Friday Face-Off is an idea originally thought up by Books By Proxy which I stole from the fantastic The Tattooed Book Geek. The idea originally was to compare UK and US covers based on an assigned theme each week and choose the winning cover. I will be twisting it slightly: not specifically US and UK covers, just different editions.

This week’s theme is a cover featuring a planet: “Any planet is ‘Earth’ to those who live on it”.

I’ve gone with a personal favourite comedy of mine – Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Cover A:

Cover B:

Cover C:

Cover D:

Cover E:

Cover F:

Cover G:

Cover H:

Cover I:

And the winner is… cover D!

I love this book, it’s one of my favourites. Cover D was my clear winner this week – it captures the zany, wacky mind of Douglas Adams, and the crazy elements of this fantastic, if silly story.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with my winner, or does one of the others work better for you? Let me know in the comments!

Next week I will be looking for a cover featuring the undead: “This is the way the world ends; not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.”