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: A cover that features a temple or religious icon.
This theme was hard for me! But I finally decided to go with Horns by Joe Hill, and luckily one of the covers has a statue of an angel on it. That’s a religious icon, right? Wait, what about devils? Or maybe that’s anti-religious? Sorry you guys, I’m clueless when it comes to religion. But anyway, this book has some cool covers, take a look:
U.S. edition 2010 | UK edition 2011 | UK edition 2014
UK hardcover edition 2010 | Italian edition 2012 | German edition 2010
Polish edition 2010 | Bulgarian edition | Serbian edition 2013
Czech edition 2010 | Russian edition 2010 | Slovak edition 2011
PS Publishing edition (UK) 2010 | Hebrew edition 2013 | Hungarian edition 2012
I love a lot of these! But I think my favorite is the Polish edition. I just love the artwork and the colors:
Hmm, some tough choices, but I’d have to go with German edition 2010
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Oooh I like that one too. Very ominous.
I love the fact that you chose HORNS for a book with a religious icon. I would think angels AND demons count right? So I think I really like the UK hardcover but honestly, there are some really great ones here – and some disturbing. Good thing booksnake wasn’t popular back then or it would be front and center on most of the covers. I did enjoy this book despite the slithery creatures EVERYWHERE!
Ha ha you’re right, I can see booksnake showing up on a Horns cover:-)
The one cover has a cross. It totally counts. Fun batch of covers.
x The Captain
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Oh good. Crosses, check!
Lol… I love the notion that the devil is a religious icon:)). But there is the crucifix, so I reckon you’re fine with this week’s choice – it was difficult, wasn’t it? There are some cracking covers here – but in the end, I have to go with your choice, so clever with the shadow turning into something different…
Yes, I think I stretched the theme a bit, lol:-)
Oh, I never would have even thought about this one for the theme, great pick. I kind of like the UK 2011 edition….a lot of interesting covers for this one though!
Well, I’m not sure I chose right for the theme, but oh well! There certainly are a lot of covers to choose from.
So many covers to choose from, and most of them very intriguing! But I like your choice and that oh-so-ominous shadow rising at the back of the man… brrrr… 😀
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Yes, very ominous! I think that’s one reason I like it.
I actually like so many of the covers. The UK edition 2014, UK hardcover edition 2010, German edition 2010 and Hungarian edition 2012 are my favorites! Maybe I just love devil figures? lol
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Ha ha, I love the covers with devils as well!
Interesting choice for the theme! 🙂 I really like the UK hardcover edition from 2010. Just something about that mix of items. I have to say, though, this is one of the very rare instances where I preferred the movie over the book. I loved the story idea but I thought the novel was far too long, it just dragged on for me. The movie, th0ugh, was a great length for the story.
I haven’t seen the movie, but now I’m very curious:-)
Yikes! Spooky stuff. 🙂 I think I like the German.
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Yeah, that German cover is scary!
Great choice! Kind of reminds me of some of my favorite Vertigo comics covers, which is why I think I like it!
I agree, they have a graphic novel quality to them:-)
I love several of these, too, Tammy. They really brought out the creepy! I like the one you chose as well.
They are all creepy:-)
Such a great selection of covers overall. I’m torn on a favorite. I really like the one you picked and then I also like the two UK ones.
There are a lot of good ones, I like the UK covers as well:-)
So many of these are great – I especially like the UK hardcover. 🙂
I think I like the UK 2011 edition… Even though its less horror-ish than some of the others. Also- I still need to read this. Sigh.
I agree there are a lot of good covers for this one! I think my favorite is Russian edition 2010.
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Ooh, this was a clever choice! I think I like the one you chose, the German, and the Italian editions!