Diana Gabaldon
Well, it looks like our 2010 “Three years to Gabaldon” post was just about on target. Delacorte will release the eighth book in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander saga, Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, on December 10, 2013. Gabaldon will be speaking at this year’s BEA author breakfast to support the book—and she’s already posted a few excerpts on her website.
It has been more than 20 years since Gabaldon published the novel that started it all, The Outlander. The seven published novels have sold more than 20 million copies, and the universe has expanded to include three generations: the star-crossed, time-traveling lovers Claire and Jamie; their daughter Brianna, who was born in the 18th century but returned to the late 20th century with her husband; and their grandchildren Jem and Amanda. Then there are the dozens of peripheral characters, who “crop up in one book, disappear, and then return two or three books later. Someone barely mentioned in an early book may become pivotal in a later one,” as our interviewer Rebecca Bain noted in her 2009 chat with Gabaldon. So it’s certain that surprises are in store.
In other Gabaldon news, it looks as though opponents of Katherine Heigl as Claire can breathe easier. The Outlander series has recently been optioned for a TV series, not a film, as was previously reported. Showrunner Ron Moore, who has worked on Star Trek films and the TV series “Roswell,” will helm the project, and the Starz cable network has signed on to develop the series, which means that seeing an actual pilot sometime this year is quite likely. (Gabaldon has an extensive FAQ section on this topic on her site.) Move over, “Game of Thrones.”
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ETA: Though BEA’s website continues to list a pub date of December 10, Diana Gabaldon has informed us that the pub date is “still fluid.” Updates to come!
I look forward to the release of Diana Gabaldon’s next book in the Outlander series. I am nervous about the release of any Outlander based movie or series, I dont know that any actor could truly capture the “ESSENCE” of the characters.
I can understand not having actually read the series, but might make some effort to make sure any story details you include are actually correct before posting—otherwise why bother to include them? Brianna was NOT born in the eighteenth century, she was born and grew up in the mid twentieth century. She then travelled back to the 18th after her mother, then back once again to the late 20th.
I was just going to make the same point about the incorrect information about Brianna NOT having been born in the 18th century as stated by the “Managing Editor” above when I saw that someone else also noticed the glaring error made by someone who obviously has not read the book(s). Very annoying for a supposed editor of this site.