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** In the first few books, much is made of the North and House Stark in particular being the last that really has a connection to the First Men as the North was never conquered by the Andals. This is what makes them very distinct from the firmly Andal southern realms. Over the course of the series and in supplementary material this has become [[UniquenessDecay distinctly less unique]], and most major houses and several minor ones are given some connection to the First Men, usually through mythical ancestors who supposedly lived during the Age of Heroes such as Lann the Clever and Garth Greenhand. In particular, a large number of Vale houses (such as the Royces, the Belmores, the Graftons, the Hunters and the Redforts) descend explictly from the First Men, as do as the Blackwoods of the Riverlands (who also still worship the Old Gods) and the Daynes of Dorne. With the introduction of the Thenn people in the third book, who still speak the Old Tongue and live exactly like the First Men did thousands of years ago, it's highlighted that even the North has adopted Andal culture in most respects, speaking the Andalic language and using the Andalic script rather than their old runic one. As such, Northerners are no longer at all that distinctive from the Southrons, and, as seen with the Umbers and the Karstarks, can be just as every bit as conniving as them.
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** In the first few books, much is made of the North and House Stark in particular being the last that really has a connection to the First Men as the North was never conquered by the Andals. This is what makes them very distinct from the firmly Andal southern realms. Over the course of the series and in supplementary material this has become [[UniquenessDecay distinctly less unique]], and most major houses and several minor ones are given some connection to the First Men, usually through mythical ancestors who supposedly lived during the Age of Heroes such as Lann the Clever and Garth Greenhand. In particular, a large number of Vale houses (such as the Royces, the Belmores, the Graftons, the Hunters and the Redforts) descend explictly from the First Men, as do as the Blackwoods of the Riverlands (who also still worship the Old Gods) and the Daynes of Dorne. With the introduction of the Thenn people in the third book, who still speak the Old Tongue and live exactly like the First Men did thousands of years ago, it's highlighted that even the North has adopted Andal culture in most respects, such as speaking the Andalic language and language, using the Andalic script rather than their old runic one.one, and adopting Andal feudal titles and heraldry. As such, Northerners are no longer at all that distinctive from the Southrons, and, as seen with the Umbers and the Karstarks, can be just as every bit as conniving as them.
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** In one of the first Daenerys chapters, grasses of many colors are described by Jorah Mormont. These aren't mentioned again, nor seen by the characters who cross almost the whole Dothraki Sea.
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* The first ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' book notes there being seven fairy races, and also mentions [[GripingAboutGremlins gremlins]]. They never appear in later books (save for the second's graphic novel adaptation), and when the seven races are codified, they're not on it.
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* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': The first ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' book notes there being seven fairy races, and also mentions [[GripingAboutGremlins gremlins]]. They never appear in later books (save for the second's graphic novel adaptation), and when the seven races are codified, they're not on it.
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* ''Literature/OverSeaUnderStone'', the first book of ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', is a rather standard, almost Enid Blyton-esque children's adventure story, with less of the fantasy elements and references to Celtic mythology that defined the later books (they only show up in the second half of the book, and even then they're relatively subtle).
* ''Literature/TheGunslinger'', the first book of Franchise/TheDarkTower, is very different from the later installments, being a [[PatchworkStory fix-up novel]] made of five short stories, giving it more episodic structure than its successors. It focuses on setting the tone of the post-apocalyptic Mid-world and as a result features very sparse dialogue and a generally somber tone, while the later books tend to favor character interaction and plot progression over melancholy world-building. King later rewrote the book in a tone closer to the rest of the series.
* ''Literature/TheGunslinger'', the first book of Franchise/TheDarkTower, is very different from the later installments, being a [[PatchworkStory fix-up novel]] made of five short stories, giving it more episodic structure than its successors. It focuses on setting the tone of the post-apocalyptic Mid-world and as a result features very sparse dialogue and a generally somber tone, while the later books tend to favor character interaction and plot progression over melancholy world-building. King later rewrote the book in a tone closer to the rest of the series.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** The first two books are direct parodies of [[HeroicFantasy Sword and Sorcery]] fantasy. They featured a lot of elements that were quietly dropped in the later books, which are parodies of just about everything.
** The shift in human naming conventions is particularly marked, with fantasy-parodic names like Zlorf and Gorphal giving way to conventional names like Fred or Sybil. ''Equal Rites'' sees the first ordinary surnames (the Smiths), and ''Mort'' (for Mortimer) is the series' first protagonist with a real-world given name. The more fantastic names are reserved for non-human species in later books.
** The same shift occurs in the political geography of the Discworld itself. The generic fantasy countries in the original conception become, slowly and surely, {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s of real countries on Earth. The emphasis shifts from a fantastic magocracy like Krull, or the Pern parody of the Wyrmberg, to a fantastic Australia or a thinly-disguised parody of the Far East (Agatea). The posthumously produced ''Compleat Discworld Atlas'' is an attempt to make sense of and reconcile these two visions of the Discworld and it is easy to see the cracks.
** The city of Quirm was originally generically "foreign" in contrast to the British Ankh-Morpork. Vefore Brindisi became established as the Disc version of Italy, Quirm was sometimes a stand in for things Italian (mention is made of a Pisan-style "Collapsed Tower" and the Leonardo da Vinci analog is Leonard da Quirm). In later books it is very firmly fantasy counterpart France. [[note]]In later writings the Collapsed Tower is still there, but as an Eiffel analogue[[/note]]
** Carrot's status among the dwarves shifts as the series progresses. In his first appearance, it's heavily implied that his family talked him into going to Ankh-Morpork because he didn't fit in among dwarves. In a later book, he explains to Vimes that he has performed all the rituals and rites of passages that dwarves go through. And so, genetics aside, he is a dwarf, and other dwarves recognize him as such.
** The earlier books use "gnome" and "goblin" interchangeably, to the point that the ''Companion'' says "a gnome is a goblin found underground, a goblin is a gnome who's come up for air". In later books goblins are a ''very'' distinct race that nobody would mistake for a gnome.
** Pterry is more likely to CallARabbitASmeerp in the early novels. Mort's father apparently farms "tharga beasts", and since (unlike vermine or republican bees in later books) nothing amusing is said about them to differ them from Roundworld animals, they might as well be oxen.
** ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'':
*** The Patrician who appears in the first book is unnamed and bears absolutely no resemblance to our favorite MagnificentBastard Lord Vetinari, to the point where [[Creator/TerryPratchett Pterry]] had to [[WordOfGod confirm that it was him]]. In ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'' he is completely impotent; he's casually transformed into a small lizard by Coin, and spends most of the book that way.
*** Death actively, and with little reason, kills a man in the first book by stopping his heart. This goes directly against his role in later books, as he is strictly a psychopomp who facilitates the process of death instead of causing it, and knows fully well that people are supposed to die on their own time. Also, he rather likes people.
** In ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'' and ''Sourcery'', [[IneptMage Rincewind]] uses magic several times: twice when powerful external sources of magic act through him, and once (in ''The Light Fantastic'') when he casts a spell entirely on his own, albeit with near-fatal difficulty. He never uses magic again in the series. (Except ''possibly'' in ''Literature/{{Eric}}'', but that's even more "something else acting through him" than ''Sourcery''.) Also, the reason for his lack of ability was at first stated to be because the Octavo spell occupied his brain, crowding out any other room for learning. In later books, long after it's been expelled, he just appears to have no talent at all.
** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': The wizards, considering the various powers of the city, mention "the council of aldermen". The idea Ankh-Morpork has a level of government below the Patrician is never mentioned again. (There's a sort of city council in later books, but it comprises whatever combination of Guild leaders and nobles Vetinari thinks might be useful to the situation at hand, and he has the only vote at meetings.)
** ''Literature/GuardsGuards'':
*** Much is made of Nobby Nobbs being a clothes horse and having a wardrobe of the latest fashions that he wears off duty. By ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', he has no idea what to wear to a posh party until Fred Colon tells him he can just wear his uniform.
