My Cultural Diet

If any other author had written When the Moon Hits Your Eye — in which the world grapples with the scientific, religious, and existential ramifications of the moon suddenly turning into cheese (or an “organic matrix,” to use NASA’s term) — I probably would’ve left it on the library shelf. But since it was written by John Scalzi, it was a must-read. As I’ve mentioned before, Scalzi’s novels are like bacon double cheeseburgers: not necessarily the deepest or most profound books you’ll read, but when you’re in the mood for one, nothing else will satisfy. That said, When the Moon Hits Your Eye is his lightest, most whimsical novel to date, even when he’s taking tech billionaires to task or writing about a pastor’s crisis of faith. It was also the one I had the hardest time getting into. Scalzi’s novels are usually a quick weekend read for me, but this one’s vignette-ish nature — its chapters ping-pong around a vast cast of characters, some of whom we never see again — made it difficult to built up reading momentum. To Scalzi’s credit, though, I stayed up way too late finishing it because, in the end, I didn’t want to put it down.

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