372 Pages We'll Never Get Back

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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 seasons17
No. of episodes106
Publication
Original releaseSeptember 1, 2017 (2017-09-01) – present
Related showsRiffTrax
Like Trees Walking
Website372pages.com

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]

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 81–88 August 7 – November 13, 2020 Midnight Sun — Stephenie Meyer Retelling of the young adult vampire romance Twilight from the point-of-view of Edward Cullen.
15 89–95 November 26, 2020 – February 26, 2021 Ready Player Two — Ernest Cline Sequel to Ready Player One; Wade Watts finds a new advancement in Halliday’s vaults, that could change the world.
16 96–99 March 23, 2021 – April 30, 2021 The Quilters Push Back: Miranda Hathaway Adventure #7 — Mary Devlin Lynch, Debbie Devlin Zook and Beth Devlin-Keune Cozy mystery in which a team of quilters face the American opioid crisis.
17 100– May 20, 2021 – present Modelland — Tyra Banks and Michael Salort A young aspiring model attends a magical boarding school for models.

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]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "'Ready Player Two' Tried to Kill Our Love of the '80s. It Didn't Work". www.yahoo.com. 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. "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".

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