*** The adopted dwarf, Carrot, makes reference to female dwarfs [[note]]Expressly, a parody of Tolkein's reference to their being "so alike to the men that no human eye can tell the difference"[[/note]]. Additionally a minor character in ''Literature/SoulMusic'' is a openly female dwarf, and nobody considers this unusual. Starting with ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', openly female dwarves are an anomaly, with most forced to hide their true gender by society. (Terry was asked about this, and suggested that some clans were ahead of the curve on this subject, which doesn't entirely work for Carrot, who is shocked by it in ''Feet of Clay''.)
** ''Literature/WyrdSisters'': Hwel is the first fairly major dwarf character, and much was made of him being a great playwright, since most dwarfs apparently cannot even read. However, practically all other books portray dwarfs of not only being literate, but ''deeply respecting the written word'' to the point where it almost seems like a religion. (The dwarfs are deeply awed by the concept of a “Blackboard Monitor”, somebody trusted enough to ''erase'' words.) Although Hwel is still an unusual character, because the writing most dwarfs do seems to be for legal, religious, or professional purposes (treaties/contracts, signage, and letters) rather than creative writing. So Hwel is still SquareRaceRoundClass, even if dwarfs can now read.
** The first two books are direct parodies of [[HeroicFantasy Sword and Sorcery]] fantasy. They featured a lot of elements that were quietly dropped in the later books, which are parodies of just about everything.
** The shift in human naming conventions is particularly marked, with fantasy-parodic names like Zlorf and Gorphal giving way to conventional names like Fred or Sybil. ''Equal Rites'' sees the first ordinary surnames (the Smiths), and ''Mort'' (for Mortimer) is the series' first protagonist with a real-world given name. The more fantastic names are reserved for non-human species in later books.
** The same shift occurs in the political geography of the Discworld itself. The generic fantasy countries in the original conception become, slowly and surely, {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s of real countries on Earth. The emphasis shifts from a fantastic magocracy like Krull, or the Pern parody of the Wyrmberg, to a fantastic Australia or a thinly-disguised parody of the Far East (Agatea). The posthumously produced ''Compleat Discworld Atlas'' is an attempt to make sense of and reconcile these two visions of the Discworld and it is easy to see the cracks.
** The city of Quirm was originally generically "foreign" in contrast to the British Ankh-Morpork. Vefore Brindisi became established as the Disc version of Italy, Quirm was sometimes a stand in for things Italian (mention is made of a Pisan-style "Collapsed Tower" and the Leonardo da Vinci analog is Leonard da Quirm). In later books it is very firmly fantasy counterpart France. [[note]]In later writings the Collapsed Tower is still there, but as an Eiffel analogue[[/note]]
** Carrot's status among the dwarves shifts as the series progresses. In his first appearance, it's heavily implied that his family talked him into going to Ankh-Morpork because he didn't fit in among dwarves. In a later book, he explains to Vimes that he has performed all the rituals and rites of passages that dwarves go through. And so, genetics aside, he is a dwarf, and other dwarves recognize him as such.
** The earlier books use "gnome" and "goblin" interchangeably, to the point that the ''Companion'' says "a gnome is a goblin found underground, a goblin is a gnome who's come up for air". In later books goblins are a ''very'' distinct race that nobody would mistake for a gnome.
** Pterry is more likely to CallARabbitASmeerp in the early novels. Mort's father apparently farms "tharga beasts", and since (unlike vermine or republican bees in later books) nothing amusing is said about them to differ them from Roundworld animals, they might as well be oxen.
** ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'':
*** The Patrician who appears in the first book is unnamed and bears absolutely no resemblance to our favorite MagnificentBastard Lord Vetinari, to the point where [[Creator/TerryPratchett Pterry]] had to [[WordOfGod confirm that it was him]]. In ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'' he is completely impotent; he's casually transformed into a small lizard by Coin, and spends most of the book that way.
*** Death actively, and with little reason, kills a man in the first book by stopping his heart. This goes directly against his role in later books, as he is strictly a psychopomp who facilitates the process of death instead of causing it, and knows fully well that people are supposed to die on their own time. Also, he rather likes people.
** In ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'' and ''Sourcery'', [[IneptMage Rincewind]] uses magic several times: twice when powerful external sources of magic act through him, and once (in ''The Light Fantastic'') when he casts a spell entirely on his own, albeit with near-fatal difficulty. He never uses magic again in the series. (Except ''possibly'' in ''Literature/{{Eric}}'', but that's even more "something else acting through him" than ''Sourcery''.) Also, the reason for his lack of ability was at first stated to be because the Octavo spell occupied his brain, crowding out any other room for learning. In later books, long after it's been expelled, he just appears to have no talent at all.
** ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'': The wizards, considering the various powers of the city, mention "the council of aldermen". The idea Ankh-Morpork has a level of government below the Patrician is never mentioned again. (There's a sort of city council in later books, but it comprises whatever combination of Guild leaders and nobles Vetinari thinks might be useful to the situation at hand, and he has the only vote at meetings.)
** ''Literature/GuardsGuards'':
*** Much is made of Nobby Nobbs being a clothes horse and having a wardrobe of the latest fashions that he wears off duty. By ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', he has no idea what to wear to a posh party until Fred Colon tells him he can just wear his uniform.
*** The adopted dwarf, Carrot, makes reference to female dwarfs [[note]]Expressly, a parody of Tolkein's reference to their being "so alike to the men that no human eye can tell the difference"[[/note]]. Additionally a minor character in ''Literature/SoulMusic'' is a openly female dwarf, and nobody considers this unusual. Starting with ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', openly female dwarves are an anomaly, with most forced to hide their true gender by society. (Terry was asked about this, and suggested that some clans were ahead of the curve on this subject, which doesn't entirely work for Carrot, who is shocked by it in ''Feet of Clay''.)
** ''Literature/WyrdSisters'': Hwel is the first fairly major dwarf character, and much was made of him being a great playwright, since most dwarfs apparently cannot even read. However, practically all other books portray dwarfs of not only being literate, but ''deeply respecting the written word'' to the point where it almost seems like a religion. (The dwarfs are deeply awed by the concept of a “Blackboard Monitor”, somebody trusted enough to ''erase'' words.) Although Hwel is still an unusual character, because the writing most dwarfs do seems to be for legal, religious, or professional purposes (treaties/contracts, signage, and letters) rather than creative writing. So Hwel is still SquareRaceRoundClass, even if dwarfs can now read.
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* Creator/DavidEddings's ''Literature/TheElenium'' series begins with Sparhawk planning to quietly garrotte someone, which seems quite out-of-character later on; in general the first few chapters seem a lot darker than the rest of it.
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* Creator/DavidEddings's ''Literature/TheElenium'' series ''Literature/TheElenium'', by Creator/DavidEddings, begins with Sparhawk planning to quietly garrotte someone, which seems quite out-of-character later on; in general the first few chapters seem a lot darker than the rest of it.
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* ''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in ''Literature/TheExpanse'' series and the only one to have only [[RotatingProtagonist two PoV characters]], barring the prologue and epilogue. ''Caliban's War'' raised that number to four, and since ''Babylon's Ashes'' the authors have stopped limiting themselves to even that number.
* The first ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' book is a mostly cheerful, good-natured, and lighthearted fantasy story about a pair of bickering siblings who discover that their grandparents run a nature preserve for magical creatures. The entire concept is treated with wonder. The later books in the series, however, are ''extremely'' dark, changing their tone entirely about [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism what it's like to work in a magical preserve]], and don't shy away from [[{{Gorn}} violence]] and [[AnyoneCanDie death.]] The entire thing becomes a serious CrapsaccharineWorld.
* Famously, the beginning of ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is about Ana going to interview Christian for the college newspaper. For the rest of the series, Christian is careful to avoid the press.
