Outlandish Observations

In honor of the holiday, here are some Thanksgiving-themed quotes from the OUTLANDER books.  This has become an annual tradition here on Outlandish Ob... Read more

Diana Gabaldon's latest story, "Virgins" , about Jamie and Ian as very young mercenaries in France, before Jamie met Claire, will be publ... Read more

It's my birthday today! I'm looking forward to a relaxing day, and dinner out with my parents this evening. I always date my "OUTLANDER an... Read more

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) The fan was an important fashion accessory for upper-class ladies in... Read more

Check out this terrific video interview with Sam Heughan! I love listening to Sam talk! Not just the Scottish accent, but the soft-spoken vo... Read more

Here's an excellent interview with Sam Heughan in The Scotsman . Definitely worth reading! (In case you're wondering, I asked Diana Gabaldon on... Read more

Diana Gabaldon just announced that the new publication date for WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART'S BLOOD will be June 10, 2014 in the US and Canada! Look he... Read more

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) The Declaration of Arbroath , signed on April 6, 1320, is one of the... Read more

Here are the latest photos from the set of the OUTLANDER TV series , from an article in the UK Daily Mail. Caitriona looks great, and she seems to be... Read more

Diana Gabaldon dropped a hint on Compuserve today about her planned visit to the set of the OUTLANDER TV series , currently scheduled for February 201... Read more

Diana Gabaldon made the following announcement today: "Well. I _really_ hate writing this, and I do apologize….but the pub date for MOBY is movi... Read more

More casting news: Prentis Hancock will play Claire's beloved Uncle Lamb! Quentin Lambert Beauchamp. “Q” to his archaeological students and his f... Read more

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books.  This is a collection of some of my favorite items from previous FFF po... Read more

Here's the latest casting news: Liam Carney will play Alec MacMahon MacKenzie, Leoch's Master of Horse. A squat figure in leather breeks and ro... Read more

A couple of quick announcements: 1) I have changed the RSS feed for this site to https://feeds.feedblitz.com/OutlandishObservations . If you have the... Read more

Here's Diana Gabaldon's latest blog post , in response to all the comments on Facebook and elsewhere about Sam Heughan as Jamie. I would really... Read more

Here's a brief update on the OUTLANDER TV series. First, the latest casting news: Kathryn Howden will play Mrs. Baird, the owner of the B&B in... Read more

I'm celebrating a blogging milestone today.  This is my 1000th blog post since I started Outlandish Observations in August, 2008! Thanks so much... Read more

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) This is a traditional corn-husk doll , like the one Jemmy played with a... Read more