Outlandish Archives

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1999

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Ronda Seeley- 12/28/99
box My Email: ronda@evansbastion.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: two years ago
box Which one is your favorite?: the first: Outlander
box Comments: I picked these books up several times and read the back and thought this are too far out!! I won't enjoy this. Then two years ago Diana came to my little town on Vancouver Island to do a book signing. While I never did get to meet her, I did finally go to the library and get our her book. I loved it. I then put myself on the months long wait list for the rest of her books. I finally bought all four myself for Christmas this year and gave them to my husband to wrap up for me. My mom gave the companio and I will now happily devour each book again. Outlander for the third time.

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Kathy Webster - 12/13/99
box My Email: ckwebster@eisa.net.au
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: About 18 months ago and about to do a re-read
box Which one is your favorite?: Cross Stitch
box Do you have a fav. quote?: DA MI BASIA MILLE - whatever the hell it means

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Minette - 11/17/99
box My Email: mdhowl@msn.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: August 1999
box Which one is your favorite?: The Outlander
box Do you have a fav. quote?: bloody fucking christ
box Comments: I am becoming a groupie and I am not sure it suits me. But I am amazed how one can analyze and find errors in a book that is not about real people, a book on fiction. I am being to believe it is real. Thank you for writing the books and having the web ites etc. I feel like I am finding new friends.

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Lili Beaulieu - 10/22/99
box My URL: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/montreal99
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: January (Janvier) 1999
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander (Le Chardon et le Tartan)
box Do you have a fav. quote?: There so many of them I can't write only one! :)
box Comments: I've read the series three times and I'm absolutly crazy about it. I feel like if Jamie and Claire were real people. Please come to see one of the only Outlander page in French. Si vous parlez français, venez voir mon site aur les meilleurs livres a avoir été publi

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Kathy - 10/18/99
box My Email: KFQuilter@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 2 years ago
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander
box Comments: Love all the books, have read them twice and got books on tapes and listened twice also. I love the Outlandish Companion. The drawings of jewelery interested me. I am trying to get a jeweler to make Claire's wedding ring that Jamie gave her and am goin to see if he can add it to his regular Celtic line. Anyone else interested let me know so I can let him know that there will be enough interest generated to justify keeping pattern. Also let me know how much you would spend.

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Becky Narver - 10/01/99
box My Email: ladylily5@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: SUmmer of '99.
box Which one is your favorite?: I have only read Outlander and I'm working on Dragonfly in Amber. My favorite book though, so far, I guess would be Outlander, because I finished it! LOL :)
box Do you have a fav. quote?: "Hating people is like burning your own house down to get rid of a rat."
box Comments: You (Diana Gabaldon) are a very talented author. Your stories are very interesting. It's alomost like the character Claire is writing the book. I get so into the books I can hardly ever put them down. I try so hard to stay awake late at night, but it does 't always work and I end up having to stop reading which I deeply am sad about.

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Shawn Acosta - 09/06/99
box My Email: shawnacosta@yahoo.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Summer of 1999
box Which one is your favorite?: Dragonfly in Amber
box Comments: I love these books! They have touched me very deeply. I envy Claire. Makes me want and try to live my life with the passion she has.

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Lady Romance - 08/24/99
box My URL:http://sffpromance.iwarp.com/
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Two years ago
box Which one is your favorite?: Dragonfly in Amber
box Do you have a fav. quote?: No, just love the books
box Comments: Hello. :) Looking through the time travel webring and found your site. Like it a bunch!!! DG is one of my favorite writers, partly because of the length of the books (bigger is sometimes better), and mostly the writing. :)

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Wen - 08/17/99
box My Email:rockmon99@hotmail.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Summer of 1994
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander

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Vicky - 08/12/99
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Right after the first one came out, picked it up at the library.
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander
box Comments: I really enjoyed the first book when it came out. One day at the bookstore I noticed the sequel and bought it immediately. I have read the four novels all several times. Unfortunately, I don't think that the sequels compare to the first. It seems like each novel decreases in excellence. On the other hand, I read voraciously and find that even when DG isn't writing at top notch, it's still exceeds most other authors. I haven't bought Companion and don't plan on it. Seems like a rip-off to publish som thing like this when the audience is more interested in having a new story. I look forward to the sequels, but Companion has left a sour taste in my mouth.

