When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
3/25/25; 336 pages
Tor Publishing/Macmillian
The moon has turned into cheese. A new lunar cycle marks the moment when the moon was replaced with cheese, or an "organic matrix," as NASA prefers to put it. All the lunar rock samples on earth have also turned to cheese. One concern is that a mass of cheese sixteen hundred miles in diameter isn't likely to be stable.
Now everyone around the world is confronting and struggling with the
existential questions regarding all aspects of the moon turning to
cheese. These discussions include average citizens, scientists,
politicians, astronauts, authors, billionaires, filmmakers,
philosophers, religious leaders, students, comedians, bankers, and more.
As expected, the writing is excellent. My appreciation of When the Moon Hits Your Eye only increased while reading. The premise is introduced and then chapters are various people reacting. It covers one lunar cycle. There are no main characters, however there are several recurring characters. The narrative can be extremely humorous but also serious and touching at times.
The plot unfolds through a collection of a wide variety of people
reacting to an absolutely absurd occurrence that challenges everyone's
fundamental understanding of the universe. It is a satirical book about a
cross section of humanity faced with a large scale crisis and how they
react. The crisis here is a moon made of cheese but comparisons could be
made to the varied and numerous reactions to other world wide events.
When the Moon Hits Your Eye is a perfect choice for readers who can appreciate the surface level absurd situation and understand the deeper implications it induces. Thanks to Tor/Macmillian for providing me with an advance reader's copy via NetGalley. My review is voluntary and expresses my honest opinion.
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