# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30204 "2014-10-11T03:56:09Z")

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Fixing…  
Songs which are split up into two or more separate parts (i.e. with at least one other song in between them):

1. Chicago, Dialogue I & II
2. Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Parts 1 and 2 (with “Have a Cigar,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Welcome to the Machine” in between.
3. The Police, Synchronicity I & II.
4. Pallas, “Rise and Fall” parts 1 & 2 (on their remastered Sentinel album; the initial release combined both parts into one song, as well as re-arranging and/or deleting tracks due to executive meddling.)
5. Rush’s Cygnus X-1 - Book I: The Voyage is the last song on the A Farewell to Kings Book II: Hemispheres, is the first song on the following album Hemispheres.
6. “in The Same Boat” from the musical _Curtains_. It actually has three parts - each one with a slightly different melody with the same orchestration, being sung at different points in the show - until one of the characters realizes that the way to make it a showstopper is to sing all [3 melodies together as a quodlibet.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZgCfRDRaI)
7. Any classical music piece with at least three movements
8. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”. Separate sides of the album and 11 tracks apart.

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**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:** [October 11, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30205 "2014-10-11T05:12:12Z")

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Songs which are split up into two or more separate parts (i.e. with at least one other song in between them):

1. Chicago, Dialogue I & II
2. Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Parts 1 and 2 (with “Have a Cigar,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Welcome to the Machine” in between.
3. The Police, Synchronicity I & II.
4. Pallas, “Rise and Fall” parts 1 & 2 (on their remastered Sentinel album; the initial release combined both parts into one song, as well as re-arranging and/or deleting tracks due to executive meddling.)
5. Rush’s Cygnus X-1 - Book I: The Voyage is the last song on the A Farewell to Kings Book II: Hemispheres, is the first song on the following album Hemispheres.
6. “in The Same Boat” from the musical Curtains. It actually has three parts - each one with a slightly different melody with the same orchestration, being sung at different points in the show - until one of the characters realizes that the way to make it a showstopper is to sing all 3 melodies together as a quodlibet.
7. Any classical music piece with at least three movements
8. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”. Separate sides of the album and 11 tracks apart.
9. Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” parts 1, 2 & 3.

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**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:** [October 11, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30206 "2014-10-11T13:57:37Z")

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Songs which are split up into two or more separate parts (i.e. with at least one other song in between them):

1. Chicago, Dialogue I & II
2. Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Parts 1 and 2 (with “Have a Cigar,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Welcome to the Machine” in between.
3. The Police, Synchronicity I & II.
4. Pallas, “Rise and Fall” parts 1 & 2 (on their remastered Sentinel album; the initial release combined both parts into one song, as well as re-arranging and/or deleting tracks due to executive meddling.)
5. Rush’s Cygnus X-1 - Book I: The Voyage is the last song on the A Farewell to Kings Book II: Hemispheres, is the first song on the following album Hemispheres.
6. “in The Same Boat” from the musical Curtains. It actually has three parts - each one with a slightly different melody with the same orchestration, being sung at different points in the show - until one of the characters realizes that the way to make it a showstopper is to sing all 3 melodies together as a quodlibet.
7. Any classical music piece with at least three movements
8. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”. Separate sides of the album and 11 tracks apart.
9. Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” parts 1, 2 & 3.
10. Yes’s “We Have Heaven”. At the end of the first track it appears a door closes. At the end of the album, the door opens and we hear the last few seconds.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30207 "2014-10-11T13:58:11Z")

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Songs which are split up into two or more separate parts (i.e. with at least one other song in between them):

1. Chicago, Dialogue I & II
2. Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Parts 1 and 2 (with “Have a Cigar,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Welcome to the Machine” in between.
3. The Police, Synchronicity I & II.
4. Pallas, “Rise and Fall” parts 1 & 2 (on their remastered Sentinel album; the initial release combined both parts into one song, as well as re-arranging and/or deleting tracks due to executive meddling.)
5. Rush’s Cygnus X-1 - Book I: The Voyage is the last song on the A Farewell to Kings Book II: Hemispheres, is the first song on the following album Hemispheres.
6. “in The Same Boat” from the musical Curtains. It actually has three parts - each one with a slightly different melody with the same orchestration, being sung at different points in the show - until one of the characters realizes that the way to make it a showstopper is to sing all 3 melodies together as a quodlibet.
7. Any classical music piece with at least three movements
8. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”. Separate sides of the album and 11 tracks apart.
9. Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” parts 1, 2 & 3.
10. Yes’s “We Have Heaven”. At the end of the first track it appears a door closes. At the end of the album, the door opens and we hear the last few seconds.
11. Bill Doggett’s Honky Tonk" Parts I and II were on opposite sides of the 45rpm single, with a whole vinyl disc betrween them.

