18 episodes

With the help of their friends and otherwise useless English degrees, Isaac and Declan take on the ever growing world of truly awful writing, one chapter at a time. We read them so you don't have to!

Big Bad Books Shame City

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

With the help of their friends and otherwise useless English degrees, Isaac and Declan take on the ever growing world of truly awful writing, one chapter at a time. We read them so you don't have to!

    I or AI? (Halloween Spooktacular)

    I or AI? (Halloween Spooktacular)

    In a terrifying divergence from form, the Big Bad Books Boys are taking a break from Old Uncle Cline's Almanac of References to explore the lengths, breadths, and depths of horror fiction. Not real fiction (??), mind you. No, more a collection of random snippets written either by a robot, or by an AI. Declan is left - as are you, dear listener, - to determine which is which.

    • 57 min
    Real Estate: Chapter 18 (Ready Player Two)

    Real Estate: Chapter 18 (Ready Player Two)

    Ernest continues to defy all expectations, by setting a third consecutive chapter in the delightfully underwhelming world of Shermer, with still no end in sight!
    This time we have RDJ being coerced, we’ve got DUBI and Doobage galore, and we have our most upsetting visit (yet) to the horrors of Gulag Caledonia.
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    • 59 min
    Prevarication: Chapter 17 (Ready Player Two)

    Prevarication: Chapter 17 (Ready Player Two)

    It's been a minute since we checked-up on Wade and the Gunter Gang, but fortunately they're still on the very-interesting-and-not-remotely-laborious-to-read-about planet of Shermer!
    In this chapter, we explore all the ways Cline doesn't want to share the answer to his good puzzles, witness a needle-drop for the ages, and PAUSE (in a gamer way) to discover what manner of horrors have befallen Gulag Caledonia.
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    • 1 hr 31 min
    John Hughes: Chapter 16 (Ready Player Two)

    John Hughes: Chapter 16 (Ready Player Two)

    Reeling from the shard-related revelations of last time, we were all ready for an action-packed chapter. But Cline is a master of subverting expectations, and instead provided us with the most boring collection of pages ever! Join us as we traverse the medium-sized planet of Shermer dedicated to all things John Hughes.

    • 1 hr 24 min
    Pacing: Chapter 15 (Ready Player Two)

    Pacing: Chapter 15 (Ready Player Two)

    Another episode, another chapter, and after the white-knuckle excitement of the Ninja-Sega/Sega-Ninja rundown last time out, we’re in for even more excitement, as we finally see Wade in some death-defying combat, and uncover more of the mysterious past Halliday has been hiding.

    Plus, we enter the realm of Gulag Caledonia, an all-too-divorced prediction of a future ravaged by God-forgetters. Not to be missed!

    • 1 hr 28 min
    Ekphrasis: Chapter 14 (Ready Player Two)

    Ekphrasis: Chapter 14 (Ready Player Two)

    After an Easter Gunting hiatus, we're back with another chapter. This one's heavy on the games and light on the story. Just the way we like it! Ernest puts us in the shoes of Wade in the cyber-shoes of Parzival who is, in turn, in the simulated-kicks of Kira Underwood: the coolest teen in Middletown (Ohio).

    • 1 hr 22 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

Dangernene ,

Nothing you do in life will matter if you don’t listen to this podcast

If you’ve ever tried to read a really bad book out of a sense of duty or even just pure masochism, you’ll understand the slog of trying to complete - let alone enjoy - an appalling piece of literature. Fortunately, not only have the Shame Boys stoically taken on the task and endured the mental, physical, and psychic damage involved therein, but they have achieved the near impossible and made it fun, exciting, and even hilarious for you and me, the humble listener.
Full marks for this podcast and for its hosts, Isaac and Declan - unequivocally, heroes of our time.

Mr Shy Yeti ,

A Home For BBB!

Books that are big and bad have been waiting for this show... well, ever since books were first invented way back in 1968. Anyway! This show does for books that are bad and also big what pies do for hungry yeti... ummm... maybe.... I'm confusing myself bow! Look... I'm a librarian so you have to listen to me - books rule.... especially large non-good ones! Please listen!

95KOD ,

Very funny podcast

Dec and Isaac have great chemistry and some hilarious takes on some of the worst literature out there

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