* The first ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' book is a mostly cheerful, good-natured, and lighthearted fantasy story about a pair of bickering siblings who discover that their grandparents run a nature preserve for magical creatures. The entire concept is treated with wonder. The later books in the series, however, are ''extremely'' dark, changing their tone entirely about [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism what it's like to work in a magical preserve]], and don't shy away from [[{{Gorn}} violence]] and [[AnyoneCanDie death.]] The entire thing becomes a serious CrapsaccharineWorld.
* Famously, the beginning of ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is about Ana going to interview Christian for the college newspaper. For the rest of the series, Christian is careful to avoid the press.
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* ''Literature/TheExpanse'' : ''Leviathan Wakes'' is the first book in ''Literature/TheExpanse'' the series and the only one to have only [[RotatingProtagonist two PoV characters]], barring the prologue and epilogue. ''Caliban's War'' raised that number to four, and since ''Babylon's Ashes'' the authors have stopped limiting themselves to even that number.
* ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'': The first''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' book is a mostly cheerful, good-natured, and lighthearted fantasy story about a pair of bickering siblings who discover that their grandparents run a nature preserve for magical creatures. The entire concept is treated with wonder. The later books in the series, however, are ''extremely'' dark, changing their tone entirely about [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism what it's like to work in a magical preserve]], and don't shy away from [[{{Gorn}} violence]] and [[AnyoneCanDie death.]] The entire thing becomes a serious CrapsaccharineWorld.
* ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'': Famously, the beginningof ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is about Ana going to interview Christian for the college newspaper. For the rest of the series, Christian is careful to avoid the press.
* ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'': The first
* ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'': Famously, the beginning
* ''Literature/TheGunslinger'', the first book of Franchise/TheDarkTower, is very different from the later installments, being a [[PatchworkStory fix-up novel]] made of five short stories, giving it more episodic structure than its successors. It focuses on setting the tone of the post-apocalyptic Mid-world and as a result features very sparse dialogue and a generally somber tone, while the later books tend to favor character interaction and plot progression over melancholy world-building. King later rewrote the book in a tone closer to the rest of the series.
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* The first ''Literature/FearStreet'' novel, ''The New Girl'', had a male main character. Almost every subsequent book in the main series (with some exceptions, such as ''Double Date'' and ''The Perfect Date'') had a female protagonist.
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* ''Literature/FearStreet'': The first ''Literature/FearStreet'' novel, ''The New Girl'', had a male main character. Almost every subsequent book in the main series (with some exceptions, such as ''Double Date'' and ''The Perfect Date'') had a female protagonist.
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* The ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'' books are written in AnachronicOrder. ''Lieutenant Hornblower'', published seventh, is the story of how [[TheLancer Bush]] met the title character when they were both young lieutenants. This retcons ''The Happy Return'', published first, where Bush apparently met ''Captain'' Hornblower for the first time at the start of the ''Lydia's'' voyage.
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* ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'': The ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'' books are written in AnachronicOrder. ''Lieutenant Hornblower'', published seventh, is the story of how [[TheLancer Bush]] met the title character when they were both young lieutenants. This retcons ''The Happy Return'', published first, where Bush apparently met ''Captain'' Hornblower for the first time at the start of the ''Lydia's'' voyage.
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* In ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'''s first arc, the protagonists act like ordinary teenagers, including casual styles of speech, familial ribbing, and surprise at magician society's elitism. By the time of the second, they are the scarred, codependent, decidedly ''non''-civilian aristocrats that they would remain for the rest of the series. Notably, the POVSequel eschews the first few scenes of that arc entirely, replacing them with a more character-consistent short story.
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* ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'': In ''Literature/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'''s the first arc, the protagonists act like ordinary teenagers, including casual styles of speech, familial ribbing, and surprise at magician society's elitism. By the time of the second, they are the scarred, codependent, decidedly ''non''-civilian aristocrats that they would remain for the rest of the series. Notably, the POVSequel eschews the first few scenes of that arc entirely, replacing them with a more character-consistent short story.
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* The first book of the ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'', ''The Fire Within'', is ''massively'' strange in comparison with the rest of the books in the series. The main antagonist is Henry Bacon (who is a grumpy good guy in every other book), and book has a very simple and lighthearted plot about trying to save a one-eyed squirrel from a crow--with some [[RealityWarper Reality Warping]] thrown in. The ''rest'' of the series, however, is a dark, heady series about mankind's destiny, human nature and the nature of God, quantum physics, and what can only be described as the dissolution of reality at the hands of a group of superbeings. On the side, it also addresses issues like the nature of adultery and the ways in which we cope with grief. The author eventually started a spin-off series that was [[LighterAndSofter much closer to the original book]], presumably to avoid warping the innocence of children further.
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* ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'': The first book of the ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'', book, ''The Fire Within'', is ''massively'' strange in comparison with the rest of the books in the series. The main antagonist is Henry Bacon (who is a grumpy good guy in every other book), and book has a very simple and lighthearted plot about trying to save a one-eyed squirrel from a crow--with some [[RealityWarper Reality Warping]] thrown in. The ''rest'' of the series, however, is a dark, heady series about mankind's destiny, human nature and the nature of God, quantum physics, and what can only be described as the dissolution of reality at the hands of a group of superbeings. On the side, it also addresses issues like the nature of adultery and the ways in which we cope with grief. The author eventually started a spin-off series that was [[LighterAndSofter much closer to the original book]], presumably to avoid warping the innocence of children further.
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* The first ''{{Literature/Madeline}}'' book is a realistic slice-of-life story about the titular little girl having her appendix removed and her friends visiting her in the hospital - a plot line that doesn't even appear until halfway though the book, the first half being devoted to introducing the characters. If it weren't such a famous book in its own right, it would feel very strange compared to the rest of the series, which is much more plot-driven and adventure-oriented, with the later entries even introducing magic and fantasy elements.
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* ''Literature/{{Madeline}}'': The first ''{{Literature/Madeline}}'' book is a realistic slice-of-life story about the titular little girl having her appendix removed and her friends visiting her in the hospital - a plot line that doesn't even appear until halfway though the book, the first half being devoted to introducing the characters. If it weren't such a famous book in its own right, it would feel very strange compared to the rest of the series, which is much more plot-driven and adventure-oriented, with the later entries even introducing magic and fantasy elements.
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* In the Literature/NickVelvet stories by Creator/EdwardDHoch, Nick was originally billed as a 'Thief of the Unusual' rather than a 'Thief of the Worthless'. Several early stories feature him stealing items that definitely have a monetary value. The first story has him stealing a rare tiger from a zoo. It was several stories into the series before Hoch settled on the only stealing items with no value aspect that made the character unique.
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* In the Literature/NickVelvet stories ''Literature/NickVelvet'' by Creator/EdwardDHoch, Creator/EdwardDHoch: Nick was originally billed as a 'Thief of the Unusual' rather than a 'Thief of the Worthless'. Several early stories feature him stealing items that definitely have a monetary value. The first story has him stealing a rare tiger from a zoo. It was several stories into the series before Hoch settled on the only stealing items with no value aspect that made the character unique.
* ''Literature/OverSeaUnderStone'', the first book of ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'', is a rather standard, almost Enid Blyton-esque children's adventure story, with less of the fantasy elements and references to Celtic mythology that defined the later books (they only show up in the second half of the book, and even then they're relatively subtle).
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* The ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series has this. The first series of books took a while to establish Kirsty and Rachel before sending them to Fairyland, the goblins were built up as major threats, they had to find the fairies themselves rather than magical items, and Jack Frost was captured at the end and nearly melted until the fairies relented.
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* The ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series has this. ''Literature/RainbowMagic'': The first series of books took a while to establish Kirsty and Rachel before sending them to Fairyland, the goblins were built up as major threats, they had to find the fairies themselves rather than magical items, and Jack Frost was captured at the end and nearly melted until the fairies relented.
* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'':
** ''Literature/Redwall1986'':
*** The book features a number of references indicating that the animals live in a world where humans also exist, such as a horse cart, a church, taverns, ports, and a direct mention of Portugal. Also, one of the characters was a beaver. In later books, author Brian Jacques made it clear that only animals existed in the ''Redwall'' universe, and only animals native to the British Isles, so there were no future appearances of any more beavers (though beavers WERE native to Britain at one time, but they were killed off due to overhunting, and were not brought back until later). And when animals that aren't native to Britain do appear, like the golden hamster in one book, they speak with foreign accents to indicate that they aren't from Mossflower.
*** There are more religious/mystical references, including [[NeverSayDie mentions of heaven and hell]] and a snake named Asmodeus, after a demon in the Catholic/Orthodox bible. Again, these are toned down in establishing Redwall as its own universe. In the first book, it is also ambiguous whether Sela the fox actually had unique powers. Later in the series, any claims of supernatural powers are explicitly presented as a ScoobyDooHoax ({{psychic dreams for everyone}} and {{seers}} remained, however).
** In an early scene, claims that Cluny's horde is all evil is met with cries of "That's right, give a rat a bad name!" implying that there are rats living in Redwall. This is most certainly not the case in the future.[[note]]Except for Grubbage.[[/note]] The first book also implies generally that not only rats but other "vermin" are ''not'' AlwaysChaoticEvil, but the later books have the opposite being the case, aside from a few exceptions.
** The animal characters also gradually became more human-like, especially badger characters. In the first book, specific note is always made when Constance rears up on her back feet; in later books, even badgers are assumed to be bipedal.
** The order of Redwall itself started out as reminiscent of a Catholic monastic order: the members wear habits, they live somewhat sequestered inside their Abbey, and remain celibate for the entirety of their lives. Cornflower gets yelled at for flirting with Matthias, who was then a novice of the order and therefore off-limits; when they get married, Matthias is mentioned to have left the order and lived apart from the monks. In later books, all that's left of this rule is that there is an Abbey. Even Abbesses and Abbots can be married, and not even the habit is required anymore, morphing it into some sort of peaceful commune that's little different from other communities in the forest.
** Feast scenes in the first couple of books sometimes feature corn and tomatoes. In future books, only Old World produce is available.
** In most books, hares often interject "wot" or "wot, wot" into sentences as a VerbalTic. The hare archetype Basil doesn't do this in ''Redwall''. The Salamandastron hares in ''Mossflower'' do it, but it's spelled "what". Once Basil picks it up in ''Mattimeo'', "wot" has been settled on.
** In ''Mossflower'', Bella says that Salamandastron is ruled exclusively by male badgers, and rulership is passed from father to son. In later books there are several female Badger Lords, and it's never mentioned whether any of the Badger Lords after Sunflash are related to each other.
** The Sword of Martin is renamed "Ratdeath" at the end of the first book. This is never mentioned again.
** The Bloodwrath was established in ''Mariel of Redwall'' as a kind of berserker fury that had been known to occasionally affect some badger lords of Salamandastron in the past, and that Rawnblade was the first to experience it since Boar the Fighter several generations ago. Several books later, ''Outcast of Redwall'' retconned Boar's son Sunflash the Mace into having gone into it every time he got into a battle, and the Bloodwrath subsequently became something that all badgers went into every time they got into a battle.
** ''Literature/Redwall1986'':
*** The book features a number of references indicating that the animals live in a world where humans also exist, such as a horse cart, a church, taverns, ports, and a direct mention of Portugal. Also, one of the characters was a beaver. In later books, author Brian Jacques made it clear that only animals existed in the ''Redwall'' universe, and only animals native to the British Isles, so there were no future appearances of any more beavers (though beavers WERE native to Britain at one time, but they were killed off due to overhunting, and were not brought back until later). And when animals that aren't native to Britain do appear, like the golden hamster in one book, they speak with foreign accents to indicate that they aren't from Mossflower.
*** There are more religious/mystical references, including [[NeverSayDie mentions of heaven and hell]] and a snake named Asmodeus, after a demon in the Catholic/Orthodox bible. Again, these are toned down in establishing Redwall as its own universe. In the first book, it is also ambiguous whether Sela the fox actually had unique powers. Later in the series, any claims of supernatural powers are explicitly presented as a ScoobyDooHoax ({{psychic dreams for everyone}} and {{seers}} remained, however).
** In an early scene, claims that Cluny's horde is all evil is met with cries of "That's right, give a rat a bad name!" implying that there are rats living in Redwall. This is most certainly not the case in the future.[[note]]Except for Grubbage.[[/note]] The first book also implies generally that not only rats but other "vermin" are ''not'' AlwaysChaoticEvil, but the later books have the opposite being the case, aside from a few exceptions.
** The animal characters also gradually became more human-like, especially badger characters. In the first book, specific note is always made when Constance rears up on her back feet; in later books, even badgers are assumed to be bipedal.
** The order of Redwall itself started out as reminiscent of a Catholic monastic order: the members wear habits, they live somewhat sequestered inside their Abbey, and remain celibate for the entirety of their lives. Cornflower gets yelled at for flirting with Matthias, who was then a novice of the order and therefore off-limits; when they get married, Matthias is mentioned to have left the order and lived apart from the monks. In later books, all that's left of this rule is that there is an Abbey. Even Abbesses and Abbots can be married, and not even the habit is required anymore, morphing it into some sort of peaceful commune that's little different from other communities in the forest.
** Feast scenes in the first couple of books sometimes feature corn and tomatoes. In future books, only Old World produce is available.
** In most books, hares often interject "wot" or "wot, wot" into sentences as a VerbalTic. The hare archetype Basil doesn't do this in ''Redwall''. The Salamandastron hares in ''Mossflower'' do it, but it's spelled "what". Once Basil picks it up in ''Mattimeo'', "wot" has been settled on.
** In ''Mossflower'', Bella says that Salamandastron is ruled exclusively by male badgers, and rulership is passed from father to son. In later books there are several female Badger Lords, and it's never mentioned whether any of the Badger Lords after Sunflash are related to each other.
** The Sword of Martin is renamed "Ratdeath" at the end of the first book. This is never mentioned again.
** The Bloodwrath was established in ''Mariel of Redwall'' as a kind of berserker fury that had been known to occasionally affect some badger lords of Salamandastron in the past, and that Rawnblade was the first to experience it since Boar the Fighter several generations ago. Several books later, ''Outcast of Redwall'' retconned Boar's son Sunflash the Mace into having gone into it every time he got into a battle, and the Bloodwrath subsequently became something that all badgers went into every time they got into a battle.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'':
*** The book is noticeably more tightly plotted than later installments, with few of the increasingly numerous characters and side-plots of the later books. The reason for this is simple; it was originally conceived as a trilogy with a specific arc for each book, and later was expanded into the currently planned seven-book series.
*** The prologue discusses how a trio of the Night's Watch encounter the White Walkers. The Walkers kill two of the men, while the third flees. The next chapter shows that man being executed as a deserter near Winterfell. Later books go into more detail about the Wall and how it would be difficult to pass it without going through Castle Black, which was nearby.
*** In his initial [[InfoDump reverie about dragons]], Tyrion recalls Vhagar's skull as visibly smaller than both Meraxes and Balerion. Later canon, particularly ''Literature/ArchmaesterGyldaynsHistories'', makes clear that Vhagar lived much longer than Meraxes and was nearly as large as Balerion by the end. Whether Meraxes was unusually large for her age (and right between Balerion and Vhagar in size), had a larger skull but a smaller body, or whether Tyrion was somehow mistaken isn't made clear.
*** In the appendices, the list of Targaryen kings describes Aegon II as one year younger than Rhaenyra. Later material has Rhaenyra as ''ten'' years older, and there being only a year between them was no longer even remotely plausible, as they had different mothers, Viserys only took one wife at a time, and marrying within half a year of a spouse dying is considered inappropriate.
