Comments on: Warm rolls with minced pigeon and truffles https://dianagabaldon.com/2010/12/warm-rolls-with-minced-pigeon-and-truffles/ Author of the Outlander Series Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Diana https://dianagabaldon.com/2010/12/warm-rolls-with-minced-pigeon-and-truffles/comment-page-1/#comment-8456 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:07:39 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/2010/12/warm-rolls-with-minced-pigeon-and-truffles/#comment-8456 Dear NJ–

Well, not all books (or graphic novels) are for all readers. (I can’t take any credit for the musical; I had nothing to do with its creation.) I don’t expect the explanation to please you, but fwiw, ECHO ends as it does (and was Extremely Carefully Engineered to do _just_ what it does) because of the huge response I got after A BREATH OF SNOW AND ASHES was published. People wrote to me in _droves_, all moaning about how sad they were that the series was ended, what would they do without Jamie and Claire, wouldn’t I please re-consider… I wrote back to every one of those people and said, “What do you mean? Why on earth do you think it’s the last book? Did I _say_ it’s the last book? Does it say, The Thrilling Conclusion’ on the paperback?” And every one of them wrote back to _me_, saying….”But you tied everything up so neatly! We thought it must be The End!”

To which I said, “Well, see if I ever do _that_ again!” {g}

Point being that ECHO ends as it does specifically to indicate to everybody that NO, IT ISN’T THE LAST BOOK. And I will say most people did figure that out. {g} Every single prior book has generated wads of “Oh, I heard this was the last book…” mail. This one, not so much.

As to not resolving anything–there are four major storylines in ECHO; three of them are cliffhung with the greatest skill and execution, but I did resolve Young Ian’s storyline, which ends the book.

–Diana

]]> By: NJ Dawson https://dianagabaldon.com/2010/12/warm-rolls-with-minced-pigeon-and-truffles/comment-page-1/#comment-8447 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:42:56 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/2010/12/warm-rolls-with-minced-pigeon-and-truffles/#comment-8447 I am disapointed in you. You have written a series of books that take many of us on a historical journey and then you wrote a “cliff hanger” like a Saturday Afternoon flick which resolves nothing. I expected better . Enjoy your comics, musicals, etc., you’ve lost me as a fan.

]]> By: Dianne Biscoe https://dianagabaldon.com/2010/12/warm-rolls-with-minced-pigeon-and-truffles/comment-page-1/#comment-7953 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:37:07 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/2010/12/warm-rolls-with-minced-pigeon-and-truffles/#comment-7953 Hey Diana!
I just spent the last half an hour browsing your site…love it! And I totally love your books, as does my daughter and my sister and just last week, I got my neighbor hooked. She is now on book 2 of the Outlander series. I am happy to hear that the next book will be out in 2012…every time you publish a new one, I start over from the first one before I will read the new one. I probably know most of the first 3 books almost by memory, but learn new things from the rest of them every time I read them. I probably better start in fall of this year to get ready.

My only regret is that I never got to meet you during the 3 years I lived in AZ. Tho I must admit, I would rather read than look at you. :)

Sincerely
Dianne Biscoe

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