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 (writer for RiffTrax and novelist). 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] though they have stated they end up enjoying some books much more than others.

372 Pages We'll Never Get Back
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Presentation
StarringMichael J. Nelson
Conor Lastowka
GenreLiterary criticism, satire
LanguageEnglish
Lengthtypically 90–150 minutes per episode
Production
Theme music composed byConor Lastowka
Audio formatMP3
No. of seasons26
No. of episodes151
Publication
Original releaseSeptember 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)
Related
Related showsRiffTrax
Like Trees Walking
Website372pages.com

Episodes
SeasonEpisodesRelease datesBookSummary
11–8September 1 – October 27, 2017Ready Player One — Ernest ClineBestselling novel, set in a dystopian future where a young man immerses himself in a virtual reality world based on 1980s popular 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 the barbarian Grignr and his adventures.
422–29November 2, 2018 – January 16, 2019TekWar — William Shatner and Ron GoulartA science fiction neo-noir detective novel set in 22nd-century Southern California and Mexico, centered around the fictional electronic drug "tek".
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 the Oscar-winning actor, notorious for its "experimental" prose style.
739–47May 6 – July 1, 2019The Mister — E. L. JamesRomance novel by the author of the bestselling Fifty Shades series about a British aristocrat who falls in love with his Albanian maid.
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 mysterious monster threatening rural Derbyshire.
1059–67November 13, 2019 – January 30, 2020Shadow Moon — Chris Claremont and George LucasFantasy novel serving as 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 fan fiction 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.
1589–95November 26, 2020 – February 26, 2021Ready Player Two — Ernest ClineSequel to Ready Player One; Wade Watts finds a new advancement in Halliday's vaults that could change the world.
1696–99March 23 – April 30, 2021The Quilters Push Back: Miranda Hathaway Adventure #7 — Mary Devlin Lynch, Debbie Devlin Zook and Beth Devlin-KeuneCozy mystery in which a team of quilters confront the American opioid crisis.
17100–107May 20 – September 17, 2021Modelland — Tyra Banks and Michael SalortA young aspiring model attends a magical boarding school for models.
18108–112October 8 – November 19, 2021Irene Iddesleigh — Amanda McKittrick RosVictorian melodrama long ridiculed for its purple prose: a young English lady marries an older man, realizes she doesn't love him, and then elopes to America with her tutor.
19113–119December 10, 2021 – March 23, 2022Antigua: The Land of Fairies, Wizards and Heroes (Part 1) — Denise Brown Ellis and Larry EllisSelf-published children's fantasy novel in which warrior princesses fight an evil dragon.
20120–124April 1 – June 17, 2022Gump and Co. — Winston GroomSequel to the 1986 novel Forrest Gump, published one year after that book's movie adaptation.
21125–130July 8 – October 21, 2022Super Constitution — Charles KimScience-fiction novel about the formation of a single world government by technological means.
22131–134November 8 – December 23, 2022Murder in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery — Meg MuldoonChristmas-themed cozy mystery about the murder of a man behind a pie shop during a gingerbread house building competition.
23135–139January 18 – March 24, 2023Edison's Conquest of Mars — Garrett P. Serviss19th-century science fiction, considered the first space opera, in which Thomas Edison leads Earth in a war against Martian invaders.
24140–146April 11 – June 23, 2023Artemis — Andy WeirSci-fi heist adventure follow-up to The Martian about a young Saudi Arabian woman living in the titular lunar colony plotting to get rich.
25147–150July 21 – September 7, 2023The Starlight Barking — Dodie SmithSequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians, in which all creatures except dogs are put into a deep sleep and dogs acquire supernatural powers.
26151–September 2023 –The Adventures of the Teen Archaeologists: The Land of the Moepek — Larry Ellis and Denise Brown EllisYoung adult fiction about teenaged archaeologists who discover an ancient African civilisation.

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."[4]

The A.V. Club's Mike Vanderbilt interviewed Nelson and Lastowka in 2018.[5]

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."[6] In 2020 Emily Martin compared it to How Did This Get Made?.[7]

In 2020, E. A. Henson of Biff Bam Pop! reviewed it positively, saying "372 Pages manages to avoid those common podcast pitfalls and hilarious[ly] transcend the source material" and that "[T]hese books are so amazingly bad that they almost seem like some kind of outsider art."[8]

References
  1. "'Ready Player Two' Tried to Kill Our Love of the '80s. It Didn't Work". www.yahoo.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  2. "Ready Player One represents the worst in modern pop culture fandom". The Comeback. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. Roberts, Synovia (2020-04-13). "Podcasts That Will Replace Book Club". bookstr.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  4. Wright, Megh (October 12, 2017). "This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Larry Wilmore and Michael Bennett on 'Black on the Air'". Vulture.
  5. Vanderbilt, Mike (30 March 2018). "Exclusive: It's game over when RiffTrax alums take on Ernest Cline and Ready Player One". News.
  6. Book Riot
  7. Martin, Emily (May 11, 2020). "Science Fiction Podcasts: 15 You Can Listen to Right Now".
  8. Henson, E. A. (April 22, 2020). "Heroes & Villains: Archie vs Predator II, 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back". biffbampop.com.
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