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When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Brief Description
One day, suddenly and without explanation, the moon turns into a ball of cheese. For some, it's an opportunity. For others, it's time to question their life choices. How can the world stay the same in the face of such absurdity and uncertainty? Astronauts and billionaires,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes a high-concept, light-hearted science fiction adventure. What on earth would happen if, one day, the moon was suddenly made of cheese?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes a high-concept, light-hearted science fiction adventure. What on earth would happen if, one day, the moon was suddenly made of cheese? Now in B format

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One day, suddenly and without explanation, the moon turns into a ball of cheese.

For some, it's an opportunity. For others, it's time to question their life choices. How can the world stay the same in the face of such absurdity and uncertainty?

Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and patients at the end of their lives - over the length of a lunar cycle, each gets their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to hope, to laugh and to grieve. All in a story that goes to all the places you'd expect, and to many others you could never anticipate. For the people of the earth, this could be the end - or the beginning of a whole new world.

From the Hugo and Locus Award-winning author John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye is an entirely serious take on an entirely unserious subject.


Praise for When the Moon Hits Your Eye:

'Very funny and occasionally moving, this is a welcome bit of comic relief' - The Guardian

'Funny, emotional, thought-provoking and scary' - SFX Magazine

'Riotously fun. This is an apocalypse like no other . . . an absolutely bonkers joy' - Fantasy Hive

'Scalzi's ability to balance scathing satire with heartfelt optimism shines' - Publishers Weekly

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509835287

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tor

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 228g

Pages: 336

About the Author

John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Lock In, Redshirts, which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Last Emperox and The Kaiju Preservation Society. Material from his widely read blog Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.

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