- Why is Outlander so long? What does Diana Gabaldon use all these pages for? Description? Character development? Plot?
- Why is the book divided into seven parts?
- Could Outlander have been told in a shorter novel? If so, what would you cut out? Would you add anything?
- How would Claire's adventure have been different had she come from the present day instead of the 1940s?
- Do you think Claire's actions have changed the future at all?
- Geillis Duncan is also a time traveler. Do you think there are others?
- Will Claire ever return to her time? Will she take Jamie with her?
- What do you think Frank is doing in the present now that his wife has disappeared?
- How would Outlander be different if Jamie came from the past into Claire's time?
- What time period would you travel back to if you had the opportunity?