The Friday Face-Off: Freebie!

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: Freebie!

I’ve already used so many favorite books for other themes, so it took a bit of searching this week. I finally decided to highlight All Systems Red by Martha Wells, the first Murderbot book. I was happy to see a fair amount of covers available, so let’s get started:

U.S. 2017 edition – Tor.com

Spanish edition 2019 | French edition 2019

Hebrew edition 2018 | Russian edition 2019


This is tough, I love all of these for different reasons. But ultimately, the Russian edition works best for me. I love the black and white color scheme (which is strange because usually I gravitate towards color!) and the central figure of Murderbot. It’s a similar idea to the U.S. cover, but for some reason I like this better:

Which one do you like best?

Posted March 27, 2020 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 36 Comments

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36 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Freebie!

  1. Great choice for this freebie week – it’s been fun seeing the different covers people have plumped for:)). And I’m with you – I think the Russian cover rocks. It manages to have a human quality to the gaze and the way it is holding… whatever it is, while the blank faceplate somehow looks rather poignant. Very cleverly done…

    • Tammy

      It’s amazing what a few tweaks can do to improve a cover, right? The Russian cover is similar to the US cover, but so much better!

  2. I was really going with the US version until I saw the Russian version at the end. I do think that is my fave with the US being a close second. I can’t believe I’ve not read this series yet.

  3. Absolutely loved this book, and continue to love the series! The US Tor.com edition is my favorite of the covers.

    • Tammy

      I had a feeling it would have a fair amount of covers, now I’m curious about the other books in the series, I’m going to look them up!

    • Tammy

      I actually thought there might be even more covers, since it’s so popular. But hey, these are all pretty good:-)

  4. I hadn’t actually seen any of the other covers for this one before! I have to say, the original still remains my favorite, but I do love the one you picked too, the details on it are fantastic.

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