The Friday Face-Off is a meme originally created by Books by Proxy, where the idea is to compare the different covers of a book with each week being a certain theme.
I hadn’t done a Face-Off post in a while before last week with creating my own new Friday feature 200 Words or Less, but the Face-Off is a meme that I have always enjoyed perusing on other blogs and I thought that I would once again partake myself this week.
This weeks theme is: Alien – “Aliens – if they exist-are little green men with big eyes and spindly arms…or giant insects or something like a lumpy little creature”
Now the 2 books that I first thought of for this weeks theme were The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, both classics with a vast variety of wonderful covers but instead I decided to go for something more obscure and my pick is:
Armor by John Steakley.
Cover B.
I just like the classic look of this cover.
Thoughts?? Agree?? Disagree??
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Definitely agree! Cover B is a little more retro that any of the others 🙂 Cover D would be my second choice.
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It’s the original cover from 1984 so yep, definitely retro!😂
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Can I vote none? xD I agree, cover B is the … the one that works best but none of those covers really convinced me!
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Haha yeah same. I think C though if any. Pretty colors help a little? 😂
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Ha, yeah, none are great! But Cover B was the best for me, I liked the tag line and the creature.😂
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I kind of like cover C? The colors are nice so it’s more likely I’d pick that up and read the blurb. None of them are really inviting to me though… 😂
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Ha, the colours are nice.😂 Definitely none are great covers this week, not really appealing at all, just chose the book to be different as I’m sure someone else would have picked the other two choices I mentioned (which both had some cool covers).
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Yeah I probably would have gone with War of the Worlds myself. 😂 Still a good post, oh different one!
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Yeah, someone did War of the World’s though so I was right that they would and being different is a good thing Ging, no one wants to be normal.😂
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Very true. Normal is relative though so…. 😜
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And awesome is just awesome!😂
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Exactly! 🤓😂
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Definitely agree, I love the classy and vintage effect of this cover. Cover C would be my second choice, it’s modernish. Also, I love this concept, really good!
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It’s a great concept, nightmare when you can’t find a book that fits the theme though.😂
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I like C… B reminds me of a bug and I HATE bugs… yes, yes I know I have a barn with horses and lots of bugs it doesn’t make sense. I still hate them. Also my eldest son has taken to calling your page “The Wolf Man” hahahahah He asked me if you were raising wolves…..
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Wolves are cool!!!! 🙂
Ha, yeah, bugs kinda suck but the retro look just appealed, haven’t a clue if it fits the book at all though.lol 🙂
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haha me either!! retro is cool, unless it involves bugs!! He is obsessed with wolves!!!!
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Well, he is obviously awesome then! 🙂
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I tend to think so… but I’m his mom so… I’m biased.
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ha, mothers are biased, even mine thinks that I am nice! 🙂
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Uhm… I also think you are nice, and adorable.
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Adorable, cough!
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hahahah
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Ha! I’m the one who usually choses the vintage covers. I actually like A in this case.
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Seems this week’s topic is producing all sorts of retro covers . I think I like C but yeah sure your pick is good
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I like the choice here – I haven’t read this one. Is it any good? As for the covers – what a nice crop! But I’m with you, though none of them are duds. Have a great week-end, Drew.
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I haven’t read it either, I presumed that The War of the World’s and Starship Troopers which were my two other choices would be popular so I decided to find something more obscure and this appeared, thought it was different and picked it.😀
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It looks like it might be worth checking out…
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I’m glad that you did this meme on my birthday. Although I don’t like alien books, I pick A.
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Ah cool, happy birthday.😀
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Old school sci-fi covers are the best 🙂
And I’ve been enjoying this meme too! I just started and each week it’s fun trying to come up with possible choices to fit the theme.
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At times old-school is definitely unique for covers but look cool. 🙂
It’s a great meme, I only do it occasionally now as I’d done it for so long that I found it hard to keep finding covers to fit the themes but it’s great seeing all the various covers for a book. 🙂
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I like cover B too – definitely my favourite of the bunch.
Lynn 😀
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I disagree. I like Cover C. And you know I’m always right. 👸
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You are female Stephy, your sort are always right!😂
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