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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

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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This is a good book. It is in an anthology style that I don't mine and sometimes even like. My partner was less a fan of this style then I am. Overall the story is good and I like that you get a bit.more of a long-term view of how the events would have been precived.

I always like Scazi

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I loved this audiobook, it's so easy to read and fun to read, and best of all a great audiobook with a great plot!!!!!

Great Story

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Let me open by saying first that I absolutely loved this book, and second that I am not a USA citizen and only lived there for six years of my childhood. This is relevant to my perceptions of the characters and events within the story.

Of course the premise is absurd, but that's why it worked so well. The story structure, yada, yada, yada – nope, not going there. I'll leave that for others.

It is Scalzi's superb characterizations that made this work for me. Possibly these are merely stereotypes – the same ones that we (non-US citizens) assign to all who live in the USA, but the main characters rang so true and were so believable and funny that I couldn't stop listening if you had paid me!

As a unpublished writer, I loved Day 23, I think it was, with solid advice thrown into the mix.

BTW, regarding the afterword, I'm a scientist and couldn't give two hoots about the scientific accuracy. That is not what this story was about. Just saying...

Thank you, John Scalzi, for writing yet another excellent story and thank you, Wil Wheaton for your great narration.

Fun and Fantastic 'Slices' of a the American Psyche

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Genuinely enjoyed every minute of it. The pace, the wit, humanity of it all worked so well.

Fantastic Read

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What matters is the people we meet along the way, how they deal with their world being turned upside-down... Or at least, their moon becoming an organic matrix.

Because the type of cheese doesn't matter

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