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Kelly Graham (Please don't think i'm stupid) - 08/05/99
box My Email:Swartzy.com.au
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 1994?
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander & Voyager
box Do you have a fav. quote?: When Claire says "I'm not a virgin." And Jamie says "That's all right because I am." (Maybe not verbatim but along them lines anyway).
box Comments: I LOVE THESE BOOKS. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT.....

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Maggie L - 08/05/99
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Oct.1st.1998
box Which one is your favorite?: ALL
box Comments: I think of C and J every day.Sometimes I feel a little silly about it,after all Im a mature woman.The saga is so well written that these two seem to be real people.Thank you Diana Gabaldon.

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leslie gagnon - 07/24/99
box My Email:smacclements@home.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: June 1999
box Which one is your favorite?: outlander
box Comments: I bought Outlander july 1998 but didn't start reading it until june 1999 due to its length, but..... once I started ,I read it in two days and got up the next morning after reading until 3:00 a.m. and went to the bookstore and bought the next two books, the last one I got from the library. I took me three weeks to finish them all.They are great books. i also did not like the part when jamie beat Claire. Ilike the best the great dialougue between Jamie and Claire. I do not think Jamie would have married , even if he wasn't sure if Claire was alive or not, that part is out of character for the Jamie I was developing in my head.

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Beth - 07/04/99
box My Email:Starlighttower@hotmail.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: A Long time ago in a galaxy far far away !
box Which one is your favorite?: Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager
box Do you have a fav. quote?: I'll have to think of one ...
box Comments: First time I read these series was exually a tape the first one Outlander cause my Da picked it up by mistake cause we were going away on a trip and wanted to listen to a story tape with my brother who was 10 I think at the time and I was 14 or so, I thi k , well we were listening half way through it when Jamie and Claire started doing 'stuff' and my Da said I think that's enough for that and fastforwarded it, my brother was like what Da? *smiles* when I was a little bit older 15 not much I wanted to bu the books and read them myself and da allowed me to and my mom as well so I brought them and I liked them and I think Gabaldon is a great author and I can't wait for the next book !!! I read them over and over again and never get tired , these series are a read read again book, never grows old and this is a nice site as well

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Kathy F. - 07/01/99
box My Email:KFQuilter@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: last year
box Which one is your favorite?: too hard to choose
box Comments: Love these books, have read them all twice. Also bought the audio for treamilling. Too much editing, lots of stuff missing from original. Just bought "The Outlandish Companion" I highly recommend it to every Gabaldon fan. If anyone knows someone sell ng copies of Claire's ring, let me know, now that I have seen drawing of it, would love to have one.

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Monica Cloutier - 06/20/99
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: about 3 years ago
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander
box Do you have a fav. quote?: something to the effect of "did you have to wake me up by yelling hedgehog?"

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faithann reist - 06/19/99
box My Email:turkelou@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: january 1998
box Which one is your favorite?: outlander
box Do you have a fav. quote?: not yet
box Comments: i love this series!!!!!!

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Donna - 06/10/99
box My Email:Heartirish@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Spring 1995
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander/Dragonfly in Amber
box Do you have a fav. quote?: mo duinne
box Comments: A friend from work told me about a time travel trilogy set in Scotland... "Outlander" was so awesome... the amount of pages startled me at first but I couldn't put it down... Diana never missed a beat with her time traveling... found "Dragonfly in Amber" ouldn't wait to resume reading...AHHHH, what a delight... I wasn't sure if I enjoyed the past or the future...lovely... then the next book "Voyager" sent me wild... I knew there had to be more Wanted to read more... found out there would be a next.... "Drums of Autumm" yes.... thank you Diana... it was worth the wait... my friend actually gave me a little book to write in, just like Claire's ....herbs, remedies, etc....notes to Jamie...<3 I love her writing and look forward to more....

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Ann - 06/01/99
box My Email:alewis5162@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: after reading all of Nora Roberts books she mentioned she liked Gabaldon. I found Outlander a month ago and couldn't stop...
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander
box Do you have a fav. quote?: The wedding vowels were romantic and many other quotes had me sighing or saying." Oh, My God!"

