Have any of you ever read it? It's amazing....each book is about 900 pages long and it's a series of 6 books.

Right now I'm on the 4th book and I'm totally loving it. If you have never read it you should read the reviews on Amazon. An American woman time travels back to 18th Century Scotland.....

I'll be so sad when it's over but I heard she's writing another one for the series, possibly 2 more!

I thoroughly enjoyed each book and look forward to the next. According to her website, she will be writing one or two more in the Jamie and Claire series.

I've read each one as they were released and believe me, it was hard waiting for the next one to come out. They are probably my favorite series of books.

Aren't they great? Each night I can't wait to go to bed so I can read.....I LOVE these books...best I've read in a LONG time!!!!

Everyone that I know that's read them loved them so much....so I figured I'd found a winner....but I didn't realize how much I would come to love Claire and Jamie...I'll be sad when it's all totally over.

I found that I just couldn't get into them, but my husband has read them all and liked them very much. He's the one in the family who likes a good romance.

Besides the romance part, I have really enjoyed the history lessons that they have provided. I got my whole family involved in these and now everytime my mom sees a good looking, tall, broad-shouldered red-haired man, she says he'd be a good Jamie if they're made into movies. I've said here on FT before that Jamie and Claire would be the two literary characters I'd love to meet.

I've read them, too, but found the Fiery Cross was a little long. It was mostly enjoyable, but I think I'd have liked it more if it was a bit shorter. I'm looking forward to the next, though.

Oh I love them being long...I read so fast that I feel like I get more of my moneys worth if it is a long book...

I read Stephen Kings IT in one and a half days back in college.

The only thing I would've liked is if she touched more on telling Jamie about modern things....it really skims over that.

I started reading the series a few years before Fiery Cross was released, and yes, the waiting is the hardest part!

I read Outlander for the first time the last in a group of Scotland-themed books my aunt had loaned me to read. From the summary on the back I didn't think I'd like the book very much, but by the third chapter ("The Man in the Wood") I was hooked... not only with the book and the characters, but also with the writing style of Diana Gabaldon ("Herself"). As soon as I finished reading the last page, I held the book closed on my lap for a moment, then turned it over and started again. I am an avid reader of ecclectic tastes; I often have two or more books on the go, and I can honestly say that in my life I had never before reread a book right away. (Afterwards I did the same thing with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. At the time I had never read Rowling's work, but she's another author I fell in love with immediately I read her.)

In 2001 I joined a site called the Ladies of Lallybroch which is a great site for all things Gabaldon and Scottish, for those interested. Keeping with the theme of many other members' usernames I began mine with "Lady" and then found a close approximation of my name in Gaelic... "Caitriona". Shortly afterward -- it may even have been the same day, I can't remember -- I joined the Internet's best trivia site, and I registered with the same name. I played a few quizzes, then tried my hand at authoring (there was no minimum quiz requirement back then); my first quiz ever was about the Outlander Old World Trilogy and Book I (Drums of Autumn) of what was supposed to have been the New World Trilogy but has since been extended to what Herself thinks will ecompass up to Book VIII. (You can never tell with Herself; for one thing, when she wrote Outlander she never meant to write anything that would ever be published, she simply wanted to try her hand at writing ficiton and was encouraged by friends after posting samples online. Trivia tidbit: The very first scene written for Outlander was the scene in the Highlands cabin where Claire first encounters Dougal MacKenzie and included the line, "Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp, and who the hell are you?" which was rewritten sometime before the novel's final draft to something that more closely reflected Claire's emotional state at the time. Herself didn't have it in her mind at the time to include time-travel in her pet project, but she describes the moment as the first emerging evidence of Claire's twentieth century personality.) To this day, my first FunTrivia quiz is my highest-rated of my 93 quizzes online.

I finally remembered the last part that I wanted to mention, LOL.

Among several scientific publications and short stories, Herself also likes to write mysteries and intends to write a series featuring Outlander's Lord John Grey. So far only one book has been published, Lord John Grey and the Private Matter.

There is also a compendium book, The Outlandish Companion (which I believe is called Through the Stones in UK publications) that's an enjoyable, and informative, read as well.

All the best!
~LadyC

I have about 50 pages left to read of 'The Fiery Cross' and have the next (and last) one lined up ready to read.

I decided to read these books after reading this thread and they are not my usual type of book, although i do have phases of 'types', but i have thoroughly enjoyed the series. Being fortunate to read them altogether has been a great experience, every time I was close to finishing one I would ring the library and order the next one to be ready for collection.

I have to admit that I will be quite sad when I reach the end of the last one but I do believe there will be more in the pipeline.

The only part I did not really enjoy was the vivid telling of injuries and how they were treated in those days. Being a bit squeamish it was a bit hard to get past these parts, luckily I was lying down each time, as I always read my books in bed. Once or twice I did nod off and was quite lucky not to break my nose or black an eye as the book would fall on my face as I fell asleep. I was sharp woken up then though.

To anybody reading this thread this series of books are well worth a read for the romance, historical content, humour and also one or two battles. Very well written.

This sounds very interesting, and with the enthusiasm displayed in this thread I have a thirst to try out these books!

Could someone please mention the title of each book, from 1 through to 6. Thank you.

They are definitely worth a read blurrystar and I am sure I read somewhere that there will be another book in this series out later in 2007. There is also an interesting web page for Diana Gabaldon with a lot more information. Here is a list of the series in the correct order of reading.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I have and I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone.

1.Outlander
(also titled Cross Stitch)
2.Dragonfly in Amber
3.Voyager
4.Drums of Autumn
5.The Fiery Cross
6.A Breath of Snow and Ashes

what are these books aabout?

Try the following web page which gives a review of the books mentioned. The only problem with this, is that it could give away some of the story line so if you only read the beginning of it then you should be okay. Also if you google Diana Gabaldon you will find various web pages related to the subject.

http://louisabrown.net/Cross.htm

Hope this helps.

Each book is about 900 pages long so is definitely something to get your teeth into.

oh i checked it out it sounds pretty cool

My sister sent me the link to Diana Gabaldon's web page and there is a section there of pictures (Movie Casting Gallery) that people have submitted of actors and actresses who they think would be good at playing the books' characters. As soon as I clicked on the one for Jamie, I found the actor I'd like to play him. I mean, I got goosebumps and said "there's Jamie"! We went through all the pictures one by one and gave our thumbs up or down. It was a fun activity for an hour or so. If you're a big fan of the books, you have a definite view of these characters.

I loved the series. My mums best friend recommended them too me, and i read them before my mum. I didnt have to wait for any of them to come out though. Now my mum is in the middle of reading them and she loves them as well. though she isn't sure about me reading the romance parts.