The Friday Face-Off: Action

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 depicts action of some sort.

I’m surprised how hard this theme was! I clearly haven’t been choosing books to read with action on the covers, because I had to go way back to find this week’s pick, and there are only three covers to share with you. Time Salvager by Wesley Chu is a futuristic time travel story with a fantastic hook and plenty of action. The original Tor cover was done by the amazing Richard Anderson (whose work graces the covers of many a sci-fi/fantasy book). Take a look at these three covers:

This is the Tor Books (U.S.) cover, as well as the Angry Robot cover (which might be the UK release?) which I absolutely love. Anderson’s unique style gives these running characters a sense of urgency that fits well with the story. This is my favorite cover, although the next one is a close second.

This German edition captures the same sense of urgency as the first cover, but it’s done in a much different style. I really love this cover as well. I’m a fan of symmetry, and this is one of those rare cases where I actually love that the author’s name is bigger than the title of the book.

The Chinese edition has taken a completely different approach, and while this cover isn’t bad in its own right, it really can’t compare with the first two, in my opinion.


Which cover do you like best?

Posted August 7, 2020 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 18 Comments

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18 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Action

  1. The first and second cover are quite similar in concept, but I have to say that the first one gives off stronger “action” vibes, probably because of the city background and the portrayal of the two running characters…
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  2. I love the first one, the light makes it look so urgent and dramatic, no contest for me. I’m not entirely into the actual font of the title, but otherwise I love it

  3. The drama and immediacy of the first cover blows the competition away, I think:)). A fabulous choice for this week’s theme, which has been SUCH fun:)).

  4. You won’t believe it but I very nearly used this book this week and I completely agree with your favourite. I love that cover.
    Lynn 😀

  5. This book was actually an early contender for when I was thinking of options for this theme! I had the Tor version in my head, so that’s definitely the winner for me because it’s so memorable.

  6. I really love the covers for this series (the original ones anyway) and besides liking Wes Chu, they’re one of the reasons I picked up the books! I think these were done by Richard Anderson iirc, he’s done a bunch of covers that I’ve really liked.

  7. This is a tough topic. I love the cover you chose though and especially that first one. It’s so dramatic and I love that although my eye is initially drawn to the couple, it immediately pans up to everything above them.

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