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| Outlandish Companion, The: In Which Much Is Revealed Regarding Claire And Jamie Fraser.... | 
 enlarge | Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 37.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 31585
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
ISBN: 0385257392
Dewey Decimal Number: 810
EAN: 9780385257398
ASIN: 0385257392
Publication Date: June 29, 1999
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| Customer Reviews:
 A great Outlander "encyclopedia" July 6, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was thrilled to get mine in the mail after finishing the first five Outlander books! It's fun to get the behind-the-scenes tour of the books and characters. Can't wait for the next few books to be published!
Most believable historical fiction - bar none May 19, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I stumbled across this book in line at the grocery store and quickly became addicted to the entire Outlander series. I've bought them as gifts for family and friends innumerable times. The attention to detail in all of Ms. Gabaldon's books is eerie - in short it makes you wonder if time travel is indeed possible. Calling these books romance novels is unfair because there is so much more to them than your standard bodice ripper. The characters are complex and believable and the dialogue is intelligent and often humorous. At roughly a 1,000 pages per book it's certainly not light reading for the beach but they're so engrossing you'll likely not notice whether the sun is out or not...
Amazing Book August 5, 2002
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The title of the book says it all! Anyone who enjoys Diana Gabaldon's work, should definetly buy this book. It has some really interesting insights, such as a horoscope for both Jamie and Claire. Well worth the money spent!!!!!
A good concept May 21, 2002
I thought this was a GREAT idea since her books are so chock-full of info and sub-plots that sometimes you're left wanting to know more. This definitely does that. It's very complete. The only complaint I had is that she seems to go overboard on some of the info and detail. It's pretty dry in places. I had expected more of a quick reference sort of deal. But really, she's entertaining and witty and it was VERY helpful. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to all fans.
Background to the Outlander series February 2, 2002
There are many background elements to the Outlander series: characters, history, food, Gaelic sayings. This is an attempt to cover a lot of them as well as to discuss how Gabaldon came up with the books and its elements.I shouldn't really take full credit for this book, but it's long enough that I'm not going to feel very guilty about it. I skipped over the synopses of the novels and skimmed the list of sayings and vocabulary words fairly quickly. More interesting was the Q&A, particularly since she got the original inspiration from Jamie on Doctor Who. (I'm a big fan of Doctor Who.) It's also interesting to see how seriously she takes the whole effort: even though she was originally just writing for herself, she took it very seriously and worked hard to do the best job she possibly could. Most impressive is how she manages at all: throughout her comments it becomes clear that she gardens, she's a Compuserve volunteer, she records audios for the blind, she goes to church, she has two kids. How the heck does she find time to write? She admits that it's a lot to do with going without sleep. Not sure that's something I'd want to try.
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