*** In Jon I, Jon thinks about how younger Stark sons are given lands of their own to rule and, as such, Bran and Rickon will have holdfasts of their own to rule one day while he has nothing, which implies that there would be plenty of minor Stark cadet branches formed from all the younger sons of past generations. One would expect that these minor branches would be introduced in later books, especially during Robb's looming succession crisis in Book 3, but as it turns out, the Starks have absolutely no cadet branches outside of the very distantly related Karstarks and the extinct Greystarks; the closest kin that they have left are through their great grandaunt's marriage to a Vale house.
** The four Wardens (of the four cardinal directions) initially seem to be very important positions that each convey military authority over a quarter of the realm, and Ned objects to Jaime Lannister becoming Warden of the East because he'll eventually succeed his father as Warden of the West as well. Later on, however, they seem to be little more than honorary titles, with each lords' power determined by their feudal and familial ties, and it's firmly established that Kingsguard members like Jaime cannot hold lands or titles. To downplay this discrepancy, in subsequent novels the "Warden of the East" title is only ascribed in the appendices and only mentioned in passing twice.
** Relatedly, the idea of Jaime inheriting the title of Warden of the West from his father, or being granted the title of Warden of the East, becomes baffling when it’s established that the Kingsguard, of which Jaime is a member, cannot inherit or hold any title at all, as they are sworn to their king in perpetuity and renounce their family claims so they can serve the king without family matters getting in the way. Indeed, part of Jaime’s core character later is his refusal to serve as Tywin’s heir, and he cites being a Kingsguard as his legal excuse that Tywin cannot overturn.
** Tyrion is introduced vaulting acrobatically down from a ledge above a doorway but as soon as he becomes a [=PoV=] character he's constantly described as clumsy and ungainly and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment his initial acrobatics are never directly referenced again]], though they are {{handwaved}} in the fifth novel when he disguises himself as a jester and reveals he learned some tumbling tricks as a child.
** The first three books identify all chapters, with the exception of the prologues and epilogues, by the first name of the POV character of each chapter. From Book 4 on, GRRM began to switch these out in some cases in favour of descriptive titles of the POV characters.
** In the first few books, much is made of the North and House Stark in particular being the last that really has a connection to the First Men as the North was never conquered by the Andals. This is what makes them very distinct from the firmly Andal southern realms. Over the course of the series and in supplementary material this has become [[UniquenessDecay distinctly less unique]], and most major houses and several minor ones are given some connection to the First Men, usually through mythical ancestors who supposedly lived during the Age of Heroes such as Lann the Clever and Garth Greenhand. In particular, a large number of Vale houses (such as the Royces, the Belmores, the Graftons, the Hunters and the Redforts) descend explictly from the First Men, as do as the Blackwoods of the Riverlands (who also still worship the Old Gods) and the Daynes of Dorne. With the introduction of the Thenn people in the third book, who still speak the Old Tongue and live exactly like the First Men did thousands of years ago, it's highlighted that even the North has adopted Andal culture in most respects, speaking the Andalic language and using the Andalic script rather than their old runic one. As such, Northerners are no longer at all that distinctive from the Southrons, and, as seen with the Umbers and the Karstarks, can be just as every bit as conniving as them.
** In the first book, Catelyn states that there are no weirwoods left south of the Neck besides the ones on the Isle of Faces. This claim is contradicted a number of times in later material. While the weirwood in the Blackwoods' keep can be assumed to not have been counted due to being long dead, the series has also described living specimens such as the one in the Dragonstone godswood that was cut and burned alongside the statues of the Seven after Stannis' conversion to the red faith. The preview chapters of ''The Winds of Winter'' outright mentions the presence of wild weirwoods in the Rainwood.
** In one of the first Daenerys chapters, grasses of many colors are described by Jorah Mormont. These aren't mentioned again, nor seen by the characters who cross almost the whole Dothraki Sea.
** As later spinoff materials would reveal, the Baratheons can trace their descent back to a Targaryen bastard, making them an unofficial cadet branch of that house. However, in the main series, no mention is made of this and the Baratheons instead only ever used their grandmother's Targaryen blood to justify their claim to the Throne.
** ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'':
*** The book is noticeably more tightly plotted than later installments, with few of the increasingly numerous characters and side-plots of the later books. The reason for this is simple; it was originally conceived as a trilogy with a specific arc for each book, and later was expanded into the currently planned seven-book series.
*** The prologue discusses how a trio of the Night's Watch encounter the White Walkers. The Walkers kill two of the men, while the third flees. The next chapter shows that man being executed as a deserter near Winterfell. Later books go into more detail about the Wall and how it would be difficult to pass it without going through Castle Black, which was nearby.
*** In his initial [[InfoDump reverie about dragons]], Tyrion recalls Vhagar's skull as visibly smaller than both Meraxes and Balerion. Later canon, particularly ''Literature/ArchmaesterGyldaynsHistories'', makes clear that Vhagar lived much longer than Meraxes and was nearly as large as Balerion by the end. Whether Meraxes was unusually large for her age (and right between Balerion and Vhagar in size), had a larger skull but a smaller body, or whether Tyrion was somehow mistaken isn't made clear.
*** In the appendices, the list of Targaryen kings describes Aegon II as one year younger than Rhaenyra. Later material has Rhaenyra as ''ten'' years older, and there being only a year between them was no longer even remotely plausible, as they had different mothers, Viserys only took one wife at a time, and marrying within half a year of a spouse dying is considered inappropriate.
*** In Jon I, Jon thinks about how younger Stark sons are given lands of their own to rule and, as such, Bran and Rickon will have holdfasts of their own to rule one day while he has nothing, which implies that there would be plenty of minor Stark cadet branches formed from all the younger sons of past generations. One would expect that these minor branches would be introduced in later books, especially during Robb's looming succession crisis in Book 3, but as it turns out, the Starks have absolutely no cadet branches outside of the very distantly related Karstarks and the extinct Greystarks; the closest kin that they have left are through their great grandaunt's marriage to a Vale house.
** The four Wardens (of the four cardinal directions) initially seem to be very important positions that each convey military authority over a quarter of the realm, and Ned objects to Jaime Lannister becoming Warden of the East because he'll eventually succeed his father as Warden of the West as well. Later on, however, they seem to be little more than honorary titles, with each lords' power determined by their feudal and familial ties, and it's firmly established that Kingsguard members like Jaime cannot hold lands or titles. To downplay this discrepancy, in subsequent novels the "Warden of the East" title is only ascribed in the appendices and only mentioned in passing twice.
** Relatedly, the idea of Jaime inheriting the title of Warden of the West from his father, or being granted the title of Warden of the East, becomes baffling when it’s established that the Kingsguard, of which Jaime is a member, cannot inherit or hold any title at all, as they are sworn to their king in perpetuity and renounce their family claims so they can serve the king without family matters getting in the way. Indeed, part of Jaime’s core character later is his refusal to serve as Tywin’s heir, and he cites being a Kingsguard as his legal excuse that Tywin cannot overturn.
** Tyrion is introduced vaulting acrobatically down from a ledge above a doorway but as soon as he becomes a [=PoV=] character he's constantly described as clumsy and ungainly and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment his initial acrobatics are never directly referenced again]], though they are {{handwaved}} in the fifth novel when he disguises himself as a jester and reveals he learned some tumbling tricks as a child.
** The first three books identify all chapters, with the exception of the prologues and epilogues, by the first name of the POV character of each chapter. From Book 4 on, GRRM began to switch these out in some cases in favour of descriptive titles of the POV characters.
