A Work In Progress...

If you know of some interesting Outlandish tidbit, and you'd like to share it with other LOLers, please let us know!

The Lallybroch Library is divided into three sections:

• Outlandish Section: information about Diana Gabaldon, the books and Outlandish tidbits.
• Reading Recommendations: LOL's own "Methadone List", complied from suggestions of the Ladies and Lads, and now the new LOL Book of the Month feature.
• Ladies of Lallybroch Archives: Newsletters, Contests, and The Best of LOL, threads and posts we found should be preserved for posterity... :-)

Outlandish Section

The Books

• Books by Diana Gabaldon
• The TV Mini Series
• Special Guestbook: Leave a message for Diana Gabaldon - read our disclaimer first :-)
• Gallery of Outlandish Covers
• Seldom Seen Outlandish Promo Material - Thank you to all the Ladies that contributed!
• Outlandish Illustrations - Outlandish art by Ladies of Lallybroch

Diana Gabaldon's words...

• Passionate Gabaldon lives and breathes her characters -  September 26, 2005
• Washington Post chat transcript -  September 20, 2005
• Novelspot talks to... Diana Gabaldon -  September 5, 2005
• January Magazine interview with Diana Gabaldon -  2002
• BookReporter.com Chat with Diana Gabaldon -  August 22, 2001
• Writing-World.com interview with Diana Gabaldon.-  2001
• Second LOL Chat with Diana Gabaldon -  June 29, 2000
• January Magazine author profile - Diana Gabaldon -  1999
• MSN Chat with Diana Gabaldon, July 19, 1999 - Transcripts of private mIRC logs.
• First LOL Chat with Diana Gabaldon! - June 16, 1999.
• The Writer's E-zine chat with Diana Gabaldon -  November 1998.
• Diana Gabaldon Comments on Brianna - March 5, 1997.

Articles

• From Salon Books, "My 'Outlander' Thing" - the books from a male perspective (August 12, 1999).
• From Recorded Books Inc. April 2000 Catalogue, Diana Gabaldon- Worlds of success.
• From "Family Tree", Genealogy Featured at 2000 San Diego, CA Highland Games. Diana Gabaldon will attend the Games.
• From "Family Tree", Clan Henderson "adopts" Diana Gabaldon at the Scottish Weekend.
• From the Romantic Meals Feed Love's Flame series of articles of The Arizona Republic, Diana Gabaldon's recipe for a romantic meal.
• From "Family Tree", a genealogical publication from the Odom Library: Diana Gabaldon Special Guest the Odom Library's Scottish Weekend 2000 and an article about Ladies of Lallybroch! Our thanks to Lady Beth Gay and Lady Norma McKellar from the Odom Library for kindly allowing us to reprint these two articles. :-)
• "Historical romance novelist finds mystery in biology and literature, too.", an article about Diana Gabaldon published by PhoenixNewTimes.com (November 30, 2000).
• "Outlander Series Stands Test of Time", an article published by CNN (December 27, 2001).
• "Plaid to the Bone", a transcript of the People Magazine article about Diana Gabaldon.
• Gaga for Gabaldon, article on Canadian Mcleans magazine about Ladies of Lallybroch (January 14, 2002)
• Discovering the Ladies of Lallybroch, article by Lady Rose McGlew about LOL on  The Messenger-Press (July 25, 2002)
• There’s Nothing Outlandish About Outlander Series Author Gabaldon, article about Diana Gabaldon published by AzJournal.com (April 27, 2005)
• ROMANCE: Superstars go for serious and silly - article which appeared in the Detroit Free Press. (September 25, 2005)

Outlandish Tidbits...

• The Gaelic version of Jamie and Claire's Blood Vow, courtesy of Iain Taylor, Diana Gabaldon's consultant for Gaelic.
• The Original Jamie Fraser - Lady MelissaJ found him for us!
• Jason Flemyng, Herself's Jamie?
• A (Verra) Small Outlandish Reference Section
  • Da Mi Basia Mille, the poem by Catullus
  • The Lake Isle of Innisfree, the poem by W.B.Yeats, that Brianna quotes to Jamie, by Lady Valeria
  • The Master of Lovat, by Lady ValerieL
  • General Simon Fraser, by Lady Jane
  • About Amber..., by Lady JulieH
  • Stede Bonnet, "The Gentleman Pirate", by Lady JenniferA
  • Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ!, by Lady Jay
  • Handfasting in Scotland prior to the 18th century, by Lady DebbieF
  • Requiem, the poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, that Claire quotes to Jamie, by Lady Cynthia
  • The real Geillis Duncan, by Lady Elleon
  • A Damselfly in Amber, by Lady Elleon
  • Rose Hall, by Lady Judy G
  • Gaberlunzie, by Lady Jay
  • Le Comte Saint Germain, by Lady Carmen
  • Portrait of Simon Lord Lovat by William Hogarth
  • Lord Lovat, a small biography, by Lady Carmen

Reading Recommendations

The Reading Recommendations Page: reading suggestions by other Outlander fans to help you endure the wait until the next book.

LOL Book of the Month: books we loved, and why :-)

Ousted by Outlander! - A collection of Hosers favorite books preceding Outlander, compiled by Lady M&M.

Ladies of Lallybroch Archives

The Best of LOL

• "The Toilet Paper Caper", the truth behind all of those references to deliveries of TP to Herself's door.
• "Where Have You Lived"
• "LOL Intros"
• "The Reilly/Bosch Incident", how one small posting miscue can lead to a long thread of hilarity
• "Green Eggs and Ham Parody"
• The Wallpaper Wars
  • Read what happened, in the Guest Bedrooms
  • Wallpaper Wars - Social Board Page 1
  • Wallpaper Wars - Social Board Page 2
  • Wallpaper Wars - Social Board Page 3
  • Wallpaper Wars - The Final Results
• Lady M&M hosed poll: Jamie lets one fly...
• The Secret Darcy Board, when the HTML Practice Board was taken by hosers devoted to... Mr. Darcy!
• Hosed Outlander: The Movie! The casting discussions are finally over! No other combination of stars can ever beat Lady M&M's choices for the next blockbuster...
• The Reduced Gabaldon, a totally hosed "books-in-a-minute" synopsis by Lady Belinda.
• CF's Hosed Unbirthdays - A fortnight of silly poetry, Princess Buttercup and Adrian in bondage... or anything goes to "persuade" CF to tell us when's her birthday!
• Hammie - LOL's Demoniacal Pet Hamster - a series of hosed "Hammie-posts" saved by Lady Shadow.
• The O Tapes, or how a innocent little post can give origin to typical LOL hosedness.
• Diana Gabaldon's Hosed Birthday Thread
• Green Eggs and Ham Revisited - Not your usual Dr. Seuss...

LOL Newsletters, by Lady ValK

• 1st LOL Newsletter (October 1997)
• 2nd LOL Newsletter (Spring 1998)
• 3rd LOL Newsletter (Spring 1999)

LOL Trivia Games

• Broch Talk is the home for current trivia games. Please note that the links to the archives can be found in the upper righthand corner of the message board.

LOL Contests

• First LOL Book Contest.
• Last LOL Book Contest for 1998.
• Ladies M&M, MelissaJ and MJ "We're Really at the End of Our Braincells" Contest, aka the Y2K Contest.
• Contests sponsored by Lady M&M, along with Lady Merc, Scotty, and Lady Dale.