372 Pages We'll Never Get Back

372 Pages We'll Never Get Back is a podcast series created by Michael J. Nelson (of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax fame) and Conor Lastowka (author of The Pole Vault Champion of the Universe and also on RiffTrax). Beginning in 2017 with Ernest Cline's Ready Player One (the titular 372-page book), the podcast discusses literature that the two men "are probably going to hate."[1][2][3][4]

372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
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Presentation
StarringMichael J. Nelson
Conor Lastowka
Genreliterary criticism
LanguageEnglish
Lengthtypically 90–150 minutes per episode
Production
Theme music composed byConor Lastowka
Audio formatMP3
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes90
Publication
Original releaseSeptember 1, 2017 (2017-09-01) – present
Related showsRiffTrax
Website372pages.com

Episodes
SeasonEpisodesDatesBookSummary
11–8September 1 – October 27, 2017Ready Player One — Ernest ClineCritically acclaimed bestselling novel, set in a dystopian future where a young man immerses himself in a virtual world based on 1980s pop culture and partakes in a competition for fame and fortune.
29–16January 26 – March 23, 2018Armada — Ernest ClineA teenager plays an online video game about defending against an alien invasion, only to find out that the game is a simulator to prepare him against an actual alien invasion.
319–21October 12–26, 2018The Eye of Argon — Jim TheisSword and sorcery short story about a barbarian and his adventures.
422–29November 2, 2018 – January 16, 2019TekWar — William Shatner and Ron GoulartA science fiction detective novel set in the future, with robots and cyborgs abounding.
530–33February 4–27, 2019The Forensic Certified Public Accountant and the Cremated 64-SQUARES Financial Statements — Dwight David Thrash CPA FCPA CGMASelf-published novel about a Certified Public Accountant who attempts to solve the destruction of a skyscraper by the "Cat-Burglar Terrorist."
634–38March 11 – April 11, 2019Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff — Sean PennPolitical satire by Oscar-winning actor notorious for its "experimental" prose style.
739–47May 6 – July 1, 2019The Mister — E. L. JamesRomance novel by the bestselling author of the Fifty Shades series about a British aristocrat who falls in love with his house cleaner from Albania.
848–53July 15 – September 3, 2019Trucking Through Time — Charles E. HarrisA self-published novel about time traveling truck drivers.
954–58September 16 – October 23, 2019The Lair of the White Worm — Bram StokerEdwardian-era horror novel by the author of Dracula about a giant white worm.
1059–67November 13, 2019 – January 30, 2020Shadow Moon — Chris Claremont and George LucasFantasy novel forming a sequel to the 1988 film Willow.
1168–70February 18 – March 10, 2020Moon People — Dale M. CourtneySelf-published science fiction romance novel.
1271–77April 6 – June 3, 2020Digital Fortress — Dan BrownMystery/Thriller novel on the theme of government surveillance and cryptography.
1378–80June 30 – July 24, 2020My Immortal — Tara GilesbieNotorious Harry Potter fanfic in which the characters are depicted as goths and preps.
1481–88August 7 – November 13, 2020Midnight Sun — Stephenie MeyerRetelling of the young adult vampire romance Twilight from the point-of-view of Edward Cullen.
1589–November 2020 –Ready Player Two — Ernest ClineSequel to Ready Player One; Wade Watts finds a new advancement in Halliday’s vaults, that could change the world.

Reception
Michael J. Nelson, photographed in 2011.

In 2017, Marc Hershon of Vulture.com wrote, "While I actually enjoyed breezing through Cline’s tribute to pop culture of latter half of the 20th century, I can’t deny a certain pleasure in reliving it through 372 Pages’ comedically brutal thrashing."[5]

The A.V. Club's Mike Vanderbilt interviewed Nelson and Lastowka in 2018.[6]

In 2019, Alice Nuttall of Book Riot wrote, "Nelson and Lastowka spin bad books into gold. Listening to an episode is like sitting in on a reading group run by people who are much funnier than you are."[7] In 2020 Emily Martin compared it to How Did This Get Made?.[8]

See also

References
  1. "372 Pages We'll Never Get Back is creating Podcasts About Terrible Books". Patreon.
  2. "372 Pages We'll Never Get Back". podbay.
  3. "372 Pages We'll Never Get Back by 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
  4. "OwlTail – Best Episodes of 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back". www.owltail.com.
  5. Wright, Megh (October 12, 2017). "This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Larry Wilmore and Michael Bennett on 'Black on the Air'". Vulture.
  6. Vanderbilt, Mike. "Exclusive: It's game over when RiffTrax alums take on Ernest Cline and Ready Player One". News.
  7. Book Riot
  8. Martin, Emily (May 11, 2020). "Science Fiction Podcasts: 15 You Can Listen to Right Now".
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