# 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:** 1406
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28104 "2014-08-06T23:49:01Z")
Science Fiction Works Set Entirely in our Solar System: 1. The Rolling Stones, by Robert A. Heinlein 2. Red Thunder, by John Varley 3. Perelandra by C.S. Lewis (all action is on Earth and Venus) 4. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick 5. Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke 6. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 7. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury 8. The Outward Urge, by John Wyndham 9. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 10. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 11. The Mars series, Kim Stanley Robinson (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars.) ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28105 "2014-08-07T02:33:33Z")
Science Fiction Works Set Entirely in our Solar System: 1. The Rolling Stones, by Robert A. Heinlein 2. Red Thunder, by John Varley 3. Perelandra by C.S. Lewis (all action is on Earth and Venus) 4. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick 5. Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke 6. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 7. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury 8. The Outward Urge, by John Wyndham 9. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 10. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 11. The Mars series, Kim Stanley Robinson (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars.) 12. The Grand Tour series, by Ben Bova ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28106 "2014-08-07T02:38:25Z")
Science Fiction Works Set Entirely in our Solar System: 1. The Rolling Stones, by Robert A. Heinlein 2. Red Thunder, by John Varley 3. Perelandra by C.S. Lewis (all action is on Earth and Venus) 4. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick 5. Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke 6. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 7. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury 8. The Outward Urge, by John Wyndham 9. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 10. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 11. The Mars series, Kim Stanley Robinson (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars.) 12. The Grand Tour series, by Ben Bova 13. _2001: A Space Odyssey_ I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28107 "2014-08-07T02:42:39Z")
Next: Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon Not saying they aren’t good or meritorious; only that the internet has given them more fame than they would otherwise have had. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28108 "2014-08-07T04:59:24Z")
We be slammin’ bacon now?? What the fuck?? Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28109 "2014-08-07T05:14:30Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch Yeah, I went there. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28110 "2014-08-07T05:38:38Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28111 "2014-08-07T05:38:50Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28112 "2014-08-07T07:26:21Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28113 "2014-08-07T10:41:48Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 😃 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) 7. Dancing Baby ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28114 "2014-08-07T12:34:08Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) 7. Dancing Baby 8. Photoshop ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28115 "2014-08-07T12:40:13Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) 7. Dancing Baby 8. Photoshop 9. Ron Paul ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28116 "2014-08-07T13:19:33Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) 7. Dancing Baby 8. Photoshop 9. Ron Paul 10. Westboro Baptist “Church” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28117 "2014-08-07T13:24:18Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) 7. Dancing Baby 8. Photoshop 9. Ron Paul 10. Westboro Baptist “Church” 11. Memes (Late to the game, though … I might take exception to the final answer of the last list. It can be successfully argued that the final parts of 2001:A Space Odyssey did not take place in our solar system.) ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28118 "2014-08-07T13:46:12Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) 7. Dancing Baby 8. Photoshop 9. Ron Paul 10. Westboro Baptist “Church” 11. Memes 12. Superfoods ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28119 "2014-08-07T13:59:39Z")
Things That Have Been Overhyped or Fetishized by the Internet 1. Bacon 2. Personal videos/movies 3. Benedict Cumberbatch 4. Discussion boards 5. Cats 6. Psy (Gangnam Style) 7. Dancing Baby 8. Photoshop 9. Ron Paul 10. Westboro Baptist “Church” 11. Memes 12. Superfoods 13. Celebrity Deathpools Next up: Books where the story is told by more than one character’s point of view 1. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28120 "2014-08-07T14:02:39Z")
Next up: Books where the story is told by more than one character’s point of view 1. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner 2. A Song of Fire and Ice - George R. R. Martin ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28121 "2014-08-07T14:03:47Z")
Books where the story is told by more than one character’s point of view 1. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner 2. A Song of Fire and Ice - George R. R. Martin 3. Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Chodleros de Laclos ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28122 "2014-08-07T14:06:04Z")
Books where the story is told by more than one character’s point of view 1. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner 2. A Song of Fire and Ice - George R. R. Martin 3. Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Chodleros de Laclos 4. The Stand - Stephen King ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28123 "2014-08-07T14:11:20Z")
Books where the story is told by more than one character’s point of view 1. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner 2. A Song of Fire and Ice - George R. R. Martin 3. Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Chodleros de Laclos 4. The Stand - Stephen King 5. The Collector - John Fowles [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1405) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1407)