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		<title>By: Cecília Kailane</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cecília Kailane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Querida Diana,

Sinto que nunca irei ler um universo construído como o seu, a mágica que você fez foi enorme na minha vida, lhe escrevo na esperança de fazer com que entenda o quão importante você é na vida de milhões de pessoas. Sinto que somos amigas a muito tempo, mesmo eu estando aqui no Nordeste do Brasil. Com toda a minha sinceridade eu lhe envio bençãos e paz de espírito em seu coração, por gentileza recorde de solicitar com urgência assim que terminar seu décimo livro, um box para nós brasileiros, a cada ano que passa está cada vez mais difícil ter acesso aos seus livros, eu mesma ainda não consegui comprar pois sempre estão em falta! Ansiamos por esse desfecho em lindos exemplares! 

E se não for pedir muito...venha nós visitar em Fortaleza, CE Brasil, para nos dar autógrafos e receber nosso carinho. 

Te amamos muito, abraços.

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Dear Diana,

I feel as though I will never read another universe as beautifully constructed as yours; the magic you have woven has had a profound impact on my life. I am writing to you in the hope that you will understand just how important you are in the lives of millions of people. I feel as though we have been friends for a long time—even with me being all the way here in the Northeast of Brazil. With all sincerity, I send you blessings and wish you peace of mind. Please, remember to make an urgent request—as soon as you finish your tenth book—for a boxed set specifically for us Brazilians; with each passing year, it becomes increasingly difficult to get access to your books. I haven&#039;t even been able to buy them myself yet, as they are constantly out of stock! We are eagerly awaiting this conclusion in beautiful editions!

And if it isn&#039;t asking too much... please come visit us in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, to sign autographs and receive our affection.

We love you very much. Warm hugs.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Querida Diana,</p>
<p>Sinto que nunca irei ler um universo construído como o seu, a mágica que você fez foi enorme na minha vida, lhe escrevo na esperança de fazer com que entenda o quão importante você é na vida de milhões de pessoas. Sinto que somos amigas a muito tempo, mesmo eu estando aqui no Nordeste do Brasil. Com toda a minha sinceridade eu lhe envio bençãos e paz de espírito em seu coração, por gentileza recorde de solicitar com urgência assim que terminar seu décimo livro, um box para nós brasileiros, a cada ano que passa está cada vez mais difícil ter acesso aos seus livros, eu mesma ainda não consegui comprar pois sempre estão em falta! Ansiamos por esse desfecho em lindos exemplares! </p>
<p>E se não for pedir muito&#8230;venha nós visitar em Fortaleza, CE Brasil, para nos dar autógrafos e receber nosso carinho. </p>
<p>Te amamos muito, abraços.</p>
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<p>Dear Diana,</p>
<p>I feel as though I will never read another universe as beautifully constructed as yours; the magic you have woven has had a profound impact on my life. I am writing to you in the hope that you will understand just how important you are in the lives of millions of people. I feel as though we have been friends for a long time—even with me being all the way here in the Northeast of Brazil. With all sincerity, I send you blessings and wish you peace of mind. Please, remember to make an urgent request—as soon as you finish your tenth book—for a boxed set specifically for us Brazilians; with each passing year, it becomes increasingly difficult to get access to your books. I haven&#8217;t even been able to buy them myself yet, as they are constantly out of stock! We are eagerly awaiting this conclusion in beautiful editions!</p>
<p>And if it isn&#8217;t asking too much&#8230; please come visit us in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, to sign autographs and receive our affection.</p>
<p>We love you very much. Warm hugs.</p>
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		<title>By: Kerry Becker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kerry Becker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ms. Gabaldon:

I have just finished your 9th Outlander book (after having gone back to reread Book #8).  I have so enjoyed this series and will be so sorry for this saga to end. Thank you for writing such a wonderful story and sending me on a journey to the past and adventure. 

Lol, I told a friend of mine once that when I passed away, I wanted to be cremated.  To start the flames, I wanted to use all  of the Outlander series, including the John series.  That way I could bring them with me into eternity.

Thank you again

Yours
Kerry Becker]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Ms. Gabaldon:</p>
<p>I have just finished your 9th Outlander book (after having gone back to reread Book #8).  I have so enjoyed this series and will be so sorry for this saga to end. Thank you for writing such a wonderful story and sending me on a journey to the past and adventure. </p>
<p>Lol, I told a friend of mine once that when I passed away, I wanted to be cremated.  To start the flames, I wanted to use all  of the Outlander series, including the John series.  That way I could bring them with me into eternity.</p>
<p>Thank you again</p>
<p>Yours<br />
Kerry Becker</p>
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		<title>By: Barbara L Rogers, Alterations Plus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara L Rogers, Alterations Plus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am wondering,  how many versions of your Outlander Series have you written. ? 
So far with the aid of my 2  libraries,  one in my hometown and one  online, plus the audiobook version i have purchased.  Each is very different.   No wonder the Starz version is so messed up.  
No wonder it confuses people. 
I have really enjoyed the first series of books from my local library,  but I wanted to re-read and also listen while I am sewing to your books again.  While some &quot;lines&quot; appear the same, the scenes are drastically changed in all 3 versions I have read/heard. 

