... if we had another book to release during your third season… Glad to know the posts are helping. The next season of Outlander will tackle the fifth book in Diana Gabaldon's saga, but fans shouldn't expect the adaptation to be super close to the novel.

Some readers prefer the books over the show, some like the show as much as the books, some prefer show over books (because books don’t have much description of historical items and show “shows” them). Corresponding book: Outlander. Outlander Author Diana Gabaldon on the Season-One ... healing, recovery, and redemption in a different way in season two. “Claire didn’t have an equivalent journey in the book. In Part One of the Outlander Smackdown: Book vs Show, I went very meticulously through the first few episodes of the Starz’s show, based on the bestselling books by Diana Gabaldon, comparing episodes and chapters, scenes from the show and dialogue from the book, looking for the good and the weaker in both versions of Outlander. In the books, the abbey was in France and Jamie had weeks to recover from Black Jack Randall’s (Tobias Menzies) brutal torture and rape.

In the book it takes place mostly from Claire’s perspective in 1968, while she, Roger and Brianna are doing research on Jamie – kind of where we left them at the end of season two, and then eventually she goes back,” Moore explains.

In the book it’s a safe, untroubled childbirth: the midwife is there, Claire of course lends a hand but nobody’s in danger of dying - at least, not more than during any childbirth in the 18th century.

Outlander TV series is a hit show, but also is a book series by Diana Gabaldon. It was a long road from the publication of Diana Gabaldon's romantic sci-fi historical book Outlander in 1991 to its first onscreen incarnation in 2014. What the show changes: The second half of the season opens with Jamie's narration, which eventually allows viewers to see his rape and torture from his POV. Outlander star Sam Heughan talks about the show's major changes for season 2, the "modern relationship" of Jamie and Claire, and changes from the books.

In the book: The story is told entirely from Claire's point of view.

Davis' take: “We felt a … This post contains frank discussion of Outlander Season 3, …

An eloquent example is Jenny’s delivery in Lallybroch, in Season 1. Ian and Jamie are downstairs, getting drunk in front of the fireplace. Outlander Season 1. Outlander TV series is a hit show, but also is a book series by Diana Gabaldon. Outlander Cuts a Major Book Character to Deliver Its Most Heartbreaking Storyline This Season. In the “Outlander” Season 1 finale, Jamie (Sam Heughan) was rescued and taken to an abbey in Scotland with Claire (Caitriona Balfe). Here are some facts that are different in the show and the books… I never even heard of Outlander till the show aired, and I waited to read book 1 until the entire first season had aired so #NoSpoilers.