# 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:** 2219
**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 13, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44366 "2016-06-13T13:03:21Z")
Famous Oscars 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Oscar Peterson 3. Oscar Madison 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Oscar 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Romero 8. Oscar Gordon (Heinlein’s **Glory Road**.) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44367 "2016-06-13T13:31:58Z")
Famous Oscars 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Oscar Peterson 3. Oscar Madison 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Oscar 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Romero 8. Oscar Gordon (Heinlein’s Glory Road.) 9. Oscar Meyer ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44368 "2016-06-13T13:42:27Z")
Famous Oscars 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Oscar Peterson 3. Oscar Madison 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Oscar 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Romero 8. Oscar Gordon (Heinlein’s Glory Road.) 9. Oscar Mayer 10. Oscar Robertson Correcting spelling of #9 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44369 "2016-06-13T13:46:25Z")
Famous Oscars 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Oscar Peterson 3. Oscar Madison 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Oscar 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Romero 8. Oscar Gordon (Heinlein’s Glory Road.) 9. Oscar Mayer 10. Oscar Robertson 11. Oscar da la Hoya ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44370 "2016-06-13T13:49:22Z")
Famous Oscars 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Oscar Peterson 3. Oscar Madison 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Oscar 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Romero 8. Oscar Gordon (Heinlein’s Glory Road.) 9. Oscar Mayer 10. Oscar Robertson 11. Oscar da la Hoya 12. Oskar Schindler ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44371 "2016-06-13T13:53:04Z")
Famous Oscars 1. Oscar the Grouch 2. Oscar Peterson 3. Oscar Madison 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Oscar 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Romero 8. Oscar Gordon (Heinlein’s Glory Road.) 9. Oscar Mayer 10. Oscar Robertson 11. Oscar da la Hoya 12. Oskar Schindler 13. Oscar de la Renta Next up: Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44372 "2016-06-13T14:28:30Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44373 "2016-06-13T14:37:52Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44374 "2016-06-13T14:58:35Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot- Ben Mears ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44375 "2016-06-13T15:35:28Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot- Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee As long as we’re counting fictionalized autobiographies, such as “Kite Runner” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44376 "2016-06-13T15:54:18Z")
On _The Kite Runner_: “While Hosseini drew much of the book — its cultural richness, accounts of ethnic conflicts, even its evocation of annual children’s kite contests — from his own experience, Amir’s harrowing story is fiction.” > **[The "Kite Runner" controversy](https://www.salon.com/2007/12/09/hosseini/)** > > Khaled Hosseini explains why the movie version of his bestselling novel should not be reduced to a single rape scene. ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44377 "2016-06-13T15:58:02Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44378 "2016-06-13T16:23:28Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Fingersmith - Sara Walter ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44379 "2016-06-13T16:24:01Z")
Posts: 60,757 Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Supernatural - Carver Edlund (pen name of Chuck Shurley AKA God) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44380 "2016-06-13T16:27:07Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Fingersmith - Christopher Lilly 8. Supernatural - Carver Edlund (pen name of Chuck Shurley AKA God) ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44381 "2016-06-13T16:36:20Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Fingersmith - Christopher Lilly 8. Supernatural - Carver Edlund (pen name of Chuck Shurley AKA God) 9. The Necronomicon - Abdul Alhazred ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44382 "2016-06-13T17:16:09Z")
Fiictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Fingersmith - Christopher Lilly 8. Supernatural - Carver Edlund (pen name of Chuck Shurley AKA God) 9. The Necronomicon - Abdul Alhazred 10. Blood on the Badge by Detective Ron Harris of “Barney Miller” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44383 "2016-06-13T17:24:02Z")
Fiictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Fingersmith - Christopher Lilly 8. Supernatural - Carver Edlund (pen name of Chuck Shurley AKA God) 9. The Necronomicon - Abdul Alhazred 10. Blood on the Badge by Detective Ron Harris of “Barney Miller” 11. Peanuts–The Six Bunny Wunnys series by Miss Helen Sweetstory ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44384 "2016-06-13T17:45:21Z")
Fiictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Fingersmith - Christopher Lilly 8. Supernatural - Carver Edlund (pen name of Chuck Shurley AKA God) 9. The Necronomicon - Abdul Alhazred 10. Blood on the Badge by Detective Ron Harris of “Barney Miller” 11. Peanuts–The Six Bunny Wunnys series by Miss Helen Sweetstory 12. The Grud and Stakers Quilt a Bee–Osbert Monk ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44385 "2016-06-13T17:57:52Z")
Fictional works with fiction writers (fictional characters who are writers) 1. The World According to Garp–Jenny Fields, T.S. Garp and Ellen James 2. The Kite Runner - Amir 3. Barring-gaffner of Bagnialto - Kilgore Trout 4. Salem’s Lot - Ben Mears 5. Summertime - J M Coetzee 6. Misery - Paul Sheldon 7. Fingersmith - Christopher Lilly 8. Supernatural - Carver Edlund (pen name of Chuck Shurley AKA God) 9. The Necronomicon - Abdul Alhazred 10. Blood on the Badge by Detective Ron Harris of “Barney Miller” 11. Peanuts–The Six Bunny Wunnys series by Miss Helen Sweetstory 12. The Grud and Stakers Quilt a Bee–Osbert Monk 13. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - John Watson I’ll pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2218) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2220)