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 science fiction book written before 1975
Lots to choose from for the prompt today, and I’ve decided to go with a well known SF/horror book, The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin. This was first published in 1972, and I believe the first cover is the original. I honestly can’t remember if I’ve read this or not, but I’m certainly familiar with the story! There are a ton of covers, so let’s get started:
1972 Random House edition | 2002 Perennial paperback | 1995 Spanish edition
1973 Fawcett Crest paperback | 1991 Del Rey paperback | 2004 Czech edition
1998 Bloomsbury paperback | 1992 Polish edition | 2018 French edition
1999 French edition | 2016 Sinhalese edition | 1980 Danish edition
Boy this is a weird bunch of covers, lol. And so varied. I have to say the one that keeps drawing my attention is the Sinhalese edition, but I also really like the Danish edition, which has more of a psychological horror vibe to it.
It’s really hard to choose a favorite out of all these covers. But I think I like the 1991 Del Rey paperback the most!
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I haven’t read the book, but since I saw the movie, I don’t want to read the book (you know, spoilers). I like the Spanish edition because it speaks to the theme.
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The Sinhalese cover gives me the chills! 🙂
Ooh, I’ve never seen that Sinhalese cover. That’s awesone!
I don’t know the book. I kind of like the first one, for the cute collection of faces, but it may not much the genre!
The Polish edition, the only one featuring men, right? , is puzzling!
My book has also a huge diversity of covers: https://wordsandpeace.com/2022/01/21/friday-face-off-scifi-written-in-1975-or-before/
I wonder if it’s characteristic of scifi. What do you think, as you have done Friday Face-Off for a while I think.
I love the 1972 Random House cover. It’s just so… 1972! I definitely read this book and saw the original movie (not the awful remake) — very formative in my early years!
It’s probably the Czech edition but…they look all so old! :-))))))) You can see tastes changed a lot!
I should read this. I’m reading the echo Wife right now which has a similar concept (don’t remember if you’ve read that one). I like the first two in that 70’s way lol but the fourth one looks so Gothic! Or maybe just 60s/ 70s as well aethetic
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Those are pretty wild covers. All so different and yet I can see why they were each chosen for Stepford Wives.
That Sinhalese edition really gets your attention! I’ve never read this one. I’d heard of the movie but I don’t believe I’ve ever seen it.
I love the Sinhalese cover but I think the Bloomsbury is my favourite.
Lynn 😀
Wow, this is definitely one of the wildest groups of covers I’ve seen. I agree about the Sinhalese edition and the 1999 French cover jumps out at me too.
Emma @ Words and Peace pointed out this post to me and I am so thankful. Such wonderful and creepy covers of a book long on my wishlist. The Sinhalese cover is quite breath-taking.