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 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 | |
|---|---|
 Logo | |
| Presentation | |
| Starring | Michael J. Nelson Conor Lastowka |
| Genre | literary criticism |
| Language | English |
| Length | typically 90–120 minutes per episode |
| Production | |
| Theme music composed by | Conor Lastowka |
| Audio format | MP3 |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 81 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | September 1, 2017 – present |
| Related shows | RiffTrax |
| Website | 372pages |
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Dates | Book | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–8 | September 1 – October 27, 2017 | Ready Player One — Ernest Cline | Critically 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. |
| 2 | 9–16 | January 26 – March 23, 2018 | Armada — Ernest Cline | A 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. |
| 3 | 19–21 | October 12–26, 2018 | The Eye of Argon — Jim Theis | Sword and sorcery short story about a barbarian and his adventures. |
| 4 | 22–29 | November 2, 2018 – January 16, 2019 | TekWar — William Shatner and Ron Goulart | A science fiction detective novel set in the future, with robots and cyborgs abounding. |
| 5 | 30–33 | February 4–27, 2019 | The Forensic Certified Public Accountant and the Cremated 64-SQUARES Financial Statements — Dwight David Thrash CPA FCPA CGMA | Self-published novel about a Certified Public Accountant who attempts to solve the destruction of a skyscraper by the "Cat-Burglar Terrorist." |
| 6 | 34–38 | March 11 – April 11, 2019 | Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff — Sean Penn | Political satire by Oscar-winning actor notorious for its "experimental" prose style. |
| 7 | 39–47 | May 6 – July 1, 2019 | The Mister — E. L. James | Romance novel by the bestselling author of the Fifty Shades series about a British aristocrat who falls in love with his house cleaner from Albania. |
| 8 | 48–53 | July 15 – September 3, 2019 | Trucking Through Time — Charles E. Harris | A self-published novel about time traveling truck drivers. |
| 9 | 54–58 | September 16 – October 23, 2019 | The Lair of the White Worm — Bram Stoker | Edwardian-era horror novel by the author of Dracula about a giant white worm. |
| 10 | 59–67 | November 13, 2019 – January 30, 2020 | Shadow Moon — Chris Claremont and George Lucas | Fantasy novel forming a sequel to the 1988 film Willow. |
| 11 | 68–70 | February 18 – March 10, 2020 | Moon People — Dale M. Courtney | Self-published science fiction romance novel. |
| 12 | 71–77 | April 6 – June 3, 2020 | Digital Fortress — Dan Brown | Mystery/Thriller novel on the theme of government surveillance and cryptography. |
| 13 | 78–80 | June 30 – July 24, 2020 | My Immortal — Tara Gilesbie | Notorious Harry Potter fanfic in which the characters are depicted as goths and preps. |
| 14 | 81– | August 7, 2020 – | Midnight Sun — Stephenie Meyer | Retelling of the young adult vampire romance Twilight from the point-of-view of Edward Cullen. |
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]
gollark: > Auto-anvil> Entirely manually operated
gollark: Okay, I have DEFINITELY not got any timer issues now because it has been eight hours or so since I was on.
gollark: Yes, they are. Unfortunately, I was temporarily using Lua, which uses 1-based indexing.
gollark: SCP-SCP-033
gollark: Go [DATA EXPUNGED] yourself.
See also
References
- "372 Pages We'll Never Get Back is creating Podcasts About Terrible Books". Patreon.
- "372 Pages We'll Never Get Back". podbay.
- "372 Pages We'll Never Get Back by 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
- "OwlTail – Best Episodes of 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back". www.owltail.com.
- This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Larry Wilmore and Michael Bennett on 'Black on the Air'-Vulture
- Vanderbilt, Mike. "Exclusive: It's game over when RiffTrax alums take on Ernest Cline and Ready Player One". News.
- Book Riot
External links
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