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Chris - 05/21/99
box My Email:mandraa@bigfoot.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: just finished the first one!
box Do you have a fav. quote?: "Who in God's name is John Wayne?" "You are."
box Comments: Well, this may not be a very popular thing to do here, but I just finished _Outlander_, and I have to admit to mixed feelings. On one hand, I thoroughly enjoyed learning about Scottish culture and traditions through the eyes of a more modern character an I found the intrigue and adventure Claire encountered fascinating. On the other hand, several things irritated me... Jamie beating Claire doesn't sit well with me, no matter how much it's justified in the context of the time and Jamie's own upbringing. And maybe I'm just too cynical, but some of the dialogue during the sex scenes just flat made me roll my eyes ("Aye, ride ye I will, Sassenach"??! Sorry, too much for me). And finally, I found Jack Randall's character to be a very offensive stereotype so ften found in historical fiction - the evil homosexual. Don't get me wrong - I *really* enjoyed the book, but I just can't say I was 100% pleased with everything. I particularly got into the parts about the witch trial, Lallybroch, and the wedding. And while some of the gooey romantic stuff annoyed me, I did enjoy the banter between Jamie and Claire, as well as the whole unfolding of them getting to know each other.

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Leigh - 04/22/99
box My Email:dlsilvia
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 1995
box Which one is your favorite?: All of them, can't just pick one
box Do you have a fav. quote?: The vows that Jamie and Claire said on their wedding day, also I love the Fraiser Clan quote " I am ready "
box Comments: I fell in love with Jamie right away!!! The love between Him and Claire is truly beautiful!!! I loved the series so much that I've given my friends their own set to read. I've re-read them so amny times that I feel like I'm a part of their story too. I they ever decide to make this into a movie/mini-series, I'd love to see Kevin Sorbo as Jamie. But I think that it should be made into a t.v program. I am waiting on pins and needles for the rest of the books to come out. But in the mean time, my best riend, Dawn, and I have our own little gab-fest about Jamie and Claire. I am sooooo glad to find others that love them as much as I do.

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Barb - 04/21/99
box My Email:Barjopat@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Fall of '94 (I think )
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander or Drums
box Do you have a fav. quote?: 'All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well " -
Dame Judith of Norwich
box Comments: Diana's work is incredible, & I appreciate all the work done for these sites! Thanks !

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Jennifer - 04/20/99
box My Email:tickleberrie@hotmail.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: I borrowed Outlander from a friend in june 1996. I didn't remember Diana Gabaldon's name, only found the series a month or two ago. just finishing up the whole series now... but I plan to read Outlander for the fourth time soon.
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander! It's gotta be Outlander!
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Everything that Jamie says!
box Comments: I am completely in love with James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. And Claire is almost like a best friend. I love these books! Outlander will be my absolute favourite forever. Having spent a year in England and Scotland, and visiting France, and c ming from a very proud family of Scottish heritage, I am very moved by these books. Especially Outlander, that's why it's my favourite. I am always reminded of the places I visited, and that makes them more special. I get to share with Jamie and Claire :) J

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Ann - 04/15/99
box My Email:brugirl@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 1995
box Which one is your favorite?: As I sit right now reading Outlander for the 3rd. time...I love them all, but feel the beginning of Claire and Jamies adventure is my favotite..
box Comments: I find it difficult to get interested in other books after reading the Outlander series!!...I love them ...Ann

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Sharon Barrett - 04/13/99
box My Email:skanky2@AOL.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 1998
box Which one is your favorite?: Drums of Autumn
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Jesus H. Roosvelt Christ!
box Comments: I love these books and am happy to have discovered this website. :)

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Deb - 04/10/99
box My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shadylady
box My Email:shadylady@goplay.com
box Comments: Love your site!! Please visit mine when you can!!

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Diana - 04/01/99
box My Email:shawmutt@msn.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: April 1998
box Which one is your favorite?: Voyager/Dragonfly/I don't know--all of them!!
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Quote?I dinna ken. Absolute favorite scene when Claire is reunited w/Jamie in Voyager--When did you break your nose?....
box Comments: First visit to this site and I know I'll be back often, marked it in my favorites, along w/DG's homepage and Ladies of Lallybrock.

