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When the Moon Hits Your Eye

By: John Scalzi
Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
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New York Times bestseller John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye

The moon has turned into cheese.

Now humanity has to deal with it.

For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.

Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and terminal patients at the end of their lives -- over the length of an entire lunar cycle, each get their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to pray, to laugh and to grieve. All in a kaleidoscopic novel that goes all the places you’d expect, and then to so many places you wouldn’t.

It’s a wild moonage daydream. Ride this rocket.

©2025 John Scalzi (P)2024 Audible, Inc. Adventure Editors Select Humorous Science Fiction Witty
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Editorial Review

Listen to the moon and back
Between conference calls and car-pool pickups, my days are more chaotic than ever—and there is absolutely nothing that allows me to escape my daily life as entertainingly as a new John Scalzi audiobook. The thoughtful blend of humour and heart had me laughing out loud and smiling from ear to ear, from start to finish. The unique combination of Scalzi’s brilliant and witty storytelling and Wil Wheaton’s incredible narration is science fiction at its finest. Whether you’ve ever wondered how you’d react if the moon turned into cheese or not, this production will entertain, delight and inspire you. —Esther B., Audible Editor

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Another cracker (yup, with cheese) from John. When the chair hit his face, I woke the house with my laughing!

Cheddar - has to be

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Firstly, I'm one of those that now struggles to separate Scalzi and Wheaton. Sorry, it's just how it is now.

The premise is utterly ASB and handled incredibly plausibly, including seeing the inevitable capitalist gauging and stupidity of humans.

Well worth listening to. unless you have the dead tree version, in which case it's worth reading. Sits in the tradition of "Stark" and "Don't Look Up" in the best way.

Organic based lattice is now a term

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This book is wonderful! Scalzi takes us into imagining the lives of unrelated people trying to navigate the fact that the moon has turned to cheese. Each chapter shows us a different set of people (some very close to real characters we all know..), and it is so well written it made me care about most of these characters. It's funny, and it's funny in the best way as it is not due to dialogues but to situations we can easily see happening. What a beautiful read, Will Wheaton made me smile a lot, and almost cry in a couple of scenes. What a great narration to a great book!

Wonderful read (almost not cheesy!)

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Come to this knowing it is a collection of short stories, with a strong common thread, rather than a single Scalzi Sci Fi novel, but it's still a blast. It reflects on how society would react under the (ridiculous!) premise of the moon turning to cheese, covering different aspects of humanity and society, in the typicality humourous Scalzi style.

Read by the absolutely fantastic Wil Wheaton, who as always brings the story to life.

It's worth listening to the authors notes at the end too, to get more context to the story's evolution.

Not your normal Scalzi, but none the worse for it.

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I love John Scalzi books, but as well as excited I'm always a little worried when a new one comes out - what if I don't like it, what if it's not as good as the rest of his work - how on earth can he write a book about the moon turning to cheese that isn't either a fairy tale or just downright stupid? Well he did. Forget the whole how and why it happened, and concentrate on the characters and their reactions to it (characterisation and humour being 2 of the things I like best in Scalzis' stories) and enjoy.

As ever Wil Wheaton (who for my money is one of the best narrators in the business) is the voice of John Scalzi, and imbibes the warmth and humour of the book into the spoken word.

Already one of my favourites

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