Overview

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 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

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A light-hearted story with a likeable fish-out-of-water protagonist and a lot of very smart cats. There's also a dolphin labor dispute, some truly awful techbros, and a volcano island lair . . . Who could resist? -- Rebecca Roanhorse, author of <i>Black Sun</i> on <i>Starter Villain</i> Laugh-out-loud funny, intricately plotted and big-hearted enough to touch even the grumpiest cynic, Starter Villain establishes Scalzi as SF’s leading humourist -- <i>SFX </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i> Prepare to be delighted and surprised -- <i>The Daily Mail </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i> Satire aplenty . . . Charlie has to handle the lethal machinations of rival villains and also a pod of talking dolphins with militant trade union tendencies in a novel that gleefully skewers the vanity and inanity of a certain kind of plutocrat -- <i>The Financial Times </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i> Subverts classic supervillain tropes with equal measures of tongue-in-cheek humor and common sense . . . The result is a breezy and highly entertaining genre send-up -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i> on <i>Starter Villain</i> Fun, short and tightly plotted -- <i>New Scientist </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i> Scalzi again examines tropes in a tale of an ordinary individual being cast into an extraordinary situation with his trademark quick pacing, clever banter, and ability to find humor in desperate situations -- <i>Booklist</i>, starred review on <i>Starter Villain</i> Readers of humorous fantasy are sure to love Scalzi’s latest . . . it’s also for those who enjoy seeing superhero stories folded, twisted, and mutilated and anyone wishing for a righteous villain lair surrounded by intelligent sharks. Highly recommended -- <i>Library Journal</i>, starred review on <i>Starter Villain</i>

A ridiculous concept imbued with gravity, charm, humor, plausible cynicism, and pathos – and perhaps the merest touch of spite -- <i>Kirkus</i>, <b>starred review</b> Chock-full of Scalzi's trademark humor, and readers who love humorous science fiction in general and this author in particular are going to be rolling on the floor laughing out loud while reading * Library Journal * Scalzi’s ability to balance scathing satire with heartfelt optimism shines * Publishers Weekly * Bonkers joy. Prepare for a cheese apocalypse folks! * The Fantasy Hive * A light-hearted story with a likeable fish-out-of-water protagonist and a lot of very smart cats. There's also a dolphin labor dispute, some truly awful techbros, and a volcano island lair . . . Who could resist? -- Rebecca Roanhorse, author of <i>Black Sun</i> on <i>Starter Villain</i> Laugh-out-loud funny, intricately plotted and big-hearted enough to touch even the grumpiest cynic, Starter Villain establishes Scalzi as SF’s leading humourist -- <i>SFX </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i> Prepare to be delighted and surprised -- <i>The Daily Mail </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i> Satire aplenty . . . Charlie has to handle the lethal machinations of rival villains and also a pod of talking dolphins with militant trade union tendencies in a novel that gleefully skewers the vanity and inanity of a certain kind of plutocrat -- <i>The Financial Times </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i> Subverts classic supervillain tropes with equal measures of tongue-in-cheek humor and common sense . . . The result is a breezy and highly entertaining genre send-up -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i> on <i>Starter Villain</i> Fun, short and tightly plotted -- <i>New Scientist </i>on <i>Starter Villain</i>

Author Information

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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