#ScifiMonth Friday Face-Off: Red
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:
“Red skies at night”
~ a cover that is RED
The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson
Friday Face-Off is back for Sci-Fi Month and finding a red cover that fit the theme was actually more challenging than I thought! But this week, let’s just keep things simple with the sci-fi horror The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson, published by Saga Press. This is the hardcover edition versus the paperback:
Saga Press Hardcover (2020) vs. Paperback (2021)
Winner:
This is actually the first time I’ve seen the paperback edition, and I think it’s awesome! Definitely more interesting than the hardcover edition, which is bold but lacking in the detailed and complex imagery of the paperback version. The silhouettes of the characters really draw the eye, not to mention how the title font also calls to mind Stranger Things.
But what do you think? Which one is your favorite?
The BiblioSanctum 
I also like that paperback cover better than the hardcover. More interesting. When I saw the theme my first thought was The Red series by Linda Nagata. The first book, First Light, was so full of references to red, similar to how in the Matrix movie there was constant use of the color green. I loved that. 🙂
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Ah, Red by Linda Nagata would have been a great one to feature for this week! I’ve read it and enjoyed it, shame that it didn’t occur to me!
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I haven’t seen the paperback either and I love it! Also I can’t believe I haven’t read this yet…
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It was wild! Somehow I think it would be right up your alley 😉
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Ooh I do like the Stranger Things type font, I wouldn’t have probably noticed that if you hadn’t pointed it out! 🙂
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I only notice it after I put the post together and was looking at them comparing them too! Definitely a cool touch.
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I like them both. The hardcover design certainly grabs attention, but I like the colors on the paperback and the details.
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Yes, I like how both are so different but they have their own strengths.
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That’s also my favorite!
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I also like the paperback cover better.
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I guess the second one for me
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Definitely prefer your favourite with the Stranger Things vibe.
Lynn 😀
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