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 top read of 2021
I read a lot of good books in 2021, but not all of them had multiple covers to choose from. Luckily, Andy Weir is a super popular author, so there are quite a few different editions of Project Hail Mary, which I loved. Take a look:
Ballantine hardcover (U.S. edition) | Polish edition
German edition | Hungarian edition
Dutch edition | Hebrew edition
I actually love all of these! But my eye keeps being drawn back to the Polish edition, probably because of the fiery red color and the nice font/title layout, so I’ll settle on that one:
All those covers are outstanding but I’m really drawn to the German edition.
I love it when our choices of favourite coincide. That was the cover that really drew me. I quite like the original cover tbh but when you put those two particular covers side by side the Polish edition really stands out.
Lynn 😀
Yup, I agree, I keep going back to that Polish edition, too. The red seems a lot more menacing than the yellow, though I also like the yellow one.
I like the Polish edition, too, because of the stark contrast between the astronaut’s pale suit and the black background.
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Your favorite cover is my favorite cover as well! Although most of the covers are pretty nice looking.
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I’d say that the US and Polish editions are tied for me. 🙂
Stupid me, I went with THE top 10 instead of A top ten. I could have done something neat with Klara and the Sun, oh well:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2022/01/07/friday-face-off-simply-the-best-of-2021/
Anyway, loving your cover. Interesting to see that exceptionally, everyone kept the same basic idea. I do like the Polish one, more dramatic colors.
Tammy, as you are reading and answering comments, can you explain to me what the deal is with this theme?
I have been participating in tons of memes, usually we link our posts either in a comment or in a Mr Linky.
There’s none of that at Lynn’s place. I checked previous week, I see that when you leave a comment there, you don’t even leave the link to your own post. So, where/how are we supposed to link up our posts?? She does talk about link up in her introduction. I’m confused. Thanks for your help
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I don’t think there has ever been a link up for this meme, as it’s on the more casual side. Only a handful of bloggers participate, and we mostly already follow each other and see all our posts anyway. But Lynn wouldn’t mind if you asked her directly, my suspicion is that she might not have the capability with her blog to add link ups.
Thanks Tammy. I asked 3 weeks ago, she never answered, in fact I see my comment is still awaiting moderation.
Yes, some bloggers hosting memes just ask others to copy and paste their link in the comment, it’s just a simple url copy and paste.
But you answer is clear. I thought there would be more participants, so I get it, thanks!
If you know how to code/embed a link in your comment, you can do that as well. (I’ve forgotten how!) I think that might be what she means.
I’m kind of between the US & Polish editions. I love how the red of the Polish one captures your attention but I also think the US one, thanks to how small the figure looks, kind of captures the feel of being isolated in space.
I think the Polish cover is my favorite of them all too–but they all are very well done!
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The German edition is kind of pretty, 🙂
Ooh these are nice! I kinda like the German edition but the Polish one also!
I’m really loving how well these all seem to stay on the same theme and go together! I have to agree, that Polish one feels the most eye-catching. The Hungarian editions looks really cool, too! And the main figure looks oddly relaxed in the Hebrew edition, haha.
Hmm, all similar themes, but I think the first two are tied for me!
I think that’s my favorite of the bunch too!