Gabaldon is ALSO responsible for a boom in North Carolina tourism.
I read a report on Twitter from a local in NC to Diana:
"Raleigh, NC has a lot of #outlander fans. Library has 90 copies of The Fiery Cross & they are all checked out w/ another 123 people on the wait list"
LOLOLOL!!! That'll blow your hair back. :-)
Oh that’s right! Grandfather Mountain, IIRC :) Would sure love to attend a Calling of the Clans there someday .... sigh .....
From your library report it seems the TV watchers are crossing over into the real thing, and I’m glad. Miss G’s writing deserves to be read, not interpreted - no matter how well one may think it’s being interpreted ....
I did watch the first few shows and the best moment for me was the opening scene :) .... the guy they cast as Jamie is SO unappealing and the writing for him was even worse. I think they tried to REALLY make Claire the stronger partner -in line with the Power Girls mentality of today.
Lovely, though, great costumes, and I think Claire was an excellent choice. Jamie always looked annoyed or constipated to me - and the scenes with Claire seemed unnatural, forced... I didn’t want that in my head for my reading.
Well, carry on .... :)