Dean R. Koontz is probably about the only person that comes close. After that maybe Peter Benchley or Clive Barker?

And Jimmy Carter watched the first Star Wars movie in a secret meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in the lead up to the Camp David Peace Accords.

Galaxy Quest - December 25, 1999

I don’t much care for his work, but I like what I read from this guy.

I don’t think they doubted that many readers would be able to relate to the story, it’s not framed as unique at all. But commenters feeling the need to answer the question of the title is the opposite of an empathetic response. The writer told us how she feels. Empathy would be to set aside your own response and…

These stars, which are suspected to hail from a larger population that entered our Milky Way during the Great Galactic Quaking of 300 million B.C.

They meant to say 6000 year old rock.

Or “kissing rogue.”

Ageism concerns aside, Melanie Griffith has never been in the same room as an extraordinary actress.

BAJINGO

Really? I’ve always heard the opposite, at least anecdotally... hence the term pussy pass.

Yes! Like, hey squid, are trying to get eaten?

It’s okay though, the whales have your back:

The definition of dun seems to be “to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt” (via dictrionary dot com), which seems to make a lot of sense in-context there. Origin around 1620-30.

There’s a curious lack of Florida on this list, as well.

He continues to both serve in the Arkansas House and operate a state-funded preschool, Growing God’s Kingdom.

And don’t forget!

As someone else noted above, don’t forget:

Watching Hot Fuzz for the upteenth time and then it hit me....YARP!

I have to say, Timothy Dalton in this film is one of the finest performances of any actor ever on screen.