# 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:** 234
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4661 "2011-04-01T13:19:27Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand ( :o ) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4662 "2011-04-01T16:14:11Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand ( :o ) Aww, foo, you beat me to it! 1. Stephen King (I know _usually_ is probably a little extreme, but a lot of people don’t like him) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4663 "2011-04-01T18:15:15Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4664 "2011-04-01T18:15:52Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4665 "2011-04-01T18:38:27Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson 7. Jeffrey Archer Abhorred by others more for his many personal failings than his writing style, IME. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4666 "2011-04-01T19:04:17Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson 7. Jeffrey Archer 8. Tom Clancy At least his early stuff before he got lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4667 "2011-04-02T01:14:23Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson 7. Jeffrey Archer 8. Tom Clancy 9. John Grisham Commandeering Little Nemo’s Clancy related “At least his early stuff before he got lazy” quote for Grisham. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4668 "2011-04-02T03:01:00Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson 7. Jeffrey Archer 8. Tom Clancy 9. John Grisham 10. Dean Koontz ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4669 "2011-04-02T17:15:15Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson 7. Jeffrey Archer 8. Tom Clancy 9. John Grisham 10. Dean Koontz 11. Ian Fleming ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4670 "2011-04-02T18:51:34Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson 7. Jeffrey Archer 8. Tom Clancy 9. John Grisham 10. Dean Koontz 11. Ian Fleming 12. Lewis Grizzard (though he hasn’t written[much lately](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=lewis-grizzard&pid=2021037)) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4671 "2011-04-02T19:21:31Z")
Authors you enjoy but who are usually abhorred by others. 1. David Eddings 2. Andrew Vachss 3. Ayn Rand 4. Stephen King 5. Spider Robinson 6. Stephen Donaldson 7. Jeffrey Archer 8. Tom Clancy 9. John Grisham 10. Dean Koontz 11. Ian Fleming 12. Lewis Grizzard (though he hasn’t written[much lately](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/atlanta/obituary.aspx?n=lewis-grizzard&pid=2021037)) 13. Robert Conroy New category: Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4672 "2011-04-02T20:04:20Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4673 "2011-04-02T20:36:44Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4674 "2011-04-02T20:51:49Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious 4. Cirque du Freak/The Vampire’s Assistant ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4675 "2011-04-02T21:37:02Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious 4. Cirque du Freak/The Vampire’s Assistant 5. A Prayer for Owen Meany/Simon Birch ---
**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:** [April 2, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4676 "2011-04-02T22:31:10Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious 4. Cirque du Freak/The Vampire’s Assistant 5. A Prayer for Owen Meany/Simon Birch 6. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4677 "2011-04-03T01:44:06Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious 4. Cirque du Freak/The Vampire’s Assistant 5. A Prayer for Owen Meany/Simon Birch 6. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner 7. Rum Punch/Jackie Brown ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4678 "2011-04-03T01:56:35Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious 4. Cirque du Freak/The Vampire’s Assistant 5. A Prayer for Owen Meany/Simon Birch 6. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner 7. Rum Punch/Jackie Brown 8. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe / Fried Green Tomatoes ---
**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:** [April 3, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4679 "2011-04-03T02:05:03Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious 4. Cirque du Freak/The Vampire’s Assistant 5. A Prayer for Owen Meany/Simon Birch 6. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner 7. Rum Punch/Jackie Brown 8. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe / Fried Green Tomatoes 9. Who Censored Roger Rabbit?/Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4680 "2011-04-03T02:06:58Z")
Novels or stories that had their name changed for their movie adaptations 1. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption/The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Body/Stand by Me 3. Push/Precious 4. Cirque du Freak/The Vampire’s Assistant 5. A Prayer for Owen Meany/Simon Birch 6. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner 7. Rum Punch/Jackie Brown 8. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe / Fried Green Tomatoes 9. Deadlock/V.I. Warshawski [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=235)