Outlander
Author – Diana Gabaldon
Paperback
Pages: 896 pages
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: June 1st, 1991
ISBN-10: 0440242940
ISBN-13: 978-0440242949
In the never ending quest to get my girlfriend to read some good Fantasy Literature, I often myself have to make some concessions and read some of the books that she loves and raves about. This is how I came to read Outlander, the first volume in Diana Gabaldon’s ongoing series revolving around time-travelling Claire Beauchamp and to-good-to-be-true Jamie Fraser.
One major misconception I had going in to the novel, just like many other male readers out there, I imagine, is that Outlander was a book for chicks – a romance novel only found in the regular fiction section because of it’s incredible success.
Boy was I wrong.
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