''372 Pages We'll Never Get Back'' is a

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series created by

Michael J. Nelson Michael John Nelson (born October 11, 1964) is an American comedian and writer, most known for his work on the television series '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''MST3K''). Nelson was the head writer of the series for most of the show's origi ...

(of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' and ''

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'' fame) and Conor Lastowka (author of ''The Pole Vault Champion of the Universe'' and writer for ''RiffTrax''). Beginning in 2017 with

Ernest Cline Ernest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He wrote the novels '' Ready Player One'', '' Armada'', and '' Ready Player Two'' and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation ...

's ''

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'' (the titular 372-page book), the podcast discusses literature that the two men "are probably going to hate," though they have stated they end up enjoying some books much more than others.

Episodes

Reception

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."

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's Mike Vanderbilt interviewed Nelson and Lastowka in 2018. 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." In 2020 Emily Martin compared it to ''

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''. In 2020, E. A. Henson of ''Biff Bam Pop!'' reviewed it positively, saying "''372 Pages'' manages to avoid those common podcast pitfalls and hilarious ytranscend the source material" and that " ese books are so amazingly bad that they almost seem like some kind of

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