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: Tunnel – “At the end of every light is a tunnel of darkness.”
Boy did I struggle with this theme! Anyone else? Tunnels are hard to find, and the few books I’ve read that could have had a tunnel on the cover, only had one cover to show. I finally decided to go “tunnel adjacent” and feature It by Stephen King. Because a storm drain leads to a tunnel, right? Ha ha. I actually found a cover with a tunnel, so score! I’m only featuring a handful of covers, trying to keep it to “tunnels” and “storm drains,” take a look:
New English Library edition 1987 | French edition
Viking edition 1986 | Swedish edition 2010
I think for my favorite, I’m going to have to go with the original Viking edition, which is also the one I own.
Thank you for this nightmare inducing offering! I think I have to agree with your choice…though I find the French edition somewhat amusing!
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LOL. I definitely need to reread this at some point.
The New English Library edition cover with those eyes, that’s freaky and my first pick. These posts are fun!
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Yes, that one freaks me out!
I agree with your choice. I like the more subtle nature of it, and love the paper boat. I thought that was the edition I have, also, but double checked and found I have the ’86 UK edition. It has a crazy evil looking house shaped like a clown, with the paper boat and drain being much smaller. Thinking back, I remember now we happened to be living overseas when It came out and I recall picking it up at the bookstore just before we returned to the US. My face was glued to those pages during the entire flight here. Good memories! 🙂
I saw that UK cover when I was putting this post together. That’s pretty cool that you have a UK edition!
My favorite is still the original Viking edition, too.
Yes, for nostalgic reasons, mostly for me:-)
I like the original Viking edition the most too 🙂
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It’s slightly dated, but that doesn’t bother me because it fits with the time period.
You found a great one this week! I think all the covers are pretty cool.
Me too, I do like all of these.
I’m with your choice and it’s one of the ones I own too.
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I’m glad we all own the same one!
Good lateral thinking with this one! And your choice is perfect: the New English Library 1987 edition is a good one, with those malevolent eyes peeking out of the (((shudder))) storm drain, but the cover you picked and the lonesome paper boat going toward its destiny is much, much, much more powerful… 🙂
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It definitely sets up an eerie and malevolent tone…
I’m with you. I prefer that original Viking edition too. Probably because it’s the one I originally read way back when.
It’s got that nostalgic element to it:-)
I like the original too! I also think the New English Library edition is kind of fun. 🙂
I really like all of these for different reasons, I think.
I remember featuring a King book once and was amazed at all the covers. I think the first one is my favorite. It seems to be the eeriest. Great choice for this week though.
His books definitely have plenty of covers to choose from.
I own the 1986 Viking edition too!
It’s hard to pick another favorite other than the one you own, I’ve found that out time after time:-)
Nice choice! I actually really like the tunnel cover, perfectly brings to mind that scene!
I do like the tunnel cover as well. But it just doesn’t say “It” to me, I guess:-)
The viking edition is my favorite as well!
It’s just really nostalgic for me:-)
Tunnel does seem hard, not sure I’d know any. Smart idea to go tunnel adjacent lol. I agree with your pick!
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You would think tunnels would be easier to find, but nope:-)
I love that you got creative and found a book that would work. I think I would have been dead in the water on this topic. The one you chose is also my favorite, although the New English Library edition is a close second. The red balloon and the eyes in the grate are very attention-grabbing.
I really like all of these for different reasons. But there are some terrible covers out there that I didn’t share, lol.
Oh, nice one! I think all the covers for this are pretty creepy so good job to the publishers for that! 😀
I picked the creepiest ones. Some covers for this book are pretty bad, I have to admit.
That sounds like a super hard prompt! I don’t know that I could think of many covers with tunnels, either. I think the New English version is my favorite, because I love the creepy eyes! Creepy eyes have always been freaky to me,
I struggled with tunnels too but I love your choice and indeed your favourite. Great pick and tunnel adjacent is a winning phrase.
Lynn 😀
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