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Outlander (franchise)
''Outlander'' is a series of historical fantasy novels by American author Diana Gabaldon. Gabaldon began the first volume of the series, '' Outlander'', in the late 1980s, and it was published in 1991. She has published nine out of a planned ten volumes. The ninth novel in the series, ''Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone'', was released on November 23, 2021. The ''Outlander'' series focuses on 20th-century British nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser. The books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide as of 2021. Among the many derived works are two short stories, three novellas, a novel series featuring recurring secondary character Lord John Grey, a graphic novel, a musical, and a television series. Publishing history ''Outlander'' novel series Novels # '' Outlander'' (1991) (published in the UK, New Zealand and Australia as ''Cross Stitch'') # '' Dragonfly in Amber'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlander (novel)
''Outlander'' (published in the United Kingdom as ''Cross Stitch'') is a fantasy, historical fantasy novel by American writer Diana Gabaldon, first published in 1991. Initially set around the time of the World War II, Second World War, it focuses on nurse Claire Fraser (character), Claire Beauchamp, who time travel, travels through time to 18th-century Scotland, where she finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser (character), Jamie Fraser. It is the first novel in the Outlander (book series), ''Outlander'' series, which is set to comprise ten books, nine of which have already been published. The Outlander (TV series), television adaptation of the series premiered on Starz (TV channel), Starz in the US on August 9, 2014. A Mixed genre, mix of several genres, the series has elements of historical fiction, romance novel, romance, adventure fiction, adventure and traditional fantasy. It has sold over 25 million copies. The first book won a Romance Writers of America' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Space Between (novella)
''Outlander'' is a series of historical fantasy novels by American author Diana Gabaldon. Gabaldon began the first volume of the series, '' Outlander'', in the late 1980s, and it was published in 1991. She has published nine out of a planned ten volumes. The ninth novel in the series, ''Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone'', was released on November 23, 2021. The ''Outlander'' series focuses on 20th-century British nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser. The books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide as of 2021. Among the many derived works are two short stories, three novellas, a novel series featuring recurring secondary character Lord John Grey, a graphic novel, a musical, and a television series. Publishing history ''Outlander'' novel series Novels # '' Outlander'' (1991) (published in the UK, New Zealand and Australia as ''Cross Stitch'') # '' Dragonfly in Amber'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davina Porter
Davina Porter is a British audiobook narrator and actor, best known for narrating the unabridged audiobooks of the ''Outlander (book series), Outlander'' series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Since the 1960s she has been based in the United States, and she began narrating books on tape in the mid-1980s. Life and career Porter was born in England, to an English father and a Scottish mother. She moved to the United States in the early 1960s, where she began acting in community theatre and began acting professionally in the mid-1980s. she was based in Westport, Connecticut, Westport, Connecticut, and recorded her works at a studio in Katonah, New York, Katonah. Porter began narrating audiobooks in 1986. In addition to her work on the ''Outlander'' series, she has narrated books by Leo Tolstoy, Daniel Defoe, Alexander McCall Smith and Anne Perry, and narrates both children's and adult literature. In 1989 her recording of ''Madame Bovary'' was described in the ''Los Angeles Times'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly
''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling." With 51 issues a year, the emphasis today is on book reviews. History Nineteenth century The magazine was founded by bibliographer Frederick Leypoldt in the late 1860s and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name ''The Publishers' Weekly'' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly'' was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country. In 1878, Leypoldt sold ''The Publishers' Weekly'' to his friend Richard Rogers Bowker, in order to free up time for his other bibliographic endeavors. Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. The magazine also sponsors and hosts major industry events. History Foundation and early years ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlander (TV Series)
''Outlander'' is a historical drama television series based on the book series of the same name by Diana Gabaldon. Developed by Ronald D. Moore, the show premiered on August 9, 2014, on Starz. It stars Caitríona Balfe as Claire Randall, an English former World War II military nurse in Scotland who, in 1945, finds herself transported back in time to 1743. There, she encounters, falls in love with, and marries a dashing Highland warrior named Jamie Fraser ( Sam Heughan), a tacksman of Clan Fraser of Lovat. Here, Claire becomes embroiled in the Jacobite rising. The 16-episode first season of the television series is based on the first novel in the series, '' Outlander'', and was released as two half-seasons, with the first part being aired from August to September 2014 and the second part from April to May 2015. The second season of 13 episodes, based on '' Dragonfly in Amber'', aired from April to July 2016. The 13-episode third season, based on '' Voyager'', aired f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord John Grey (character)
Lord John William Grey is a fictional character created by Diana Gabaldon. He is a recurring secondary character in Gabaldon's ''Outlander'' series of novels, and the main character of the ''Lord John'' series of historical mystery novels and novellas. Secretly homosexual "in a time when that particular predilection could get one hanged", the character has been called "one of the most complex and interesting" of the hundreds of characters in Gabaldon's ''Outlander'' novels. ''Outlander'' series Grey first appears in the second ''Outlander'' novel '' Dragonfly in Amber'' (1992) as a 16-year-old English soldier who chances upon Jamie and Claire Fraser on the eve of the Battle of Prestonpans. Recognizing Jamie as a wanted rebel and presuming Claire to be his prisoner, Grey attempts to save her. Using the threat of harm to Claire, Jamie tricks Grey into revealing information about the nearby British forces, and spares the boy's life. In '' Voyager'' (1994), a mortally injured J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. ''The Independent'' won the Brand of the Year Award in The Drum Awards for Online Media 2023. History 1980s Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at ''The Daily Telegraph'' who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Fraser (character)
James "Jamie" Fraser is a fictional character in the Outlander (book series), ''Outlander'' series of multi-genre novels by American author Diana Gabaldon, and its Outlander (TV series), television adaptation. In the series, married World War II nurse Claire Fraser (character), Claire Randall is visiting Scotland when she is transported through time from 1945 back to 1743. There she finds adventure, war and romance with the dashing Scottish Highlands, Highland warrior Jamie Fraser, a grandson of Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Lord Lovat and senior member of Gabaldon's fictionalized Clan Fraser of Lovat, Clan Fraser. Jamie Fraser also appears in two novels in the Lord John series, ''Lord John'' series of historical mystery, historical mysteries, and in the 2013 novella ''Virgins (Gabaldon novella), Virgins''. Jamie is portrayed by Sam Heughan in the Starz television series ''Outlander (TV series), Outlander''. Concept and creation Gabaldon took the name "Jamie" from the ''Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
