Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy .   This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books’ covers.  The rules are fairly simple and can be found here.  Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite.  Simples.  This week the theme is:

A Land of Milk and Honey

A cover which features an idealised land

This week I’ve gone with The Just City by Jo Walton – because it seems perfect for this theme – a story about an experiment to create a truly ‘just’ city based on Plato’s Republic:

The first cover really draws my eye I have to admit and I like the colours and the font very much.  The darker cover isn’t quite as eye catching in that respect but I think it feels more in fitting with the actual story somehow.  However, in spite of that I can’t help my attraction to the first, it doesn’t feel as in keeping with the spirit of the story somehow, in fact it has an almost mediaeval fairytale type feel but I think it’s still my favourite:

The winner:

Next week’s theme:

Lady in Red

A cover which features a female character in red