I haven’t always been completely enamored with Michel Faber’s novels, but I’m still thinking about “The Book of Strange New Things” months after reading the book. Next week, the UK version of the paperback edition will be released with stunning cover art by illustrator Yehrin Tong. Even if you are not usually a reader of science fiction, you might want to make an exception for this thought provoking book. Faber’s mediation on love, loss and faith may be a morality tale set in a fictional galaxy, but it has profound meaning for life on Earth—and the book looks great too.