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**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:** [October 11, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30208 "2014-10-11T14:57:55Z")

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Songs which are split up into two or more separate parts (i.e. with at least one other song in between them):

1. Chicago, Dialogue I & II
2. Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Parts 1 and 2 (with “Have a Cigar,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Welcome to the Machine” in between.
3. The Police, Synchronicity I & II.
4. Pallas, “Rise and Fall” parts 1 & 2 (on their remastered Sentinel album; the initial release combined both parts into one song, as well as re-arranging and/or deleting tracks due to executive meddling.)
5. Rush’s Cygnus X-1 - Book I: The Voyage is the last song on the A Farewell to Kings Book II: Hemispheres, is the first song on the following album Hemispheres.
6. “in The Same Boat” from the musical Curtains. It actually has three parts - each one with a slightly different melody with the same orchestration, being sung at different points in the show - until one of the characters realizes that the way to make it a showstopper is to sing all 3 melodies together as a quodlibet.
7. Any classical music piece with at least three movements
8. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”. Separate sides of the album and 11 tracks apart.
9. Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” parts 1, 2 & 3.
10. Yes’s “We Have Heaven”. At the end of the first track it appears a door closes. At the end of the album, the door opens and we hear the last few seconds.
11. Bill Doggett’s Honky Tonk" Parts I and II were on opposite sides of the 45rpm single, with a whole vinyl disc betrween them
12. The Eagles “Doolin-Dalton” separated by four tracks from"Desperado" and then five more tracks before “Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)” on the Desperado album.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30209 "2014-10-11T18:20:00Z")

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Songs which are split up into two or more separate parts (i.e. with at least one other song in between them):

1. Chicago, Dialogue I & II
2. Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” Parts 1 and 2 (with “Have a Cigar,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Welcome to the Machine” in between.
3. The Police, Synchronicity I & II.
4. Pallas, “Rise and Fall” parts 1 & 2 (on their remastered Sentinel album; the initial release combined both parts into one song, as well as re-arranging and/or deleting tracks due to executive meddling.)
5. Rush’s Cygnus X-1 - Book I: The Voyage is the last song on the A Farewell to Kings Book II: Hemispheres, is the first song on the following album Hemispheres.
6. “in The Same Boat” from the musical Curtains. It actually has three parts - each one with a slightly different melody with the same orchestration, being sung at different points in the show - until one of the characters realizes that the way to make it a showstopper is to sing all 3 melodies together as a quodlibet.
7. Any classical music piece with at least three movements
8. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”. Separate sides of the album and 11 tracks apart.
9. Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” parts 1, 2 & 3.
10. Yes’s “We Have Heaven”. At the end of the first track it appears a door closes. At the end of the album, the door opens and we hear the last few seconds.
11. Bill Doggett’s Honky Tonk" Parts I and II were on opposite sides of the 45rpm single, with a whole vinyl disc betrween them
12. The Eagles “Doolin-Dalton” separated by four tracks from"Desperado" and then five more tracks before “Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)” on the Desperado album.
13. Eminem’s “Just Don’t Give a Fuck” and “Still Don’t Give a Fuck”, tracks 15 and 20 on the Slim Shady LP

New:  
SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs

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**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:** [October 11, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30210 "2014-10-11T18:55:01Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30211 "2014-10-11T20:25:45Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads

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**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:** [October 11, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30212 "2014-10-11T20:29:41Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. _ **EFF YOU** _ XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant

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**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:** [October 11, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30213 "2014-10-11T22:39:43Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30214 "2014-10-11T23:39:41Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)

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**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:** [October 12, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30215 "2014-10-12T01:16:20Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)
7. Does 0.999… = 1?

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**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:** [October 12, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30216 "2014-10-12T04:56:18Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)
7. Does 0.999… = 1?
8. Guns

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30217 "2014-10-12T13:03:01Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)
7. Does 0.999… = 1?
8. Guns
9. Oooh, a troll is in our midst! Let’s feed it until it bursts! [Or is banned…]  
[BTW, impressed with the split song run. I could only think of 3 myself-Chicago, Floyd, and The Police. Knew you guys would find them, tho. \<salud\>]

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30218 "2014-10-12T13:38:03Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)
7. Does 0.999… = 1?
8. Guns
9. Oooh, a troll is in our midst! Let’s feed it until it bursts! [Or is banned…]
10. FAQs - Please read first

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**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:** [October 12, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30219 "2014-10-12T16:45:49Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)
7. Does 0.999… = 1?
8. Guns
9. Oooh, a troll is in our midst! Let’s feed it until it bursts! [Or is banned…]
10. FAQs - Please read first
11. I having problem with my boyfrN. Plez give advice 4me.

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**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:** [October 12, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30220 "2014-10-12T16:59:26Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)
7. Does 0.999… = 1?
8. Guns
9. Oooh, a troll is in our midst! Let’s feed it until it bursts! [Or is banned…]
10. FAQs - Please read first
11. I having problem with my boyfrN. Plez give advice 4me.
12. Please help diagnose my [potentially serious medical problem] because I trust random strangers on the Internet more than doctors.

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**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:** [October 12, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30221 "2014-10-12T17:17:19Z")

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SDMB threads that keep popping up again and again (or never go away in the first place)

1. We have pigeon eggs
2. MMP
3. Sequential Threads
4. EFF YOU XYZ123ABC, the typical Pit rant
5. Baker’s Dozen
6. So…how many of you are in MENSA? (AKA “yoo-hoo, I’m in MENSA”)
7. Does 0.999… = 1?
8. Guns
9. Oooh, a troll is in our midst! Let’s feed it until it bursts! [Or is banned…]
10. FAQs - Please read first
11. I having problem with my boyfrN. Plez give advice 4me.
12. Please help diagnose my [potentially serious medical problem] because I trust random strangers on the Internet more than doctors.
13. Speak to me only in…

New: Fiction set in or mostly in a desert:

1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne

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**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:** [October 12, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30222 "2014-10-12T17:28:06Z")

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New: Fiction set in or mostly in a desert:

1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne
2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert

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**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:** [October 12, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30223 "2014-10-12T17:33:40Z")

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Fiction set in or mostly in a desert:

1. Season of the Sandstorms, by Mary Pope Osborne
2. Dune (and its sequels) by Frank Herbert
3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Ste.-Exupery

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