy about it, to be honest, but I can see why it could be considered attention grabbing!
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I don’t think I know of this one but intriguing covers
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I really like the Titan edition too, but also the Czech edition is pretty cool.
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Yeah, the Czech edition looks very different! I wasn’t sure what I was looking at, at first!
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I remember reading this one and thoroughly enjoying the story, too:)). My favourite is the Del Rey cover – I really like the realisation of the elevator in the background, behind the generic lantern-jawed protagonist…
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Agreed, that one’s not my favorite cover, but I’m definitely glad they included the elevator in the background.
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I almost picked the Titan edition, but I think I like the German one just a bit more. It does look a bit depressing, though. 😦
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Yeah, the colors and the haze around the cover makes it look very somber, and maybe a little creepy!
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I will go with the first one, though it looks…hmm, romance? UF?
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Hmm, maybe it’s the presence of the hunky buff dude, lol
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The Titan cover all day long for me.
Lynn 😀
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Heck yeah! 🤣
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