Adoring Outlander

<p> What is behind <I>Outlander</I> fever--the hit television drama's popularity? Is it author Diana Gabaldon's teasing posts on social media? Is it the real history reimagined? The highly emotional melodrama?</p><p> Or is it the take-charge heroine and the sweet hero in a kilt? One of the show's biggest draws is its multigenre appeal. Gabaldon--whose <I>Outlander</I> novels form the basis of the series--has called it science fiction fantasy romance historical fiction and military fiction depending on her audience.</p><p> This collection of new essays explores the series as a romance a ghost story an epic journey a cozy mystery a comedy of manners a gothic thriller and a feminist answer to <I>Game of Thrones</I> and considers the source of its broad appeal.</p>