The Friday Face-Off – Medieval

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme:  “Those darling bygone times…with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful palaces of torture.” – a cover that is positively medieval.

I was a little worried about this week’s theme and almost skipped it, but then I remembered a book I read years ago that will work just fine. Timeline by Michael Crichton was a fantastic, bloody time travel story about a group of people who travel from the present day back to medieval times. I have to say most of these covers are pretty boring, but hey! It fits the theme so let’s go with it. Here is a small sampling of a bunch of covers:

1999 U.S. Knopf edition | 2000 Italian edition

2012 Russian edition | 2006 Italian edition

2003 Movie Tie-In edition | 2006 German edition

And the winner is…

I really love the ambiance in this cover, and the arrow that looks like it’s going through a portal to another time. My second favorite it the German cover, but I’m not crazy about any of the others.

Which is your favorite? Have you read this book?

Posted April 27, 2018 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 22 Comments

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22 responses to “The Friday Face-Off – Medieval

    • Tammy

      I don’t think I ever saw the movie. I was worried it would be too graphic for me, I think:-)

    • Tammy

      Oh you would like this, Barb! If you’ve read Jurassic Park then you know how much fun Crichton’s books are, and this is just as good, but in a different way.

    • Tammy

      I love the bright colors of the movie tie in edition too, but I think I just have a problem with “movie tie ins” in general:-)

    • Tammy

      I like the Italian one too, although overall I’m not super crazy about any of these, lol.

  1. A suit of medieval armour was NOT what I was expecting for a book called “Timeline,” but then I read your synopsis. This sounds really cool! And the Russian edition is also my pick. 🙂

    • Tammy

      This book was all kinds of crazy. It’s been a while since I read it but I do remember having a lot of fun (although the violence is VERY graphic).

  2. This is a good choice, Tammy! I found this one quite tricky. My favourite here is Timeline 4 – that knight in armour with the glowing blue light reflecting off his armour is really appealing.

    • Tammy

      Overall I wasn’t too impressed with these covers. But honestly, book cover designs have grown by leaps and bounds since this book was published, so I guess it’s not too surprising.

    • Tammy

      I guess this movie tie-in isn’t too bad, I think I mostly cringe whenever I see the words “movie tie in” because the publisher feels the need to focus on the movie instead of the book. But I guess that’s the point!

    • Tammy

      I don’t read much epic fantasy, which I think is where a lot of medieval stories come in. Luckily I remember this book:-)

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