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Carol Rohatynski - 03/30/99
box My Email:crohaty@telusplanet.net
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: About 4 years ago
box Which one is your favorite?: DIA
box Comments: Thank you DG for many many hours of vacation at home. I will probably keep re-reading until my husband throws them or me out.

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Pam Hartung - 03/25/99
box My Email:hartungp@dlcwest.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 1998
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander

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Laura Walker - 03/12/99
box My Email:laura.walker@powersouth.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Spring, 1997
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Does the wanting ever stop? - from Jamie

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Barbara F. Soares - 03/12/99
box My Email:BSoares67@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: I believe it was in 1997
box Which one is your favorite?: The Outlander
box Comments:I just loved the series, and I'm thrilled to know that two more are coming out. I'm looking forward to The Oulandish Companion as well. I must confess that I only read the books once, and I don't own a set; but I might just get a set and read them over gain. I can't get over so much information bein available about this series on the net. I think I've been hiding under a bushel or something.

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Norma - 03/10/99
box My Email:rogersn@cofc.edu
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: grabbed Outlander as soon as it came out!!!
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander

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Carol Button - 03/01/99
box My Email:Carolbutt.aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 1992
box Which one is your favorite?: Voyager
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Where Claire meets Jamie in Edinburgh
box Comments: I have read and re-read these books at least 20 times - due to being incapacitated with several broken bones and/or separated from my family whilst working away - they are as fresh and gripping at last reading as at first. Diana is the most inventive and rticulate author. Her narrative is faultless and the characterisation is superb. She carries the banner for english writing into the 21st century, the future of the language is secured as long as writers like this exist. I have e-mailed her separately and briefly (It's snowing in England) . Please pass on my congratulations on a truly inspired epic beautifully executed. My favourite part is where Claire goes back and meets Jamie in the printers in Edinburgh - so touching, I cried and was happy all at the same time! I have relatives in North Carolina who are on standby to send me the next book and the companion because I simply cannot wait until they are published in England. Love to Diana, keep up the good (magnificent) work. Love also to her husband and children for the support which enables her to keep going, their contribution should not be underestimated. Many thanks for years of pleasure. Carol Button, Yorkshire, England.

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Mindy France - 02/22/99
box My Email:mfrance@rr1.net
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 2 years ago
box Which one is your favorite?: Dragonfly in Amber (but they were all awesome!)
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Would be hard to pick
box Comments: I absolutely love these books! I've read them 5-6 times and will read them until I go blind probably! There's just something about those two people that invades my mind, once I start the series over, I get nothing done until I finish them all again! I'm g ad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I didn't realize there were so many sites about these books! Ms. Gabaldon has a way of intertwining the story so that you have to read very carefully or you'll miss something! I will have read the serie at leat twice more before the next one comes out. I can't wait for it!

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Amy Kunstle - 02/19/99
box My Email:jkunstle@iex.net
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: I read each as they came out!
box Which one is your favorite?: I love them all but would have to say my favorite is Outlander.
box Comments: This story is so incredible! I love the interaction between Jamie and Claire and hope for many more pages of wonderful reading. This fall I gave birth to my own little Jamie....James Scott; who knows maybe someday I'll be so obsessed to have a Claire as well!

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Kelly - 02/12/99
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: When they first came out. Have loved time travel romances for many years.
box Which one is your favorite?: All four-anxiously awaiting 5th!
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Favorite part when Claire chooses to go back to Jamie, seeing him for first time in store--got tingles...
box Comments: Wish that rest of series would be out sooner than 2000. I am really hoping for a mini-series/movie about Outlander, then rest of series following. Would be so great to see treasured characters brought to life!!!!

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Emily - 02/09/99
box My Email:emeli2@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 6 weeks ago... read all of them in SIX WEEKS!!
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander
box Comments: I was introduced to the Outlander series by a co-worker, and I immediately became addicted to these incredible books. I read all four of the books in about 6 weeks' time. My husband says "I'm tired of seeing a book planted over your face all the time! Are you almost done with those books yet?!" I have even been DREAMING about Jamie and Claire... I don't think I've ever become so emotionally involved in a book. I just wanted to share my views with other "Outlander-lo

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LaCoop - 02/03/99
box My Email:lacoop@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: August 98, read all, one after the other
box Which one is your favorite?: Loved 'em all, Outlander the best
box Comments: As a Gordon Highlander, and involved in my own ancestry, I found this story was consuming me! More,More,More!!!

