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* R. A. Salvatore changed some details of Drizzt's backstory in later drafts of the ''Icewind Dale'' trilogy so as to better fit his expanded conception of the character's origins in ''[[The Dark Elf Trilogy]]''.
* The chronologically last book of the [[Enchanted Forest Chronicles]], ''Talking to Dragons'', was written first. When it was republished, some minor changes were made to make it agree with the other books.
* [[Stephen King]] rewrote and expanded large portions of [[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Gunslinger|the first volume]] of ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' to "better fit in" with the later books. This included [[Retcon|retconning]] all of the villains from Roland's past as the [[It's a Small World After All|same guy]]. Since ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Gunslinger|The Dark Tower]]'' as originally written is composed in a style unlike King's later works, and features [[Call Back|call backs]] to story elements that were [[Continuity Lock Out|never expanded on]] in the finished work, [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on the result.
* King's The Stand was originally set in 1980. Subsequent printings were set in 1985, then the uncut version in the 1990s (with references to AIDS and a few other cultural changes).
* In one of the more famous examples in literature - at least among Trekkers - Della von Hise's ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' novel ''Killing Time'' was released and then almost immediately recalled when it was discovered that the author was a former K/S [[Slash Fic]] writer, and that this comes through blatantly in the original text of the novel. The next edition had the worst of the subtext edited out, but original copies can still be found on eBay and in used bookstores, and many K/S fans actively hunt them out.
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