** In the first few books, much is made of the North and House Stark in particular being the last that really has a connection to the First Men as the North was never conquered by the Andals. This is what makes them very distinct from the firmly Andal southern realms. Over the course of the series and in supplementary material this has become [[UniquenessDecay distinctly less unique]], and most major houses and several minor ones are given some connection to the First Men, usually through mythical ancestors who supposedly lived during the Age of Heroes such as Lann the Clever and Garth Greenhand. In particular, a large number of Vale houses (such as the Royces, the Belmores, the Graftons, the Hunters and the Redforts) descend explictly from the First Men, as do as the Blackwoods of the Riverlands (who also still worship the Old Gods) and the Daynes of Dorne. With the introduction of the Thenn people in the third book, who still speak the Old Tongue and live exactly like the First Men did thousands of years ago, it's highlighted that even the North has adopted Andal culture in most respects, speaking the Andalic language and using the Andalic script rather than their old runic one. As such, Northerners are no longer at all that distinctive from the Southrons, and, as seen with the Umbers and the Karstarks, can be just as every bit as conniving as them.
** In the first book, Catelyn states that there are no weirwoods left south of the Neck besides the ones on the Isle of Faces. This claim is contradicted a number of times in later material. While the weirwood in the Blackwoods' keep can be assumed to not have been counted due to being long dead, the series has also described living specimens such as the one in the Dragonstone godswood that was cut and burned alongside the statues of the Seven after Stannis' conversion to the red faith. The preview chapters of ''The Winds of Winter'' outright mentions the presence of wild weirwoods in the Rainwood.
** In one of the first Daenerys chapters, grasses of many colors are described by Jorah Mormont. These aren't mentioned again, nor seen by the characters who cross almost the whole Dothraki Sea.
** As later spinoff materials would reveal, the Baratheons can trace their descent back to a Targaryen bastard, making them an unofficial cadet branch of that house. However, in the main series, no mention is made of this and the Baratheons instead only ever used their grandmother's Targaryen blood to justify their claim to the Throne.
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*** When discussing the Katana fleet, ''Dark Force Rising'' mentions that the ''Dreadnought''-class heavy cruisers that make it up where the backbone of the Old Republic's fleets until the rise of the Empire, where they were displaced by the new and more powerful Star Destroyers. In later years, however, ''Attack of the Clones'', ''Revenge of the Sith'', and ''The Clone Wars'' all depicted the Old Republic's navy as already relying primarily on an early model of Star Destroyer, the ''Venator''-class, by the time the Clone Wars began, which makes up the majority of Republic warships seen on-screen, while no cruisers appear. Later guidebooks attempt to reconcile this by stating the the Star Destroyers were reserved for clone crews and the most loyal officers, while the ''Dreadnought''-class made up the bulk of planetary defense fleets.
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*** When discussing the Katana fleet, ''Dark Force Rising'' mentions that the ''Dreadnought''-class heavy cruisers that make it up where the backbone of the Old Republic's fleets until the rise of the Empire, where they were displaced by the new and more powerful Star Destroyers. In later years, however, ''Attack of the Clones'', ''Revenge of the Sith'', and ''The Clone Wars'' all depicted the Old Republic's navy as already relying primarily on an early model of Star Destroyer, the ''Venator''-class, by the time the Clone Wars began, which makes up the majority of Republic warships seen on-screen, while no cruisers appear. Later guidebooks attempt to reconcile this by stating the that the Star Destroyers were reserved for clone crews and the most loyal officers, while the ''Dreadnought''-class made up the bulk of planetary defense fleets.
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*** Tolkien's view of the dwarves was very different at the time he was writing ''The Hobbit'', being inspired by the often treacherous and cruel dwarfs of Norse mythology (i.e. Regin in the myths of Sigurd). Consequently, the dwarves are written as amoral, greedy, and often [[TheLoad useless]], with the text going so far as to declare that dwarves as a whole are never heroic, being, at best, "decent[...]if you don't expect too much." By ''Lord of the Rings'', Tolkien had solidified the idea that dwarves were a staunchly good-aligned people, and had their fair share of great heroes. Several passages of ''The Silmarillion'' were rewritten to accommodate this idea--for instance, they went from supplying both sides at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad to their king heroically sacrificing himself to buy time for the retreat, and the character of Mîm went from a vile and craven betrayer to a deeply sympathetic LastOfHisKind.
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*** Tolkien's view of the dwarves was very different at the time he was writing ''The Hobbit'', being inspired by the often treacherous and cruel dwarfs of Norse mythology (i.e. Regin in the myths of Sigurd). Consequently, the dwarves are written as amoral, greedy, and often [[TheLoad useless]], with the text going so far as to declare that dwarves as a whole are never heroic, being, at best, "decent[...]if you don't expect too much." By ''Lord ''The Lord of the Rings'', Tolkien had solidified the idea that dwarves were a staunchly good-aligned people, and had their fair share of great heroes. Several passages of ''The Silmarillion'' were rewritten to accommodate this idea--for idea -- for instance, they went from supplying both sides at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad to their king heroically sacrificing himself to buy time for the retreat, and the character of Mîm went from a vile and craven betrayer to a deeply sympathetic LastOfHisKind.
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** Many of Tolkien's earlier drafts for his mythology have been published, and if anything they seem more fanciful still. In one version Sauron's role in the story of ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien'' is played by an evil cat, and Beren is an Elf. Aragorn was originally a hobbit named "Trotter," so-called because he had prosthetic wooden feet, and Treebeard was a villainous giant rather than a friendly ent. In ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'', Balrogs were much more numerous and less powerful than they later became. Whereas in the final versions of ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' killing a Balrog has only been accomplished thrice (except in the final War of Wrath) and each time it was a MutualKill, early drafts had the heroes killing them by the hundreds.
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** Many of Tolkien's earlier drafts for his mythology have been published, and if anything they seem more fanciful still. In one version Sauron's role in the story of ''Literature/BerenAndLuthien'' is played by an evil cat, and Beren is an Elf. Aragorn was originally a hobbit named "Trotter," "Trotter", so-called because he had prosthetic wooden feet, and Treebeard was a villainous giant rather than a friendly ent. In ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'', Balrogs were much more numerous and less powerful than they later became. Whereas in the final versions of ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' killing a Balrog has only been accomplished thrice (except in the final War of Wrath) and each time it was a MutualKill, early drafts had the heroes killing them by the hundreds.
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** In the [[Literature/SongOfTheLioness first quartet]], the narrative departs from Alanna's [=PoV=] far oftener than the subsequent series (we've hardly ever seen the villain's [=PoV=] again). She also tangles with demonic entities and "elementals" which so far haven't shown up again, although the Ysandir ''did'' get a namecheck in the ''Literature/BekaCooper'' trilogy.
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** In the [[Literature/SongOfTheLioness first quartet]], ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'', the narrative departs from Alanna's [=PoV=] far oftener than the subsequent series (we've hardly ever seen the villain's [=PoV=] again). She also tangles with demonic entities and "elementals" which so far haven't shown up again, although the Ysandir ''did'' get a namecheck in the ''Literature/BekaCooper'' trilogy.
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* The first volume of ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' is quite different from later ones in some respects:
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* The prologue of the first ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' book calls [[WeHardlyKnewYe Hvitur]] an "ice dragon" instead of an [=IceWing=] at one point. It also switches to a different perspective halfway through, but in the rest of the series, each chapter is only from one perspective.
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* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': [[Literature/WarriorCatsTheOriginalSeries The first series]], and the first book in particular, has a lot of material which doesn't jive with later books:
** Each Clan keeps mostly to itself and doesn't know much about what's going on elsewhere in the forest, and the other Clans' territories are generally a mystery to them. Tigerclaw freaks out in the first book when they take Yellowfang as a prisoner because he thinks that now [=ShadowClan=] will know where the [=ThunderClan=] camp is, and that they'll need to move, while in later books (even ones that take place around the same timeframe) they actually visit each other's camps on a fairly regular basis. Likewise, in the first book, they say a few times that "that cat must have been killed by an enemy patrol" and just forget about it -- most notably the [=ShadowClan=] ''leader'''s death -- when later on such an event would be huge news and they would actually confront the other Clan and try to figure out what happened. This is probably partly because since the first book they've established exact rules for the previously-vague warrior code, one of which forbids killing except for rare circumstances.
