# To Kill A Mockingbird. Dill.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbird-dill/86510>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 10, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbird-dill/86510 "2001-10-10T04:30:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbird-dill/86510/81 "2001-11-04T17:43:43Z")

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…Or some people know well enough not to trash that reputation with a dismal second.

It makes sense–you spend years creating a work which encompasses the whole of your personal experience, and manage to knock it out of the park. What’s left to work with?

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**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbird-dill/86510/82 "2015-02-09T07:01:06Z")

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> [@Fiver](#):
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> Agreed with most of you about the sequels. I often think it would have been better if Harper Lee had only ever written one book.

> [@China\_Guy](#):
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> Bwahahahahahahahahahhahahah

Bwahahahahahahahahahhahahah indeed

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-kill-a-mockingbird-dill/86510/83 "2015-02-09T12:58:09Z")

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Wow - a walk down a snarky memory lane.

We’ll have to start a pool to see how close any of us got 😉

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