My only thinking on this is that you wrote more than one version for each area of the world. And translations can be tricky.  But the one that is so obvious is the Father Bain Character,  plus leaving Murtague out of the picture after his introduction to Claire with Jack Randle. 
And I think I wish you hadn&#039;t given your permission/free will to the Staz writters cart blanch to change your books.  I was and am saddened, that I am not even watching Season 8. In fact I quit watching TV at all over 8 months ago. Realizing I wasn&#039;t going to see all 10 books protraite
d , on Starz.  Besides, why pay for something that doesn&#039;t follow through with the whole project. 
I am very disappointed in the whole  situation.  
The TV rewrite/revamp lost most of my interest after season 5, too many changes.
And hearing on Google that they are taking Fergus out, is a shame. I wanted to see the rest of his story, and his chance to be a Count, like is birth father, but a better man.  Which you have protracted so far as a better man.  There are so many characters to follow , I would love to know more.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am wondering,  how many versions of your Outlander Series have you written. ?<br />
So far with the aid of my 2  libraries,  one in my hometown and one  online, plus the audiobook version i have purchased.  Each is very different.   No wonder the Starz version is so messed up.<br />
No wonder it confuses people.<br />
I have really enjoyed the first series of books from my local library,  but I wanted to re-read and also listen while I am sewing to your books again.  While some &#8220;lines&#8221; appear the same, the scenes are drastically changed in all 3 versions I have read/heard. </p>
<p>My only thinking on this is that you wrote more than one version for each area of the world. And translations can be tricky.  But the one that is so obvious is the Father Bain Character,  plus leaving Murtague out of the picture after his introduction to Claire with Jack Randle.<br />
And I think I wish you hadn&#8217;t given your permission/free will to the Staz writters cart blanch to change your books.  I was and am saddened, that I am not even watching Season 8. In fact I quit watching TV at all over 8 months ago. Realizing I wasn&#8217;t going to see all 10 books protraite<br />
d , on Starz.  Besides, why pay for something that doesn&#8217;t follow through with the whole project.<br />
I am very disappointed in the whole  situation.<br />
The TV rewrite/revamp lost most of my interest after season 5, too many changes.<br />
And hearing on Google that they are taking Fergus out, is a shame. I wanted to see the rest of his story, and his chance to be a Count, like is birth father, but a better man.  Which you have protracted so far as a better man.  There are so many characters to follow , I would love to know more.</p>
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		<title>By: Marie Correia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie Correia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was first introduced to Outlander by watching it on Starz.  I was so enthralled by the show that I had to give the book a go, after the first chapter I was hooked!!!  I have reread  books one thru nine multiple times in anticipation of the next.  Your writing has kept me up far into the early hours on many occasions and I&#039;m looking forward to many more.  
You have a fan for life!

              Sincerely,
                 Marie Correia
                 Lower Lake, CA.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was first introduced to Outlander by watching it on Starz.  I was so enthralled by the show that I had to give the book a go, after the first chapter I was hooked!!!  I have reread  books one thru nine multiple times in anticipation of the next.  Your writing has kept me up far into the early hours on many occasions and I&#8217;m looking forward to many more.<br />
You have a fan for life!</p>
<p>              Sincerely,<br />
                 Marie Correia<br />
                 Lower Lake, CA.</p>
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		<title>By: Lisa Mansfield</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Mansfield]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was am very disappointed that Swiftest Of Lizards has to be saved by his white family ; as a Native American woman , it’s very triggering because of our history of Native children being taken from our tribes.  I suggest you do some research about the trauma us Natives have suffered over this. Swiftest Of Lizards isn’t being saved , he is being disconnected from his culture.   As I said , I’m very disappointed in you . 

Lisa Spirit Heart 
Pennsylvania]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was am very disappointed that Swiftest Of Lizards has to be saved by his white family ; as a Native American woman , it’s very triggering because of our history of Native children being taken from our tribes.  I suggest you do some research about the trauma us Natives have suffered over this. Swiftest Of Lizards isn’t being saved , he is being disconnected from his culture.   As I said , I’m very disappointed in you . </p>
<p>Lisa Spirit Heart<br />
Pennsylvania</p>
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		<title>By: Laura La Sottile</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura La Sottile]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A HUGE FAN OF OUTLANDER! BEST SHOW EVER!

A COOL SYNCHRONISTIC connection is  38 years ago, on March 6th, 1988 was/is my birthday and I was on train from Paris to Italy - and I never forgot waking up to an all white snowy vision of nature and just how magical it all felt. 

