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Uncombine Nocturnal podcast and 2012 novel
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I managed to get it done, but this should probably be watched to ensure that someone doesn't re-combine them later on. I'm almost halfway done with the print version and this is pretty much an entirely new novel. I'll try to keep my eyes on this myself.
Chibineko wrote: "I managed to get it done, but this should probably be watched to ensure that someone doesn't re-combine them later on. I'm almost halfway done with the print version and this is pretty much an enti..."I added a librarian's note that will show up on the combine page if someone decides to recombine them so maybe they'll stay separated. We'll see.
Why? Because there's two entirely different versions of the novel. The podcast is the rough draft and at least 50% of the 2012 print version is dramatically different from the podcast novel. Characters are dramatically re-written, and some have been almost entirely removed. The ending is completely different as well, with only the most basic part of the original ending still present. I'll explain more after the spoiler warning.
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OK, in the podcast novel there's a character called "Black Mr. Burns" who had been more of a periphreal character. He's a semi-main character in this novel. Another one that had been a more main character (a doctor that assists Robin, the love interest) has been delegated to a minor character and is almost entirely removed from the novel.
The ending of the podcast novel had this huge shootout on a ship on a wharf/bay area, above ground. The ending of the novel has several of the main character get kidnapped and taken below ground to the lair of Marie's Children (the bad guys). The character of Marie (aka "Mommy") is killed off in the print version with a Mommy 2.0 (think of this as a baby queen bee) left alive, whereas in the podcast novel she lives and she doesn't leave any baby queen bees behind. A drug addicted character that had left for New York with a baby in the podcast novel now interacts with the main characters, doesn't leave for New York with the baby, and is imprisoned at the end of the book, which changes a LOT in the book.
The problem is that the print version is so dramatically different from the podcast novel that it really wouldn't be right or fair to have them linked together. It's almost an entirely different story, with only the basic premise and very basic character designs for the very, very main characters left. The reviews for the podcast wouldn't accurately display the ratings for the novel, no matter if they were labeled "print version" or not. It's just not the same book. It's like trying to say that a modernized version of a Shakespeare play should have the same reviews posted for it as for a period version of the play.
Can someone separate these for me? I tried and it wouldn't let me.