# 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:** 338
**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:** [July 28, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6742 "2011-07-28T17:32:09Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead ---
**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:** [July 28, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6743 "2011-07-28T18:10:59Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, _Finding Forrester_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6744 "2011-07-28T18:45:31Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) ---
**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:** [July 28, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6745 "2011-07-28T19:46:02Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery ---
**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:** [July 28, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6746 "2011-07-28T20:25:39Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery 7. Paul Chowder, The Anthologist ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6747 "2011-07-28T20:27:22Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery 7. Jessica Fletcher, _Murder She Wrote_ The description didn’t specifically ban TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6748 "2011-07-28T21:14:01Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery 7. Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote 8. Emperor Claudius, _I Claudius_ and _Claudius the God_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6749 "2011-07-29T03:02:06Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery 7. Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote 8. Emperor Claudius, I Claudius and Claudius the God 9. Paul Chowder, The Anthologist 10. Stephen Dedalus, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ---
**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:** [July 29, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6750 "2011-07-29T03:18:24Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery 7. Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote 8. Emperor Claudius, I Claudius and Claudius the God 9. Paul Chowder, The Anthologist 10. Stephen Dedalus, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 11. Jubal Harshaw, Stranger in a Strange Land ---
**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:** [July 29, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6751 "2011-07-29T13:17:42Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery 7. Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote 8. Emperor Claudius, I Claudius and Claudius the God 9. Paul Chowder, The Anthologist 10. Stephen Dedalus, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 11. Jubal Harshaw, Stranger in a Strange Land 12. Timothy McGee, NCIS ---
**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:** [July 29, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6752 "2011-07-29T15:44:57Z")
Fictional authors and the works that mention them: 1. T.S. Garp, The World According to Garp 2. Thad Beaumont, The Dark Half 3. Lois Cook, The Fountainhead 4. William Forrester, Finding Forrester 5. Kilgore Trout, Breakfast of Champions (and several other works by Kurt Vonnegut) 6. Paul Sheldon, Misery 7. Jessica Fletcher, Murder She Wrote 8. Emperor Claudius, I Claudius and Claudius the God 9. Paul Chowder, The Anthologist 10. Stephen Dedalus, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 11. Jubal Harshaw, Stranger in a Strange Land 12. Timothy McGee, NCIS 13. Rick Castle, Castle New category: Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space ---
**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:** [July 29, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6753 "2011-07-29T16:37:22Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea A movie, and then a TV show. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6754 "2011-07-29T17:46:53Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6755 "2011-07-29T21:58:42Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Time Tunnel ---
**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:** [July 30, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6756 "2011-07-30T01:13:37Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Time Tunnel 5. The Swarm ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6757 "2011-07-30T03:58:24Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Time Tunnel 5. The Swarm 6. Land of the Giants ---
**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:** [July 30, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6758 "2011-07-30T05:26:16Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Time Tunnel 5. The Swarm 6. Land of the Giants 7. The Towering Inferno ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6759 "2011-07-30T06:23:31Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Time Tunnel 5. The Swarm 6. Land of the Giants 7. The Towering Inferno 8. Swiss Family Robinson (TV) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6760 "2011-07-30T19:48:18Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Time Tunnel 5. The Swarm 6. Land of the Giants 7. The Towering Inferno 8. Swiss Family Robinson (TV) 9. City Beneath the Sea (TV Movie) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6761 "2011-07-30T20:15:56Z")
Irwin Allen productions (TV or movie) 1. Lost in Space 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Poseidon Adventure 4. Time Tunnel 5. The Swarm 6. Land of the Giants 7. The Towering Inferno 8. Swiss Family Robinson (TV) 9. City Beneath the Sea (TV Movie) 10. The Night the Bridge Fell Down Allen was running low on disasters by 1983. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=339)