# Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520 "2009-09-18T00:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/21 "2009-09-20T13:49:11Z")
LOL is a hard site to navigate, but I enjoy reading the “Jamie-isms.” _Sigh._ ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/22 "2009-09-20T17:47:54Z")
I’ve had it on pre-order for ages. Can’t wait! I love Claire’s medical tunnel-vision – there’s bullets and blades flying all around and she’s running over “Oh, Jimmy’s got a compound fracture of the right tibia and where’s my penicillin??”. Cracks me up everytime. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/23 "2009-09-21T13:37:24Z")
Amazon says it’s shipping soon! I skimmed through \*Voyager \*and \*Drums \*yesterday, but I’m going to read some nice hard science fiction for the next couple of days to clear my palate. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/24 "2009-09-21T17:02:28Z")
I was hoping to finish _Voyager_ before _Echo_ arrived, but it doesn’t look like it. So it will be shelved for a bit while I wallow in the new story. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/25 "2009-09-21T17:06:56Z")
> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#): > > Amazon says it’s shipping soon! hmmm … my pre-order still stays “not yet shipped” with an estimated ship date of 9/28! Of course, I did choose SuperSaver Shipping, so … I may be behind the curve in getting mine. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/26 "2009-09-21T17:29:00Z")
I’ve had my copy on pre-order for months too. I was going to re-read A Breath of Snow and Ashes, I guess it would be too late to start now. I think I remember most of what happended so I’ll only go over the last few chapters. I think Amazon was going to start shipping on 9/28. I can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/27 "2009-09-21T20:46:02Z")
I thought Amazon shipped books to arrive the same date as publication? Didn’t they do that with Harry Potter? I don’t think my copy has been shipped yet…the option to “track my shipment” isn’t there, which I guess means it’s still sitting in some warehouse. Why isn’t she as big a household name as Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele? Her books are much MUCH better. But, they are a bit on the sci-fi side…maybe they’re in their own little niche. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/28 "2009-09-21T21:31:29Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I thought Amazon shipped books to arrive the same date as publication? Didn’t they do that with Harry Potter? Yah, I know they did with HP … so I was thinking they’d do the same with Echo. As I said, I DID choose SuperSaver, so that may be a factor. Plus, they often ship things before the “ship by” date on the order, they give themselves a little wiggle room. So, we’ll see. I’m not anxious … Even if they ship to me on the 28th, that’ll still be way earlier than I’ve gotten any of the previous books. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/29 "2009-09-22T16:50:27Z")
It’s been shipped! It left Kentucky yesterday afternoon! (Meanwhile, back at _Voyager_, Claire is about to escape the _Porpoise_.) ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/30 "2009-09-22T17:31:43Z")
Well I’ve been moved to “shipping soon!” ivylass, say hello to Father Fogden, Mamacita, and Arabella for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/31 "2009-09-22T18:05:03Z")
Will do…I even have some sangria at the house!! ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/32 "2009-09-22T23:24:22Z")
Was just crusing DG’s blog … hadn’t been there in a long time … here’s an excerpt from a recent post: > [@](#): > > I have a short story (well, sort of. Maybe. We hope) under contract for a new anthology (edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois) titled STAR-CROSSED LOVERS. I don’t yet know what my story will be titled, but at least I do know what the story’s about: I’m going to tell the story of Roger MacKenzie’s parents. Also, from another post it looks like the _Outlander_ graphic novel is finished. She’s also said in the past that after the Jamie/Claire saga is done she wants to write a book about Jamie’s parents. That would be a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/33 "2009-09-23T00:17:07Z")
My copy is _IN MY HANDS_. Y’all excuse me for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/34 "2009-09-23T00:25:21Z")
Oh, squeee! **AHunter3** , at least give us the first paragraph! Or the forward! Or a Jamie-ism. There’s a graphic novel? Roger Mac’s parents and Jamie’s parents…how wonderful. May Jamie and Claire live forever. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/35 "2009-09-23T13:26:40Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > She’s also said in the past that after the Jamie/Claire saga is done she wants to write a book about Jamie’s parents. That would be a hoot. As long as she finishes _Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner_ first. 🙂 There’s an anthology edited by Martin due out in March called [Warriors](http://grrm.livejournal.com/108310.html). Gabaldon has a Lord John story in that collection. There are several authors I like listed there, so I’m looking forward to it. I don’t like graphic novels very much. I want words, not pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/36 "2009-09-23T17:36:51Z")
> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#): > > As long as she finishes _Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner_ first. 🙂 Yeah, I think that’s the next up on deck. > [@](#): > > I don’t like graphic novels very much. I want words, not pictures. oooh, but this will be a story within the _Outlander_ timeline, but not just a graphic retelling of existing text. From what I saw on [**these videos of her talk at DragonCon**](http://www.youtube.com/user/voyagesoftheartemis), it seems to be parts of O from Murtaugh’s point of view. Could be very cool. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/37 "2009-09-23T21:51:55Z")
My copy arrived, all crisp and lovely, yesterday! But we have a long road trip Saturday, and I’m being good and saving it for then. Then I can ignore the four teenagers in the van, pop in my ipod earbuds and devour the book. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/38 "2009-09-23T22:15:05Z")
Mine is still in transit. But, Fergus and Marsali are married and Claire just bought a slave to stop a riot. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/39 "2009-09-24T00:35:08Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Fergus and Marsali are married and Claire just bought a slave to stop a riot. “Can’t get married without a cock!” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/echo-in-the-bone-by-diana-gabaldon/510520/40 "2009-09-24T01:38:57Z")
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