# 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:** 481
**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:** [July 7, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9604 "2022-07-07T23:03:00Z")
**Favorite Living Authors** 1. Tim Powers 2. Ron Chernow 3. Michael Connelly 4. Mo Willems 5. John Scalzi 6. Isabel Allende 7. Joe Haldeman 8. Nick Hornby 9. Dan Chaon ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9605 "2022-07-08T11:05:48Z")
**Favorite Living Authors** 1. Tim Powers 2. Ron Chernow 3. Michael Connelly 4. Mo Willems 5. John Scalzi 6. Isabel Allende 7. Joe Haldeman 8. Nick Hornby 9. Dan Chaon 10. David McCullough ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9606 "2022-07-08T14:38:11Z")
**Favorite Living Authors** 1. Tim Powers 2. Ron Chernow 3. Michael Connelly 4. Mo Willems 5. John Scalzi 6. Isabel Allende 7. Joe Haldeman 8. Nick Hornby 9. Dan Chaon 10. David McCullough 11. Neil Gaiman ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9607 "2022-07-08T17:08:33Z")
**Favorite Living Authors** 1. Tim Powers 2. Ron Chernow 3. Michael Connelly 4. Mo Willems 5. John Scalzi 6. Isabel Allende 7. Joe Haldeman 8. Nick Hornby 9. Dan Chaon 10. David McCullough 11. Neil Gaiman 12. David Pietrusza ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9608 "2022-07-08T20:12:42Z")
**Favorite Living Authors** 1. Tim Powers 2. Ron Chernow 3. Michael Connelly 4. Mo Willems 5. John Scalzi 6. Isabel Allende 7. Joe Haldeman 8. Nick Hornby 9. Dan Chaon 10. David McCullough 11. Neil Gaiman 12. David Pietrusza 13. George R.R. Martin ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9609 "2022-07-08T20:14:17Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9610 "2022-07-08T20:56:22Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9611 "2022-07-08T20:57:53Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9612 "2022-07-08T21:16:22Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9613 "2022-07-08T21:40:37Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9614 "2022-07-08T23:25:24Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9615 "2022-07-09T00:33:39Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson 7. John Grisham ---
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9616 "2022-07-09T04:05:47Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson 7. John Grisham 8. James Menkhaus ---
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9617 "2022-07-09T15:32:53Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson 7. John Grisham 8. James Menkhaus 9. Lisa See ---
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9618 "2022-07-09T15:55:18Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson 7. John Grisham 8. James Menkhaus 9. Lisa See 10. Jonathan Stroud ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9619 "2022-07-10T01:41:30Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson 7. John Grisham 8. James Menkhaus 9. Lisa See 10. Jonathan Stroud 11. Peter Baker ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9620 "2022-07-10T21:31:51Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson 7. John Grisham 8. James Menkhaus 9. Lisa See 10. Jonathan Stroud 11. Peter Baker 12. Kate DiCamillo ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9621 "2022-07-11T13:59:30Z")
**More Favorite Living Authors (no repeats from previous list)** 1. Diane Duane 2. Neal Stephenson 3. J.K. Rowling 4. Stephen King 5. Peter David 6. Katherine Paterson 7. John Grisham 8. James Menkhaus 9. Lisa See 10. Jonathan Stroud 11. Peter Baker 12. Kate DiCamillo 13. Laurie King **Ukraine news** 1. HIMARS arrive ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9622 "2022-07-11T20:53:11Z")
**Ukraine news** 1. HIMARS arrive 2. Ukrainians fleeing to Canada are considered temporary residents, not refugees [Why Ukrainian newcomers are not refugees and why that matters | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ukrainian-refugee-canada-ukraine-authorization-for-emergency-travel-1.6498928#:~:text=In%20March%2C%20the%20federal%20government,program%20are%20considered%20temporary%20residents). ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/9623 "2022-07-11T21:08:11Z")
**Ukraine news** 1. HIMARS arrive 2. Ukrainians fleeing to Canada are considered temporary residents, not refugees 3. UN to monitor Ukraine war for violations against children. [https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/monitor-ukraine-war-violations-children-86624681](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/monitor-ukraine-war-violations-children-86624681) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=482)