It's not normal to change an already published novel, not normal at all. Tolkien did it with The Hobbit. After he decided to make Bilbo's ring the Ring Of Power he had to go back and change how Bilbo acquired the ring from Gollum. In the original version Gollum gambled the ring willingly. In the …
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