** The terminology changes a bit, such as the way the cats use hyphens and capitalizations in words (i.e. "Clan mate" becomes "Clanmate"). Also, the first book uses the word "queen" for any female cat, but later on it only gets used for females currently pregnant or nursing kits, and "she-cat" becomes the general word for "female".
** The Clans are a lot more formal early on. In later books cats refer to parents by name rather than calling them "mother" or "father", and in the early books there is almost no use of slang such as "cool". In contrast, the Gatherings in the first series tend to be different groups of cats mixing and talking about current events -- for example, a senior warrior talking to a group of apprentices, or a young warrior joining a bunch of elders and medicine cats in a discussion, while later it's mostly cats sticking with their own age group and gossiping.
** Mates aren't, for the most part, treated as major relationships in the first series, and it is mentioned that warrior fathers don't stay close to their kits (with one or two rare exceptions). In the third series, one cat who has kits as the result of a one-night stand (which in and of itself is rare later on) is ''criticized'' because he doesn't want to play with his kits, and in the third and fourth series especially everyone gossips about young couples and young cats talk about who they like.
** Early on, cats are rarely mentioned by name unless they actually have speaking lines in a scene, and sometimes not even then. In ''The Prophecy Begins'', you're likely to see something like "Tigerclaw and a patrol of warriors were leaving the camp" while in ''Power of Three'' or ''Omen of the Stars'' it would be more like "Bumblestripe, Thornclaw, Cinderheart, and Ivypaw were leaving the camp on a hunting patrol". Cats at gatherings and in battles are also usually just described as, for instance, "a silver tabby" or "a dark queen" more often than they are named, generally giving the impression of larger and less tight-knit Clan societies than later becomes the norm. Kits get this treatment, too, leading to the odd effect of cats (in the first three books) not seeming to have names at all until they're apprenticed (with Cloudtail seemingly being the exception due to the circumstances behind his joining [=ThunderClan=]) .
** The timing of cats' apprenticeships is weirdly off in series one, and their general ages. This is sometimes due to retcon, but it still leaves ''The Prophecy Begins'' arc very weird timing-wise, especially when it comes to kits and apprentices. Ravenpaw refers to Sandpaw and Dustpaw as being apprenticed for longer than he, Graypaw, and Firepaw, despite the fact that he and Dustpaw are littermates and should have started training at the same time (and, for that matter, the fact that Ravenpaw and Sandpaw are brothers is also never brought up; later books put more emphasis on sibling relationships). Fireheart and Graystripe become warriors before Sandstorm and Dustpelt, which isn't that odd considering they'd just done something heroic, but they'd only been training for three moons at most. Thornclaw and Brightheart start their apprentice training in the book after their siblings Brackenfur and Cinderpelt do, for no discernible reason. Cloudtail also starts his training before his foster siblings Ashfur and Ferncloud, despite the fact that he is younger than them, being born a book after them.
** The Dark Forest was originally treated as purgatory where cats endlessly walked alone in a starless, prey-less forest. It was later changed into something more social, where the Dark Forest cats interact with one another and even train together.
** In ''Into the Wild'', six-moon-old cats like Graypaw and Firepaw are referred to as kittens (as, in real life, 6-12 month olds are considered kittens). Future books make a clearer distinction between kits (0-5 moons) and apprentices. The terminology is also off as the books use "kit" rather than "kitten". ''Into the Wild'' makes reference to "kitten-cough", which is never referred to again and stands out due to its usage of "kitten" over "kit".
** In ''Into the Wild'', Bluestar laments about how "never before have we had so few apprentices in training", since there's just Dustpaw, Sandpaw, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw before she invites Rusty to join the Clan. Books taking place both before and after ''Into the Wild'' show that four apprentices at a time isn't at all out of the ordinary.
** In ''Fire and Ice'', Tigerclaw suggests that Darkstripe and Longtail be given a second apprentice each, and Bluestar replies that she considered it but had reasons for deciding against it. Aside from one cat later asking to take on the she-cat he likes as a second apprentice -- which is mostly played for laughs -- there's no other reference in the series to cats being the official mentor to more than one apprentice at a time.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Mat Cauthon as presented in ''The Eye of the World'' and ''The Great Hunt'' is practically a different character from the Mat we know from later books.
*** When we first meet him he's preoccupied with playing tricks for laughs, but at no point in the first two books does he flirt with women and hardly mentions gambling or dice. There is exactly one scene of him dicing with others, but Perrin and Loial are depicted in the scene doing the same. Rand refers to Mat as a "gambler" in a throwaway reference, but that's it. When he wakes up in Book 3, after being healed from a magical malady, one of the first things he makes sure he still has are his dice, something he's thereafter depicted as never being without, being such a inveterate gambler that he even names his horse "Pips".
*** He also is never implied to have even held a quarterstaff, let alone be so good with one that he can take out two master swordsmen.
** Near the beginning of ''The Eye of the World'' is the single instance where a trolloc's name is learned -- Narg -- and the single instance where a trolloc -- the same one -- speaks understandably to a point-of-view character.
** The magic system isn't really codified until the third book, and so the early books show people using the One Power to do some things that don't fit with later applications as well as some contradictory rules.
*** Moiraine says that her bond with her Warder can't tell where he is but, in later books, both Aes Sedai and Warders know where their bonded half is (at least a direction and vague idea of distance).
*** At one point, Moiraine uses her staff to misdirect followers by casting their scent and footprints in a different direction. While moving air itself is shown to be fairly trivial, creating a long enough trail of footprints to fool followers doesn't seem like something that would fit with what she should be able to do.
*** Moiraine also creates massive walls of flame and severe earthquakes to combat a large group of enemies; this level of power isn't displayed later and her fighting with the One Power is limited to hurling single balls of fire and spontaneous ignition.
*** Moiraine creates a "bending" to render the party invisible and calls it a "simple feat". It's later revealed to be a lost art. Moiraine's ability to do this without other Aes Sedai knowing is partially handwaved once the ability is "rediscovered" by noting that some Aes Sedai discover abilities and keep them to themselves.
*** In later books, any channeler (of the appropriate sex) can passively see weaves made by other channelers but none of the channeling characters see weaves until the channeling is developed in the later books.
*** In the early books, Moiraine claims that being a channeler provides an intrinsic protection (as well as an aura of protection to others nearby) from evil influence as well as granting the ability to sense evil. None of the channelers later show this intrinsic resistance and have to rely on active "wards" to keep evil parties from influencing them.
* ''Literature/WingsOfFire'': The prologue of the first''Literature/WingsOfFire'' book calls [[WeHardlyKnewYe Hvitur]] an "ice dragon" instead of an [=IceWing=] at one point. It also switches to a different perspective halfway through, but in the rest of the series, each chapter is only from one perspective.
** Each Clan keeps mostly to itself and doesn't know much about what's going on elsewhere in the forest, and the other Clans' territories are generally a mystery to them. Tigerclaw freaks out in the first book when they take Yellowfang as a prisoner because he thinks that now [=ShadowClan=] will know where the [=ThunderClan=] camp is, and that they'll need to move, while in later books (even ones that take place around the same timeframe) they actually visit each other's camps on a fairly regular basis. Likewise, in the first book, they say a few times that "that cat must have been killed by an enemy patrol" and just forget about it -- most notably the [=ShadowClan=] ''leader'''s death -- when later on such an event would be huge news and they would actually confront the other Clan and try to figure out what happened. This is probably partly because since the first book they've established exact rules for the previously-vague warrior code, one of which forbids killing except for rare circumstances.
** The terminology changes a bit, such as the way the cats use hyphens and capitalizations in words (i.e. "Clan mate" becomes "Clanmate"). Also, the first book uses the word "queen" for any female cat, but later on it only gets used for females currently pregnant or nursing kits, and "she-cat" becomes the general word for "female".
