Outlander Book Series

[tig]

Originally Posted by Dorothy69

ok, is it some massive attack on me?
yes , it is

oh yeah, that must be Scottttttish forum stupid me, i forgot

feeling better now guys

only jokin dearie

[kathyv]

Originally Posted by Scotsgait

I don't suppose you could shorten your location ? The length of it totally screws up the page layout.

Left the OP a message to do this, even attempted to go in and do it myself, no luck.


Dot, I HAVE read them and had as much trouble understanding your post as Pol did, not sure why but it didn't make much relation between the books and your message.

Wonder if something was lost or altered in translation?

Britophile, you can't take someone like Christie and equate it to modern UK. PD James is not bad, but you have to expect religious settings/language and some gore. Elizabeth George, who actually admitted to writing her first book set in England before visiting there, her stories are all pretty similar but do have some interesting twists and interesting settings. Anne Perry, if you like Victorian settings and Victorian murders. Jane Austen, Walter Scott, PG Wodehouse, Charles Dickens, you don't have to read modern to enjoy British Lit, all these bring the flavor of their era to your enjoyment. Thomas Hardy is also good, probably best known for Tess, but Under the Greenwood Tree is better!

There are always the Bronte sisters, if you want to scare the heebie jeebies out of yourself!

I personally like (and teach) Kid's lit, so some of my favorites are, Beatrix Potter, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Edith Nezbit, although she was accused of using Ada Graves' story The House By the Railway for The Railway Children, and may have done so, her story is very good. R L Stevenson also can't be beat!

I have a friend who loves Elizabeth Goudge, but I can't get all that interested in her stuff, I find it long and winding, and fairly uninteresting in the ramble!

[admin]

Originally Posted by kathyv

Left the OP a message to do this, even attempted to go in and do it myself, no luck.

Sorted

[simpler times]

[quote=JsusHRooseveltC;419599][font="Book Antiqua"]Hi there
I'm new to the forum, and have to admit I have a huge crush on Scots in general and it is partially to blame on Diana Gabaldon!
(Okay, a lot to blame, but I really love Scotland. I wish I could visit it someday; it's so lovely..)
But anyway, as a tribute to my name on this forum, just wondered if anyone else read these books and love them as much as me. "

Yes, "Roosevelt" there are others out here who have read and ENJOYED Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. For those who have not, here's a brief synopsis: Claire is an English (Sassanach) nurse in post-WWII who goes to Scotland with her husband for a holiday, but steps through time via mystical standing stones and meets her true love, Jamie Fraser, in 1743. Nevermind our friend the English teacher (it is apples vs oranges to compare a a romance time-travel novel to classic literature or Brontes or even Beatrix Potter). Outlander is a series written for escapismromance, adventure, and thrills. . .with just enough historical background information to allow the "suspension of disbelief". . .A tour guide in Loch Lomand actually recommended that I read the series, because the historical context of the 1745 revolt was fairly accurate. The author did her research well. She also consulted various professionals including doctors and nurses and WWII experts to ensure that her facts were straight. . . I found her writing style to be refreshing, engaging and evocative. Maybe her books will never be considered "classics" but who decides that anyway? What about Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind?" She had no formal training as a writer and never wrote another novel after GWTW. Like Gabaldon, Mitchell wrote about a time and place in history that she understood, and if they were able to bring that time and place alive for the reader, and entertain along the way, then we should be appreciative of their talents.