Do you know about Claire and Jamie?
A true love story entwined with the second Jacobite Rebellion in
Scotland, the complex path to the Independence of the United States and
imaginative time travelling.
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The Author is Dr.
Diana Gabaldon, who changed her university career to writing. She is now the New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series, which
contemporary consists of eight books but at least one more is expected to be published. Her newest book Written In My Own Heart's Blood was
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Diana's writing takes you deeply to the scenes and people's lives. And the best thing is that every
read-through gives you new perspectives and the books can be read again and again. And we also now have Claire's ring in our possession.
The translations in Finnish have been lagging behind. But now we have only a year to wait after the English publication.
As Jari started to read the books in 2003, he read the first two novels in Finnish, but then had to buy the next books in English.
Also, he found a new dimension in the books with the Scots language, which is not easy to translate into Finnish.
Other Outlander frontiers
The Outlander story has been made to great music, check it out.
The latest development is that Starz Network together with Sony Television Pictures is making a 16 episode television series of the first book, Outlander.
the series started in US in August 2014 and will eventually be shown in Finland by YLE. The actors of our main main protagonists Caitriona Balfe (Claire) and Sam Heughan (Jamie) are just starting to know
what Real Stardom is. The series was renewed for Season 2, which will cover the book Dragonfly in Amber in at least 13 episodes
The first book Outlander came out at the same time with a tie-in cover from the series and very soon after the series started, it soared to #1 at the NYT Bestseller list.
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| Table of Contents on the Outlander
series is found from the TOC-links above the books and you can click the
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The Outlander -seriess
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The Outlander,
1991,
excerpt
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Dragonfly in Amber,
1992,
excerpt
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The Voyager, 1994,
excerpt
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Drums of Autumn,
1997,
excerpt
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The Fiery Cross,
2001,
excerpt
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A Breath of Snow
and Ashes, 2005,
excerpt
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An Echo in the Bone, 2009,
Diana's excerpts over 100
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The Exile (An Outlander Graphic Novel),
info
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Written In My Own Heart's Blood, 2014,
Diana's excerpts almost 400
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Book 9, sometimes in 2018,
Diana's excerpts
Check Diana's Webpage
dianagabaldon.com
Check Diana's Twitter Writer_DG
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Other books by Diana
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The Outlandish
Companion (Explanations to The Questions Concerning The First Four Books),
1999,
excerpt
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Lord John and the
Private Matter, 2003,
excerpt
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Lord John and the
Brotherhood of the Blade, 2007,
excerpt
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Lord John and the
Hand of Devils, 2007,
excerpt
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Scottish Prisoner, 2011,
excerpt
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Work In Progress, excerpts
Check
discussions on
Compuserve
Check Diana's
Interview in the Scottish Memories, May 2009, Check Diana's Interview
in the Scottish Memories, June 2009
Check Diana's Podcasts from 2008
Book Titles in Foreign Languages |
Finnish
translations
(by Anuirmeli Sallamo-Lavi)
| SiniJari Outlander Goodies |