I&#039;m looking forward to reading last chapter of Outlander.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

CHEERS,
LAURA]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A HUGE FAN OF OUTLANDER! BEST SHOW EVER!</p>
<p>A COOL SYNCHRONISTIC connection is  38 years ago, on March 6th, 1988 was/is my birthday and I was on train from Paris to Italy &#8211; and I never forgot waking up to an all white snowy vision of nature and just how magical it all felt. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to reading last chapter of Outlander.</p>
<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!</p>
<p>CHEERS,<br />
LAURA</p>
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		<title>By: Kellie Dunn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kellie Dunn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Diana Gabaldon,

I actually started with the second novel I found in a used bookstore in 1994, not realizing about the first.
  I soon found the first novel Outlander and have been an avid fan since!! I shared my love of the series with my sister Pattie and we have been reading and rereading the novels since!!!!  Thank goodness for Kindle because it is a lot easier to bring my phone everywhere, I used to bring my books with me everywhere I went before Kindle.  I feel like part of the Fraser family when reading the novels, close knit family ties interwoven with so many!!  Thank you sooooo much for starting a novel in 1988 (my 8th grade Graduation) {g}, you have touched so many people with your words. 

I love your Imagination,

Kellie Dunn]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Diana Gabaldon,</p>
<p>I actually started with the second novel I found in a used bookstore in 1994, not realizing about the first.<br />
  I soon found the first novel Outlander and have been an avid fan since!! I shared my love of the series with my sister Pattie and we have been reading and rereading the novels since!!!!  Thank goodness for Kindle because it is a lot easier to bring my phone everywhere, I used to bring my books with me everywhere I went before Kindle.  I feel like part of the Fraser family when reading the novels, close knit family ties interwoven with so many!!  Thank you sooooo much for starting a novel in 1988 (my 8th grade Graduation) {g}, you have touched so many people with your words. </p>
<p>I love your Imagination,</p>
<p>Kellie Dunn</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Ponds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Ponds]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for continuing the long road to the end of the story. I have waited a very long time for the ending. I like so many of your fans have patiently and impatiently waited for each and every book. I have read every single book 10 times hoping that if I kept reading them over and over then you would be writing the next book and published by the time I got to the next book. It has been very difficult waiting even though I am patient it has been a long wait.I hope that finishing this last outlander book will be an ok ending for you. Like me I am sure you have other things in your life and it’s difficult to come to the ending of this story of Jamie and Claire it has been a very beautiful story and I will be sad almost but it has been a very beautifully written story and I love the history in it I am a big history buff. But thank you and I can’t wait for it to come out so I can read the story of Claire and Jamie again. Thank you. Sincerely Elizabeth Ponds]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for continuing the long road to the end of the story. I have waited a very long time for the ending. I like so many of your fans have patiently and impatiently waited for each and every book. I have read every single book 10 times hoping that if I kept reading them over and over then you would be writing the next book and published by the time I got to the next book. It has been very difficult waiting even though I am patient it has been a long wait.I hope that finishing this last outlander book will be an ok ending for you. Like me I am sure you have other things in your life and it’s difficult to come to the ending of this story of Jamie and Claire it has been a very beautiful story and I will be sad almost but it has been a very beautifully written story and I love the history in it I am a big history buff. But thank you and I can’t wait for it to come out so I can read the story of Claire and Jamie again. Thank you. Sincerely Elizabeth Ponds</p>
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		<title>By: Kathleen ( Kathy) Mathewson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathleen ( Kathy) Mathewson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ms. Gabaldon,
I’ve just finished watching “Singapore.” I’ve found the Outlander series almost as riveting as your books.  I’m an avid reader and rarely read books more than once. An exception has been your books.
I am sad that your last Outlander book hasn’t “come out” prior to the last season of the tv series. Unfortunately that’s what happened with Game of Thrones- I think to a person, fans of Martin’s work would have loved to know what his final book ending would have been-not the series writers version.
That being said, I hope you wrote the final episodes of the Outlander series because no matter how true to your words the series writers have been, it’s not you.
Thank you for letting me peek into the incredible life journeys of Claire, Jamie, Lord John, Bree, Roger,young Ian, Fergus, William and well, just everyone.
God Bless,
Kathy
Kathleen Mathewson
Marathon, FL]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Ms. Gabaldon,<br />
I’ve just finished watching “Singapore.” I’ve found the Outlander series almost as riveting as your books.  I’m an avid reader and rarely read books more than once. An exception has been your books.<br />
I am sad that your last Outlander book hasn’t “come out” prior to the last season of the tv series. Unfortunately that’s what happened with Game of Thrones- I think to a person, fans of Martin’s work would have loved to know what his final book ending would have been-not the series writers version.<br />
That being said, I hope you wrote the final episodes of the Outlander series because no matter how true to your words the series writers have been, it’s not you.<br />
Thank you for letting me peek into the incredible life journeys of Claire, Jamie, Lord John, Bree, Roger,young Ian, Fergus, William and well, just everyone.<br />
God Bless,<br />
Kathy<br />
Kathleen Mathewson<br />
Marathon, FL</p>
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