** The Clans are a lot more formal early on. In later books cats refer to parents by name rather than calling them "mother" or "father", and in the early books there is almost no use of slang such as "cool". In contrast, the Gatherings in the first series tend to be different groups of cats mixing and talking about current events -- for example, a senior warrior talking to a group of apprentices, or a young warrior joining a bunch of elders and medicine cats in a discussion, while later it's mostly cats sticking with their own age group and gossiping.
** Mates aren't, for the most part, treated as major relationships in the first series, and it is mentioned that warrior fathers don't stay close to their kits (with one or two rare exceptions). In the third series, one cat who has kits as the result of a one-night stand (which in and of itself is rare later on) is ''criticized'' because he doesn't want to play with his kits, and in the third and fourth series especially everyone gossips about young couples and young cats talk about who they like.
** Early on, cats are rarely mentioned by name unless they actually have speaking lines in a scene, and sometimes not even then. In ''The Prophecy Begins'', you're likely to see something like "Tigerclaw and a patrol of warriors were leaving the camp" while in ''Power of Three'' or ''Omen of the Stars'' it would be more like "Bumblestripe, Thornclaw, Cinderheart, and Ivypaw were leaving the camp on a hunting patrol". Cats at gatherings and in battles are also usually just described as, for instance, "a silver tabby" or "a dark queen" more often than they are named, generally giving the impression of larger and less tight-knit Clan societies than later becomes the norm. Kits get this treatment, too, leading to the odd effect of cats (in the first three books) not seeming to have names at all until they're apprenticed (with Cloudtail seemingly being the exception due to the circumstances behind his joining [=ThunderClan=]) .
** The timing of cats' apprenticeships is weirdly off in series one, and their general ages. This is sometimes due to retcon, but it still leaves ''The Prophecy Begins'' arc very weird timing-wise, especially when it comes to kits and apprentices. Ravenpaw refers to Sandpaw and Dustpaw as being apprenticed for longer than he, Graypaw, and Firepaw, despite the fact that he and Dustpaw are littermates and should have started training at the same time (and, for that matter, the fact that Ravenpaw and Sandpaw are brothers is also never brought up; later books put more emphasis on sibling relationships). Fireheart and Graystripe become warriors before Sandstorm and Dustpelt, which isn't that odd considering they'd just done something heroic, but they'd only been training for three moons at most. Thornclaw and Brightheart start their apprentice training in the book after their siblings Brackenfur and Cinderpelt do, for no discernible reason. Cloudtail also starts his training before his foster siblings Ashfur and Ferncloud, despite the fact that he is younger than them, being born a book after them.
** The Dark Forest was originally treated as purgatory where cats endlessly walked alone in a starless, prey-less forest. It was later changed into something more social, where the Dark Forest cats interact with one another and even train together.
** In ''Into the Wild'', six-moon-old cats like Graypaw and Firepaw are referred to as kittens (as, in real life, 6-12 month olds are considered kittens). Future books make a clearer distinction between kits (0-5 moons) and apprentices. The terminology is also off as the books use "kit" rather than "kitten". ''Into the Wild'' makes reference to "kitten-cough", which is never referred to again and stands out due to its usage of "kitten" over "kit".
** In ''Into the Wild'', Bluestar laments about how "never before have we had so few apprentices in training", since there's just Dustpaw, Sandpaw, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw before she invites Rusty to join the Clan. Books taking place both before and after ''Into the Wild'' show that four apprentices at a time isn't at all out of the ordinary.
** In ''Fire and Ice'', Tigerclaw suggests that Darkstripe and Longtail be given a second apprentice each, and Bluestar replies that she considered it but had reasons for deciding against it. Aside from one cat later asking to take on the she-cat he likes as a second apprentice -- which is mostly played for laughs -- there's no other reference in the series to cats being the official mentor to more than one apprentice at a time.
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** Mat Cauthon as presented in ''The Eye of the World'' and ''The Great Hunt'' is practically a different character from the Mat we know from later books.
*** When we first meet him he's preoccupied with playing tricks for laughs, but at no point in the first two books does he flirt with women and hardly mentions gambling or dice. There is exactly one scene of him dicing with others, but Perrin and Loial are depicted in the scene doing the same. Rand refers to Mat as a "gambler" in a throwaway reference, but that's it. When he wakes up in Book 3, after being healed from a magical malady, one of the first things he makes sure he still has are his dice, something he's thereafter depicted as never being without, being such a inveterate gambler that he even names his horse "Pips".
*** He also is never implied to have even held a quarterstaff, let alone be so good with one that he can take out two master swordsmen.
** Near the beginning of ''The Eye of the World'' is the single instance where a trolloc's name is learned -- Narg -- and the single instance where a trolloc -- the same one -- speaks understandably to a point-of-view character.
** The magic system isn't really codified until the third book, and so the early books show people using the One Power to do some things that don't fit with later applications as well as some contradictory rules.
*** Moiraine says that her bond with her Warder can't tell where he is but, in later books, both Aes Sedai and Warders know where their bonded half is (at least a direction and vague idea of distance).
*** At one point, Moiraine uses her staff to misdirect followers by casting their scent and footprints in a different direction. While moving air itself is shown to be fairly trivial, creating a long enough trail of footprints to fool followers doesn't seem like something that would fit with what she should be able to do.
*** Moiraine also creates massive walls of flame and severe earthquakes to combat a large group of enemies; this level of power isn't displayed later and her fighting with the One Power is limited to hurling single balls of fire and spontaneous ignition.
*** Moiraine creates a "bending" to render the party invisible and calls it a "simple feat". It's later revealed to be a lost art. Moiraine's ability to do this without other Aes Sedai knowing is partially handwaved once the ability is "rediscovered" by noting that some Aes Sedai discover abilities and keep them to themselves.
*** In later books, any channeler (of the appropriate sex) can passively see weaves made by other channelers but none of the channeling characters see weaves until the channeling is developed in the later books.
*** In the early books, Moiraine claims that being a channeler provides an intrinsic protection (as well as an aura of protection to others nearby) from evil influence as well as granting the ability to sense evil. None of the channelers later show this intrinsic resistance and have to rely on active "wards" to keep evil parties from influencing them.
* ''Literature/WingsOfFire'': The prologue of the first
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* Most people who've read ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' these days know little of [[Literature/LandOfOz the numerous sequels that followed]]. They'd be shocked at how many of the rules were rewritten even between the first and second books. Issues such as the existence of money, the actual number of witches (and related magic users) in the land, whether or not the Emerald City is actually green, and if people can actually die were altered drastically over the first few sequels. No doubt this is because while the rules found in ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' can work within the plot of that particular story, they proved too confining when others had to be written.
* Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series
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* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'': Most people who've read ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' the story these days know little of [[Literature/LandOfOz the numerous sequels that followed]]. They'd be shocked at how many of the rules were rewritten even between the first and second books. Issues such as the existence of money, the actual number of witches (and related magic users) in the land, whether or not the Emerald City is actually green, and if people can actually die were altered drastically over the first few sequels. No doubt this is because while the rules found in ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' can work within the plot of that particular story, they proved too confining when others had to be written.
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* ''Literature/TheAdrienEnglishMysteries'': Per WordOfGod Fatal Shadows ''Fatal Shadows'' was origially originally planned as a standalone novel with a much darker twist, in that Adrien was originally planned to be actually guilty. Jake, smitten with him, would have sacrificed his ideals and possibly his position to help him escape. Traces of this are left in the finished novel and as a result it is darker in tone and harsher towards Adrien's psychological well being. Also the romance elements are very toned down compared to later novels in the series.
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* ''Literature/TheAdrienEnglishMysteries'': Per WordOfGod Fatal Shadows was origially planned as a standalone novel with a much darker twist, in that Adrien was originally planned to be actually guilty. Jake, smitten with him, would have sacrificed his ideals and possibly his position to help him escape. Traces of this are left in the finished novel and as a result it is darker in tone and harsher towards Adrien's psychological well being. Also the romance elements are very toned down compared to later novels in the series.
