# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 77
**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 19, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1521 "2026-08-19T15:53:32Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1522 "2026-08-20T19:13:58Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1523 "2026-08-20T21:49:27Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job ---
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**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- ---
**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 22, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1525 "2026-08-22T12:16:03Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1526 "2026-08-22T15:06:25Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children ---
**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:** [August 23, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1527 "2026-08-23T04:22:04Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1528 "2026-08-23T15:44:26Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1529 "2026-08-25T10:39:14Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Full disclosure: To get this thread moving again I cheated and googled Heinlein stories. Turns out I actually saw the (very bad) movie version. ---
**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 25, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1530 "2026-08-25T16:34:42Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Queen of the Twenty Universes ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1531 "2026-08-25T20:04:49Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Queen of the Twenty Universes Rico, Johnny ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1532 "2026-08-25T20:56:59Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Queen of the Twenty Universes Rico, Johnny Stranger in a Strange Land ---
**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 25, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1533 "2026-08-25T21:43:49Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Queen of the Twenty Universes Rico, Johnny Stranger in a Strange Land Tunnel in the Sky ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1534 "2026-08-26T14:04:50Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Queen of the Twenty Universes Rico, Johnny Stranger in a Strange Land Tunnel in the Sky Universe It’s kind of like a serious _Red Dwarf_ but the crew is still alive. ---
**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 26, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1535 "2026-08-26T20:47:07Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Queen of the Twenty Universes Rico, Johnny Stranger in a Strange Land Tunnel in the Sky Universe Valentine Michael Smith ---
**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 29, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1536 "2026-08-29T14:02:34Z")
**The Robert Heinlein Universe** And He Built a Crooked House By His Bootstraps Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Double Star Elsewhen Friday Gentlemen, Be Seated! Hamilton Felix It’s Great to be Back Job Krausa, Thorby Baslim- Lazarus Long Methuselah’s Children Nehemiah Scudder, First Prophet Oscar Gordon Project Moonbase Queen of the Twenty Universes Rico, Johnny Stranger in a Strange Land Tunnel in the Sky Universe Valentine Michael Smith Waldo x H, 6 You Zombies, All Zombies, All You Obviously not a good category. So somebody start a new one. ---
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What about **Harry Potter Universe**? Aberforth Dumbledore ---
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**Harry Potter Universe** Aberforth Dumbledore Bellatrix Lestrange ---
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**Harry Potter Universe** Aberforth Dumbledore Bellatrix Lestrange Cho Chang What does it say about me if I were to tell you-all in all seriousness that – without ever consulting Google or the Potter wiki – I could easily run this category without breaking a sweat? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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