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: “Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” – A cover featuring a door ajar or closed.
I was having trouble with the theme this week, but then I remembered The Drawing of the Three, the second book in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, in which doors play a prominent part in the story. There are a TON of covers for this book, not surprisingly, so I picked only the ones with doors on them to compare. Take a look:
Scribner 2016 | French edition 2006
Russian edition 2012 | Czech edition 1999
Portuguese edition 2014 | Signet edition 2003
My two favorites are the Scribner and the Portuguese, but if I had to pick it would be:
I like the moodiness of this cover, as well as the colors.
What a fabulous choice for this week’s theme! I have to say I struggled a bit to find a suitable book for this one and rather stretched the concept of what makes a door as a consequence! I like all the covers but I agree with your choice. The close contender for me is the French edition, but I don’t like the way they have shoved the title in amongst Stephen King’s name. It looks untidy and wrong. Have a great weekend, Tammy:)
Thanks Sarah, this was a hard week for sure.
Totally agree with you pick here. It feels so atmospheric!
Yes, it really has some great elements. Makes me want to read the whole series again!
I like the French one but also like the Portuguese one too!
I think the US needs to step up their game, lol.
Those are my two favorites as well but I am noticing a trend. Seems a lot of the time I like the Portuguese editions. Maybe I should move??? nah.
Me too! I feel like the last two weeks I’ve picked the Portuguese edition. I’ll have to go back and look at last week’s:-)
Good pick! I’m pretty sure I’ve got a 2003 Signer on my shelf!
Cool, the copy I have isn’t even on my list, I’ll have to track it down sometime:-)
Great pick!
Thanks:-)
I’m going with your choice too. I’d stop and pick it up of I spied it on a shlef.
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I wish I had that copy! But I’m not sure how to purchase a book from Portugal, lol.
I like your choice, and on the same theme I think that the French edition comes a good second. Ah, the power of those mysterious doors….!! 🙂
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Doors are a fantastic element for a cover, I agree!
I completely agree with your choice! I love the whole atmosphere, and it feels a lot more interesting.
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It really has lots of cool elements that I just noticed, like the crashing waves and the tower in the background:-)
I like the Signet edition 2003 best and the one you picked second best!
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The Signet is getting lots of votes!
I’m really liking the French cover – which seems to be becoming a ‘thing’ for me recently. Great book choice.
Lynn 😀
That’s funny that you said that, because it seems like I’m always picking Portuguese covers as my favorite, lol.
I think my vote is for the last one by Signet. I love the earthy tones and the light silhouette of the hawk is a nice touch!
I also like that silhouette of the hawk, it definitely adds to the atmosphere:-)
Hm interesting — this post always makes me think of covers so differently with their topics.
I like your pick and am also drawn to the Russian one because it’s got a fedora and I do rather like those… 😛
Ha ha, I do like that fedora too:-)
The Portuguese one is my favorite. Like you, I’m a big fan of how moody and atmospheric it looks.
I think the moodiness fits with the story:-)
WOW that’s a lot of doors! And Stephen King books! This is a tricky topic… I like the US covers of Kerstin Gier’s Silver trilogy. There are pretty doors on those books. Great post, Tammy!
Have a fantastic day. =)
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Ooh,I love the Signet cover this week – it’s sort of quirky somehow.
Lynn 😀
I soooo need to get around to reading the 2nd book in this series. I was truly intrigued by the first one. 😛