Lit Chat Interview with John Scalzi, Bestselling Science Fiction Author

# Sci-Fi That Defies Expectations

Fly to the moon with New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi. In his most fantastic tale to date, When the Moon Hits Your Eye, the moon has turned into cheese and now humanity has to deal with it! From astronauts to billionaires, comedian and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and terminal patients at the end of their lives — over the length of an entire lunar cycle, each get their moment in the moonlight. 

For some it's an opportunity. For others it's a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.

Lit Chat Interview with John Scalzi

John Scalzi is one of the most popular science fiction authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Redshirts (which won the Hugo Award for Best Novel), The Last Emperox, The Kaiju Preservation Society, and Starter Villain. Material from his blog, Whatever, has earned him two other Hugo Awards.

Join us from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15, at Main Library for a 45-minute interview and 15 minutes of audience Q&A. 

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A book signing will follow, with books available for sale on site from San Marco Books & More. Note: Books can be pre-ordered (recommended) on their website and picked up at the event.

# Keep Reading

The Shattering Peace is Scalzi's nineteenth novel and the seventh book set in the bestselling Old Man's War universe and takes places ten years after the events of The End of All Things. Note: It is designed both as a standalone and an entry point into the series. Both longtime fans and people who have not read any of the previous books can dive right into the story. 

Find this and more of John Scalzi's work in our catalog.

Reminder: Any book written by a 2025 Lit Chat author counts toward your Jax Stacks Reading Challenge completion.

Readalikes

Do you like science fiction? Here are some other titles you may enjoy:

1. Leviathan Wakes, by James S.A. Corey
2. The Illuminae Files. Book 1, Illuminae, by Amie Kaufman
3. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
4. Assassins Anonymous, by Rob Hart
5. Moonbound, by Robin Sloan
6. Off Armageddon Reef, by David Weber
7. Titanium Noir, by Nick Harkaway
8. Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
9. Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer
10. Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan