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When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

March 18, 2026 by Classic 2 Comments

I Did Not Finish at 37 percent. Sigh. I don’t know. I either love John Scalzi or am totally baffled at what he is trying to do and find myself getting irritated. I was always wary of space operas, but for the most part really enjoy them now due to The Murderbot series. And I did love the first book in Scalzi’s Old Man’s War. But it’s been hit or miss with me the past few years because it seems to me most of his books are just […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Classic's CBR18 Review No:21 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: john scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye ·
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Possible Death By Lunar Cheese Volcano

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

May 7, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

When the Moon Hits Your Eye is not really a straightforward story. The premise is basically “What if the moon actually turned to cheese, suddenly and unexplicably? How would people react?” Each chapter is a mini-episode of a couple of people trying to figure out what is going on, and what they think and how they feel about it.  These episodes range from a group of retirees in a diner, to a couple of young adults working at rival cheese shops, to NASA scientists, to […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cheese, humor, john scalzi, moon, sci-fi, speculative, When the Moon Hits Your Eye

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cheese, humor, john scalzi, moon, sci-fi, speculative, When the Moon Hits Your Eye ·
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*Sigh*

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

March 22, 2025 by Emmalita 1 Comment

In John Scalzi’s When the Moon Hits Your Eye, the moon has turned to cheese, what now? So, When the Moon Hits Your Eye did not work for me for a couple of reasons. First, the structure of the story, looking at an event from a variety of perspectives as they experience it, is one that is hard for me to stay engaged with. Second, I had a hard time reading this story in this particular moment. I found reading about governments responding competently and listening […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye

Emmalita's CBR17 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: john scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye ·
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