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The Silent Hill 2 Novel.

Silent Hill 2 is an official Konami-published novelization of Silent Hill 2, written by Sadamu Yamashita and containing illustrations by Masahiro Ito. It is written in Japanese and was translated into English by Lady Ducky.

For the most part, the novelization could be seen as canon since it's a rather faithful novelization of Silent Hill 2 and doesn't really contradict anything from the game. However, it is unknown if Hiroyuki Owaku was involved and if Yamashita received any official story notes from Owaku. Thus, the novelization is seen as a secondary source.

The novelization also delves deeper into the backstories of many of the characters.

Book information[]

The front cover uses the cover from the Japanese version of Silent Hill 2.

The back cover reads:

He received a letter from his beloved wife. A woman who had died three years ago. "I'll be waiting for you in our ‘special place’." Could Mary really be waiting in Silent Hill? In this town that holds far too many memories? There are many suspicious people there; including Maria, a mysterious woman who resembles his late wife. A red demon restlessly looms in the shadows. Can James discover the truth in Silent Hill? What message is his wife trying to send from beyond the grave?

The page opposite to the table of contents bears this dedication: "To Mary".

Novel and game differences[]

  • The novel has a short prologue with Eddie and Laura.
  • In the novelization, during James's and Angela's first meeting, James literally just walks away.
  • In the novel, James doesn't encounter any Creepers.
  • In the novel, Wood Side Apartments has a plate with its name.
  • In the novel, James thought that Mary could wait for him in the Wood Side Apartment building. In the game, James initially marks Rosewater Park as a place where he thought he would meet Mary, and the apartment building was considered as a passage to another part of the town.
  • No scene with the corpse sitting in front of the TV occurs in room 208 in the novel.
  • In the novelization, in room 307, James doesn't hear Pyramid Head's footsteps after he shoots at him, and for James, it looked like Pyramid Head disappeared "like smoke".
  • A different and expanded version of the Legend of the Lake article is found by James in the novelization.
  • In the novelization, as Eddie dies, a pack of four large dogs gather, ripping at his torn stomach, pulling out his intestines. Eddie notes they are all the same as the dog he killed back in his hometown. The dogs tear at his flesh and rip him to pieces. It is unknown if this really happened, or is a dying hallucination as James never comments on it in the novelization.
  • The novelization uses the "In Water" ending, while the canon ending of the game is ambiguous.

English translation[]

External links[]

Gallery[]

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Characters
Major Characters
James Sunderland - Mary Shepherd-Sunderland - Angela Orosco - Laura - Eddie Dombrowski - Maria
Other Characters
Ernest Baldwin - Amy Baldwin - Mary's Doctor - Rachel - Thomas Orosco - Mrs. Orosco - Jennifer Carroll - Patrick Chester - Mira - Harry Mason - Greys - Scott Fairbanks - Walter Sullivan
Monsters
Abstract Daddy - Bubble Head Nurse - Creeper - Flesh Lip - Lying Figure - Mandarin - Mannequin - Mary - Prisoners - Pyramid Head
Weapons
Chainsaw - Chinese Cleaver - Great Knife - Great Spear - Handgun - Hyper Spray - Pipe - Revolver - Rifle - Shotgun - Wooden Plank
Locations
Baldwin Mansion - Blue Creek Apartments - Brookhaven Hospital - Church of the Rebirth - Dog House - Heaven's Night - Jacks Inn - Labyrinth - Lakeview Hotel - Lake Shore Restaurant - Neely's Bar - Motor Home - Observation Deck - Pete's Bowl-O-Rama - Rosewater Park - Silent Hill Historical Society - Silent Hill Ranch - Silent Hill Woods - South Vale (Carroll Street - Katz Street - Lindsey Street - Nathan Avenue - Neely Street - Rendell Street - Saul Street - Vachss Road - Wiltse Road) - Texxon Gas - Toluca Graveyard - Toluca Lake - Toluca Lake Island - Toluca Prison - Wiltse Coal Mine - Wood Side Apartments
Terms
Flashlight - Fog World - Little Baroness - Manifestation - Map - Monster - Otherworld - Radio - Red Square - Siren - Seal of Metatron - UFO Ending - Sexuality - Toilets
Archives
Memos - Items - Keys - Puzzles - Soundtrack - Secrets and Unlockables - Pachislot
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Literature
Guides
Japanese
Silent Hill Official Guide · Silent Hill Perfect Guide · Silent Hill Official Guidebook (Complete Edition) · Silent Hill Perfect Navigation Book · Play Novel: Silent Hill Official Guidebook · Silent Hill 2 Navigation File · Silent Hill 2 Official Guide · Silent Hill 2 Official Guidebook · Silent Hill 2 Fastest Guidebook · Silent Hill 2 Official Perfect Capture & World Guide · Silent Hill 2 Official Guidebook (Complete Version) · Silent Hill 2: Elegy Official Guide · Silent Hill 3 Navigation File · Silent Hill 3 Official Guidebook · Silent Hill 3 Official Perfect Capture Guide · Silent Hill 4: The Room Official Guide (First Edition) · Silent Hill 4: The Room Official Guide (Complete Edition) · Silent Hill Zero Official Guide · Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Official Guide · Silent Hill Official Guidebook (pachislot)
English
Totally Unauthorized Silent Hill Strategy Guide · Silent Hill Official Strategy Guide · Silent Hill 2 Official Strategy Guide · Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams Official Strategy Guide · Silent Hill 3 Official Strategy Guide · Silent Hill 4: The Room Official Strategy Guide · Silent Hill Origins Official Strategy Guide · Silent Hill Homecoming Signature Series Guide · Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Official Strategy Guide · Silent Hill Downpour Official Game Guide
Documents
Japanese
Silent Hill 3 Program · Lost Memories: Silent Hill Chronicle · Another Crimson Tome · Another Red Diary
English
Novels
Japanese
Silent Hill (novel) · Silent Hill 2 (novel) · Silent Hill 3 (novel) · Silent Hill (film novel) · Silent Hill Revelation (novel)
Comics
Japanese
Silent Hill: Cage of Cradle · Silent Hill: Double under Dusk
English
Silent Hill: Dying Inside (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5) · Silent Hill: Dead/Alive (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5)
Other
Белый охотник (White Hunter)
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