Time to Implement Operations Hutchinsssss Overload

I have listened to J.C. Hutchins' thriller 7th Son: Descent (beta version) just shy of three times, read the book, and am in the process of listening to 7th Son: Descent (print version) now. I had a brilliant idea. Let's create my very own psychotic MOP mission and from that was born "Operation: Hutchinsssssss Overload"

The mission: Listen to the beta version, read the print version, and finally listen to the print version of 7th Son: Descent in that order.

Doesn't sound so bad? Well, of course not silly! It's Hutch!

The point is that the story has undergone changes. The production has undergone changes (dramatic improvements, not that the original was poor quality, but the print version recordings are just that much better). Reading provides a different perspective. So by listening to the beta version I get to submit myself to the nostalgia of the original story that I love. Then I get the pleasure of reading the novel and going through the images in my head without distraction. (I say this because most of my podcast listening is done while in a vehicle). Then I get the aural ecstasy of the finely tuned production of the print version. I'm totally looking forward to it.

I suppose I could have chosen a better time in which to do this with the end of the semester upon me and NaNoWriMo in full swing, but oh well, that's how my hyperactive, unfocusable mind works.

Oh yeah, the kicker, I'm going then give a full on review and possible comparison of the different versions. I know the differences, but I want them fresh in my mind. The reason I expect this to be fun is that, in case you have yet to notice, I really love this novel. I know there are huge differences between the beta and print version, and even the actually print novel and the audio print version will have differences in presentation since I expect Hutch's inflection and canter will be different from how I read. Oh yeah, and the print version audio has to be last because it's still being cranked out. So that works out nicely. I have time to listen to the beta version again (started today), read the novel, and then hit the print version audio from the start once more.

This should be fun.

And if you happen to check on me over the next month and the whites of my eyes are so blood shot there is no white DON'T try to help. Lock me in a cellar if you can. I've been NEPTH-charged and Devlin is at the reins. Get Hutch. There's a backup of my consciousness in the MemR/I data banks at the 7th Son facility in Virginia.