That detail about Geillis isn't revealed until the third book. Claire couldn't possibly know this and doesn't learn it until she meets up with Geillis in the latter part of Voyager.

Claire doesn't find out about Gillian's miscalculation (and consequently, neither do we) until well into Voyager.

LOL, like "The MacKenzie." Nope, not a bit creepy. ;p

I can see why, but it's actually a reference to a Highland custom from the books: the Laird is referred to as "Himself," and certain characters do refer to Jamie that way.

By 1996 Diana Gabaldon had already published the first four Outlander novels, so in that sense, five years IS a long time.

There's not really all that much about the history of the nobility of the British Isles in this show. That's just the backdrop for the personal stories of these two people.

Outlander is hardly "the bottom of the barrel."

WHAT? Outlander was published in 1991, FIVE YEARS before Game of Thrones (1996).