# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 270
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5384 "2021-04-07T00:02:40Z")
Notable people with towns, states or provinces, geographic regions or countries in their names 1. Lorraine Hansberry 2. Gary Owens 3. America Ferrera 4. Georgia O’Keeffe 5. Cuba Gooding Jr. 6. Kathy Ireland 7. Brittany Snow 8. Tom Holland ---
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Notable people with towns, states or provinces, geographic regions or countries in their names 1. Lorraine Hansberry 2. Gary Owens 3. America Ferrera 4. Georgia O’Keeffe 5. Cuba Gooding Jr. 6. Kathy Ireland 7. Brittany Snow 8. Tom Holland 9. Anatole France ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5386 "2021-04-07T01:49:40Z")
Notable people with towns, states or provinces, geographic regions or countries in their names 1. Lorraine Hansberry 2. Gary Owens 3. America Ferrera 4. Georgia O’Keeffe 5. Cuba Gooding Jr. 6. Kathy Ireland 7. Brittany Snow 8. Tom Holland 9. Anatole France 10. Paris Hilton ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5387 "2021-04-07T04:08:20Z")
Notable people with towns, states or provinces, geographic regions or countries in their names 1. Lorraine Hansberry 2. Gary Owens 3. America Ferrera 4. Georgia O’Keeffe 5. Cuba Gooding Jr. 6. Kathy Ireland 7. Brittany Snow 8. Tom Holland 9. Anatole France 10. Paris Hilton 11. Jack London ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5388 "2021-04-07T04:57:36Z")
Notable people with towns, states or provinces, geographic regions or countries in their names 1. Lorraine Hansberry 2. Gary Owens 3. America Ferrera 4. Georgia O’Keeffe 5. Cuba Gooding Jr. 6. Kathy Ireland 7. Brittany Snow 8. Tom Holland 9. Anatole France 10. Paris Hilton 11. Jack London 12. Irving Berlin ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5389 "2021-04-07T13:53:01Z")
Notable people with towns, states or provinces, geographic regions or countries in their names 1. Lorraine Hansberry 2. Gary Owens 3. America Ferrera 4. Georgia O’Keeffe 5. Cuba Gooding Jr. 6. Kathy Ireland 7. Brittany Snow 8. Tom Holland 9. Anatole France 10. Paris Hilton 11. Jack London 12. Irving Berlin 13. Virginia Mayo **Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5390 "2021-04-07T15:47:57Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5391 "2021-04-07T17:05:42Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5392 "2021-04-07T18:03:40Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines Although the series would probably work better on TV. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5393 "2021-04-07T18:56:37Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 5. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken Also would probably work better as a miniseries. Many of Aiken’s books and stories have been made into movies or TV, but not this one ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5394 "2021-04-07T19:42:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein Well, I agree it’s a pretty bad movie series, but it indeed has been [made into a movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/). ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5395 "2021-04-07T20:45:38Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 5. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 6. Kindred by Octavia Butler There was a move released in 2020 titled _Kindred_, but it had nothing to do with this book. Also, there is another 2020 movie called _Antebellum_ which contains certain aspects of the book, but nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5396 "2021-04-07T22:24:08Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames Starship Troopers removed, 'cause, as FastDan said, there’ve been movies. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5397 "2021-04-07T22:37:48Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein To restore the Heinlein balance. ---
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**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein 8. _The Golden Gate_ by Alistair MacLean _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein 8. _The Golden Gate_ by Alistair MacLean 9. _Metzger’s Dog_, by Thomas Perry ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5400 "2021-04-08T05:21:50Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein 8. _The Golden Gate_ by Alistair MacLean 9. _Metzger’s Dog_ , by Thomas Perry 10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5401 "2021-04-08T05:29:52Z")
**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein 8. _The Golden Gate_ by Alistair MacLean 9. _Metzger’s Dog_ , by Thomas Perry 10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 11. _Love and Freindship_ by Jane Austen It really is “Freindship”, and it hasn’t been made into a film. The 2016 film titled _Love and Friendship_ is based on an early Austen novel which she titled _Lady Susan_ ---
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**Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein 8. _The Golden Gate_ by Alistair MacLean 9. _Metzger’s Dog_ , by Thomas Perry 10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 11. _Love and Freindship_ by Jane Austen 12. _The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History_, Peter Maas Great book about Swede Momsen. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5403 "2021-04-08T20:23:42Z")
> [@FastDan1](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein > > Well, I agree it’s a pretty bad movie series, but it indeed has been [made into a movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/). Humor. It is a difficult concept. **Books You Would Like To See Made Into Movies That Haven’t Been** 1. The Anubis Gate, by Tim Powers 2. Armor, by John Steakly 3. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines 4. Go Saddle the Sea by Joan Aiken 5. Kindred by Octavia Butler 6. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 7. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein 8. _The Golden Gate_ by Alistair MacLean 9. _Metzger’s Dog_ , by Thomas Perry 10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 11. _Love and Freindship_ by Jane Austen 12. _The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History_ , Peter Maas 13. _Aztec_ by Gary Jennings My all-time favorite historical novel: a lost empire, adventure, discovery, romance, war, sex, human sacrifice, etc. etc. etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=271)