# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1340
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26784 "2014-06-20T22:35:49Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26785 "2014-06-20T22:51:18Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26786 "2014-06-21T00:49:53Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26787 "2014-06-21T01:16:52Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane The book features a grasshopper plague. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26788 "2014-06-21T02:18:05Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26789 "2014-06-21T04:51:46Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26790 "2014-06-21T05:16:15Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris 7. Starship Troopers, by Robert 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:** [June 21, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26791 "2014-06-21T07:56:18Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris 7. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 8. Sandkings, by George R.R. Martin ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26792 "2014-06-21T09:37:42Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris 7. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 8. Sandkings, by George R.R. Martin 9. Leiningen versus the Ants, by Carl Stephenson ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26793 "2014-06-21T12:53:06Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris 7. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 8. Sandkings, by George R.R. Martin 9. Leiningen versus the Ants, by Carl Stephenson 10. Pinnochio, traditional ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26794 "2014-06-21T13:01:54Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris 7. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 8. Sandkings, by George R.R. Martin 9. Leiningen versus the Ants, by Carl Stephenson 10. Pinnochio, traditional 11. Hellstrom’s Hive, by Frank Herbert ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26795 "2014-06-21T13:17:37Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris 7. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 8. Sandkings, by George R.R. Martin 9. Leiningen versus the Ants, by Carl Stephenson 10. Pinnochio, traditional 11. Hellstrom’s Hive, by Frank Herbert 12. Web, by John Wyndham ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26796 "2014-06-21T13:21:06Z")
Fiction in Which Insects Play a Significant Role: 1. The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter 2. The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka 3. A Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster Bujold 4. Young Pioneers, by Rose Wikder Lane 5. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 6. The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris 7. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein 8. Sandkings, by George R.R. Martin 9. Leiningen versus the Ants, by Carl Stephenson 10. Pinnochio, traditional 11. Hellstrom’s Hive, by Frank Herbert 12. Web, by John Wyndham 13. Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26797 "2014-06-21T14:05:40Z")
Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26798 "2014-06-21T14:20:48Z")
Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 3. Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26799 "2014-06-21T14:45:53Z")
Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 3. Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot 4. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis Re: the last one–Spiders aren’t insects. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26800 "2014-06-21T16:30:24Z")
Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 3. Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot 4. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis 5. The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman ---
**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:** [June 21, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26801 "2014-06-21T16:32:41Z")
Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 3. Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot 4. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis 5. The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman 6. Dick Whittington’s Cat, Traditional ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26802 "2014-06-21T16:33:10Z")
Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 3. Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot 4. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis 5. The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman 6. Pet Sematary, Stephen King ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26803 "2014-06-21T17:30:07Z")
Fiction in Which Cats Play a Significant Role 1. Puss in Boots, Traditional 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 3. Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot 4. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis 5. The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman 6. Pet Sematary, Stephen King 7. The Cat in the Hat, Doctor Seuss [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1341)