Tuesday, February 7, 2017

I Judge Books By Their Covers: "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet"


Hi, my name is Lindsay, and I judge books by their covers.

This sci-fi novel was on my list last week of books with gorgeous covers I've recently added to my to-read list, and it seemed like a great time to talk about it in a bit more detail.

U.S. // U.K.

"The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" is on my must-read-in-2016 list, but I have to admit that, while I had seen the book floating around, I never gave it a second thought until I saw the beautiful U.K. cover, upon which I instantly thought, "Oh my gosh, I have to look that book up and see what it's about right this minute," only then realizing that it was the very same book I had seen before. And here we have a great example of the problem with judging books by their covers (which I totally do and will probably never stop doing): by all accounts, this is a fantastic book, but I never would've picked it up based on the U.S. cover unless I had happened upon some very persuasive reviews.

It's funny: usually when I do these cover battles there are elements that carry over between all the various cover versions, but in this case there's really not a single thing that's the same. And that's what it boils down to for me: everything about the U.K. cover appeals to me, while pretty much nothing about the U.S. cover does.

Do you feel as strongly as I do about this one? Or maybe you've got the opposite stance and you prefer the U.S. cover? I'd love to know!

6 comments:

  1. I'm with you, UK cover all the way! There's just something about the font on the US cover - not a fan!

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  2. The US cover is so bad!!!! I LOVE the UK cover so much. You are right there is no carry over. I bought this after hearing great things . . . and seeing the prettier cover :)

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  3. The US cover looks like pulp scifi from the 1960s.

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  4. I own the UK version and for some reason, the US one always reminded me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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  5. They are both okay but I like the US one because it just seems to scream cheesy sci-fi movie (though it's a book...lol. I am sure it's not cheesy either) :)

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  6. I'm 100% with you, the UK cover looks way better! I would never pick up the US cover at the bookstore.

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