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  • Q.O.T.D. for Wednesday, August 26, 2009 -- DawnW., 16:26:48 08/25/09 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autums by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 34, Lallybroch. Copyright 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "He left me."
    The words were spoken without heat, but they fell with the weight of stones in still water, spreading endless ripples of pain and betrayal. Young Jamie had been opening his mouth to speak; he shut it again, watching Laoghaire.
    "He said that he could not bear it longer- to dwell in the same house with me, to share my bed." She spoke calmly, as though reciting a piece she had learned by heart, her eyes still fixed on the empty spot where the pearls had rested.
    "So he left. And then he came back- with the witch."

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  • After all this discussion, I thought maybe a poll would be in order. Everyone obviously has their thoughts /feelings on Frank's behavior. There are some that really feel for him and that's good. But, would you like Frank Randall for a husband? Please answer yes or no. -- Mandee, 16:09:04 08/24/09 Mon
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  • Q.O.T.D. for Tuesday, August 25, 2009 -- DawnW., 16:30:04 08/24/09 Mon
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 70, Emily. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    "Stay," she said.
    He stood looking into her eyes for a long time, his own deep hazel, gold-flecked and serious.
    "You could fight him- Ahk..." She fumbled for the syllables of the Mohawk name. "Sun Elk. But you can't fight her. If she's made up her mind that she doesn't want to be with you anymore...Ian, you can't change it."
    He blinked, dark lashes cutting off his gaze, and kept his eyes closed, whether in acknowledgement or denial of what she'd said, she didn't know."

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  • QOTD for Monday, August 24, 2009 -- DawnW., 16:02:21 08/23/09 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 19, Too Lay A Ghost. Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    "Stop you?" I said. "What should I have done? Steamed open your mail and waved the letters under your nose? Made a scene at the faculty Christmas party? Complained to the Dean?"
    His lips pressed tight together for a moment, then relaxed. "You might have behaved as though it mattered to you," he said quietly.
    "It mattered." My voice sounded strangled.
    He shook his head, still staring at me, his eyes dark in the lamplight.
    "Not enough."

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  • Quote of the Day for Saturday, August 22, 2009. The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 3 - Keep Your Friends Close. Copyright(c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. -- Denise H, 19:20:02 08/21/09 Fri
         
         MacDonald was cursing freely, but I hadn’t attention to spare for him. Rollo was coming up the path toward the house, wolflike and sinister in the gloaming, but acting so oddly that I was standing before conscious thought could bring me to my feet.
         The dog would run a few steps toward the house, circle once or twice as though unable to decide what to do next, then run back into the wood, turn, and run again toward the house, all the while whining with agitation, tail low and wavering.
         "Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ," I said. "Bloody Timmy's in the well!"

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  • Jamie's Ghost -- Aja, 23:32:46 08/19/09 Wed
    I'm sure this has been discussed previously (I've noticed its a popular subject on blogs/message boards!) but I have to ask - does anyone have a theory as to why Jamie's ghost appears in the first book? Its not so much that he appears necessarily that interests me (in A Breath of Snow and Ashes we learn he can dream into the future after all) it's more that Frank describes him as being very sad...I didn't think anything of it until this, the second time I have read the series and now I am plagued with worry that they may lose one another in the future. Clearly a sign I am way too involved in this series!

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  • Q.O.T.D . for Sunday, August 23, 2009 -- DawnW., 16:21:27 08/22/09 Sat
    The following quote is taken from A Breath Of Snow And Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 80, The World Turned Upside Down. Copyright (c) 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    "Oh, Claire," he whispered into my hair. I reached up, and could feel wetness on his cheeks. "She said- she wished to keep ye alive for me. And she mean't it; she didna mean to take anything for herself."
    I cried then, holding nothing back. For empty years, yearning for the touch of a hand. Hollow years, lying beside a man I had betrayed, for whom I had no tenderness. For the terrors and doubts and griefs of the day. Cried for him and me and for Mary MacNab, who knew what lonliness was- and what love was, as well."


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    I do have a theme this week. I think it is easier understood than articulated. Maybe someone will take a stab at it by week's end.

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  • International Editions -- Carmen, 10:05:05 08/22/09 Sat


    So, there I am again. Thank you ladies for your responses to my posting last week. I'm glad you like me doing it again :o)

    There are so much updates to do that it's hard to decide which one to do first. Well, as it happend, there are news to tell and I'm not 100% sure that the books are out yet. Nonetheless here the are:

    Brasilian Publisher Rocco is now up to book five, like the last two again in two volumes each. Isn't it lovly?




    Polish publisher Świat Książki has alredy published book 5 and 6 (the first three were published by Amber) and is now doing all books (including book 7) in two volumes each. Up to date they are at Voyager. That means, our Polish friends will finally get Drums of Autumn.

          


    Also, I have done an update of the Finish and Japanese Covers. You find them all in the Cover Gallery

    Carmen

    PS There may not be an update next week. My daughter is visiting with the kids ;o)

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  • Young Ian and Time Travel -- lisah, 07:38:16 08/22/09 Sat
    I just re-finished TFC and am a little confused about the scene where everyone is reading Otter Tooth's journal. When did young Ian find out about the time travel? At this point? - if so he "took it" remarkably well

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  • Quote of the Day for Friday, August 21, 2009. The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 7 – James Fraser, Indian Agent. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved. -- Denise H, 18:19:20 08/20/09 Thu
         
         "Fucking cat!" bellowed Major MacDonald. I sat, hand pressed across my mouth, as the stomp of bare feet vibrated through the floorboards, succeeded briefly by the crash of the Major's door, which flung open, then shut with a bang.
         Jamie too had stood frozen for an instant. Now he moved, very delicately, and soundlessly eased our own door open. Adso, tail arrogantly S-shaped, strolled in. Magnificently ignoring us, he crossed the room, leapt lightly onto the washstand, and sat in the basin, where in stuck a back leg into the air and began calmly licking his testicles.

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  • When did Claire get pregnant? -- ElizabethS, 06:49:02 08/20/09 Thu
    I know I could probably figure this out on my own, but I was wondering...At the end of Outlander when she tells Jamie about her wee gift, how pregnant is she. Has it been some time since their first encounter post BJR. I don't think she could have been pregnant the whole time she was searching for Jamie, so I am thinking she got pregnant at the abbey. Any ideas??

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