The Outlandish Companion Volume II - more information

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According to Random House, Diana's US Publisher, you can pre-order the Second Volume of The Outlandish Companion. You can go to THIS site to do just that.

According to Random House the tentative release date is October 27, 2015. Don't count on this because according to Diana's website the volume was supposed to be out last year. It is possible this volume will take longer that Random House anticipates.

The reason for that is what Diana tells us is possibly going to be in the new volume.

Diana has mentioned that Volume II “will contain maps, timelines, floor plans, costumes, recipes, photographs of Scotland and North Carolina, and a Whole Lot of Other Stuff.”
The new OUTLANDISH COMPANION, Volume II, is planned to have detailed synopses of Outlander Series from The Fiery Cross on, all of the Lord John Series, and any other works published since volume I of The Outlandish Companion was released.

In addition, in 2010 Diana mentioned including the following features:

• "Cast of Characters" listings for all the books listed above. These lists note which books each character appears in, and give a thumbnail description of each character (for those readers who have trouble remembering who’s who).
• A Comprehensive, Alphabetized and Phonetic Glossary of All the Gaelic in All the Books (so far).
• Interesting Features on Writing in General (Diana’s "chunk writing" technique vs. outlines, how to organize scenes so you can find them again, the Fine Art of Backing Up, etc.) and Writing These Books in Particular (the “shape” of each book, internal structure, and interconnections).
• Reader’s Guides (book-club discussion questions and commentary).
• Features on Costume and Cookery of the 18th Century.
• A Truly Massive (but well-organized!) Bibliography, of all the References used in writing the books since Volume I of the COMPANION was published.
• Many Inspiring and Beautiful Photographs of the Scottish Highlands (and perhaps a few less inspiring ones of the author) taken by Barbara Schnell, the German translator for the books.
• A Selection of the most Piquant, Poignant, Offensive, and/or Hilarious (whether deliberately or inadvertently) Letters received- and the Author;s Unexpurgated Responses to Same.
• Controversy: Commentary and discussion on the more controversial scenes, themes, or incidents in the various books.

According to Amazon.com you can pre-order the Kindle Version of the Companion as well though no word as to the physical book yet.

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