Spider Robinson
publication date: Thursday, April 5, 2012 (part of Spring 2012)
category: 
Literature
clue: It's fitting that this Canadian writer earned the Robert A. Heinlein Award, since he's been a lifelong fan and even wrote a book based on Heinlein's idea.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Mike Eberhart, and Aaron Shurtleff
Eight-Legged Freaks: Do spiders make you squeamish? This theme may not be for you. This week, five goos inspired by arachnids are waiting for you to get trapped in their page on the Web.Similar Goos
John Goodman
Roseanne's husband ain't afraid of no spiders. Go »
Virgil
The Greeks had Homer, but the Romans had this author of the Aeneid and the Georgics. Go »
Dennis Lehane
Long before Shutter Island, this author explored a different geographical place in his novel about three childhood friends from Boston caught up in the same mystery as adults. Go »
James Ellroy
He channeled his grief over his mother's murder into a novel about the Black Dahlia case, and went on to expose more of L.A.'s confidential secrets. Go »
Patricia Highsmith
By the time she dreamed up con artist Tom Ripley, Alfred Hitchcock had already adapted her first novel into a film in 1951. Go »