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Mandi - 01/26/99
box My Email:mjwhite@hotkey.net.au
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Sept 92
box Which one is your favorite?: Cross Stitch (Outlander)
box Do you have a fav. quote?: mo duinne
box Comments: I am glad there are other mad/insane people out there, and that everyone seems to find these books as obsessive as I do. One of those books that you find yourself still reading at 3am because you can't put it down, and no house work gets done for 3 days u til you have finished it! Rock on 2000!

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Sandra Whipple - 01/25/99
box My Email:whipp362@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: Autumn, 1995. I was newly divorced with a baby girl. Could only find time to read while nursing or on lunchbreak at work.
box Which one is your favorite?: Voyager
box Do you have a fav. quote?: From DOA, about Jamie & Bree: "He gathered her tightly against him, bent his head and kissed her forehead. The fire struck a knot of pitch and blazed up suddenly behind the settle, limning their faces in gold and black. His features were harsh-cut and bold; hers, a more delicate echo of his heavy, clean-edged bones. Both stubborn, both strong. And both, thank God, mine."
box Comments: Someone once said, "We read to know we're not alone" (who was that, anyway? Please e-mail me if you know...). I'm as hyped about these websites and message boards as I was when I found the books. I'm glad that there are other Outlandish people out there and that they're doing such a snappy job on AOL. :)

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Meg - 01/22/99
box My Email:meggers513@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: In '91 when it first came out...recommended by the bookstore ....It was a new release!!
box Which one is your favorite?: After having read the entire 4 books at least a gazillion times I can honestly say ALL OF THEM!!!!
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Can't decide which one.......there are at least 2-3 from each book!!
box Comments: Started reading DG when Outlander came out in 1991. I was mourning my mother who had passed and was pregnant with my son. Needless to say I needed some distraction. Boy, did I ever get it!!!! I read Outlander over and over till Dragonfly came out, then wo ld read the 2 till Voyager..Same with Drums...My books are very well loved! I've turned on everyone I know....and some I don't (in the library, bookstores and even the laundromat!!) Can't wait for the next 2 and Companion...as well as her mystery novel!

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Kelly Rabjohns - 01/21/99
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: January 1999
box Which one is your favorite?: Impossible to choose
box Do you have a fav. quote?: "Your face is my heart"
box Comments: I'm an avid reader with two bookcases jammed pack with books in my bedroom, but I'd give them all up for these four precious books of Diana Gabaldon.

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Elora Fink - 01/21/99
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: 1993
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander
box Comments: One of the best books I've ever read. Made me a DG addict. Wonderful characterization, dialogue, plot development; Jamie & Claire seem real to me. DG's attention to historical accuracy and ability to seize on telling detail really place the reader into her stories and the time(s).

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Leslie Ottevaere - 01/21/99
box My Email:jeottevaer@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: When Outlander was 1st published in 1991
box Which one is your favorite?: Outlander and/or Voyager
box Do you have a fav. quote?: Yes! A Highlander in full regalia is an impressive sight
any Highlander, no matter how old, ill-favored, or crabbed in appearance, A tall, straight-bodied, and by no means ill-favored young Highlander at close range i breath-taking. Diana used practically this same quote to also describe Jamie's appearance at Jocasta's party in Drums.
box Comments: I'm afraid I'll get too old & croak before she finishes this story. Being of Scottish heritage myself, I appreciate Diana's attention to detail
but in my "old age", my patience is growing thin!!!!!!!!!

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Melanie Rose - 01/16/99
box My Email:marose76@aol.com
box When did you first read D. Gabaldon's books?: I read the sereis for the first time in January of 1998
box Which one is your favorite?: Hmmnn this is a toughie--i love them all!!
box Do you have a fav. quote?: off the top...Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ

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Deana Putter - 05/09/98
box My Email: DPutter123@aol.com
box Comments: Great site you two!!!!! Thank you both for all of the work, dedication and devotion:)

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