How many books have the main character of book 1 becomes just

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2016-03-06 04:24:27 Post No.
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 04:24:27 Post No. [Report]

How many books have the main character of book 1 becomes just a major character in book 2 onward, with a new character assuming the role of protagonist?
They're still relevant and very prominent, but they're no longer the person we're following.
What are some examples of it being done well?
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:45:58 Post No.7779311
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:45:58 Post No.7779311 [Report]

Ummm pokemon red and gold lol

Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:46:52 Post No.7779315
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:46:52 Post No.7779315 [Report]

>>7779127
the only example that i can think about is the sprawl trilogy.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:47:43 Post No.7779318
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>>7779311
lol
srsly though

Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:49:21 Post No.7779324
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:49:21 Post No.7779324 [Report]

>>7779127
The Black Company. Book 5 has 2 viewpoints (one being the main dude from previous books) and 6 has a guy that was relevant but not much telling the story

Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:50:28 Post No.7779325
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:50:28 Post No.7779325 [Report]

>>7779127
I have a book where the main character dies in the prologue and stays dead for the entire thing with no one taking up the role.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:56:42 Post No.7779339
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 05:56:42 Post No.7779339 [Report]

>>7779325
Couldn't bother you to dig up the title, could I?

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:01:16 Post No.7779344
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:01:16 Post No.7779344 [Report]

>>7779339
I could but you'd probably just laugh at it because it's self-published and fairly recent.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:02:32 Post No.7779346
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:02:32 Post No.7779346 [Report]

>>7779344
idc; I'm no /lit/ snob.
No promises on the rest of the crew though.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:19:36 Post No.7779375
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:19:36 Post No.7779375 [Report]

Darren Shan, The City trilogy or something like that does this actually

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:20:55 Post No.7779378
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:20:55 Post No.7779378 [Report]

>>7779127
Yeah, Saul in the 1st and 2nd Books of Samuel.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:23:58 Post No.7779385
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:23:58 Post No.7779385 [Report]

>>7779378
>>7779127
Really a lot of the bible does that, now that I think about it.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:25:54 Post No.7779391
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:25:54 Post No.7779391 [Report]

>>7779375
>>7779315
Do you think that it worked?

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:26:05 Post No.7779392
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>>7779127
Faithful Place and The Secret Place by Tana French do this.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 06:42:37 Post No.7779414
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>>7779346
It's pic related. Though it's the kind of book that'd put off both snobs and "common folk" because it's written amateurishly and revels in that fact, while clearly being a tribute to authors like Pynchon, Hawkes , and Nabokov.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 13:27:57 Post No.7780044
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>>7779318
Reminds me of that one guy who gushed over his "masterpiece" here and it ended up being a pokemon fanfic.

Anonymous 2016-03-06 19:58:07 Post No.7781234
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 19:58:07 Post No.7781234 [Report]

"Beezus and Ramona" has Beezus as the main character, but in all the sequels Ramona is the protagonist

Anonymous 2016-03-06 22:19:36 Post No.7781838
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Anonymous 2016-03-06 22:19:36 Post No.7781838 [Report]

>>7781234
>Ramona Quimby
>Quim

Anonymous 2016-03-07 02:00:22 Post No.7782625
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Anonymous 2016-03-07 02:00:22 Post No.7782625 [Report]

>>7779378
>>7779385
The bible is a terrible genre fiction-tier fanfic so of course it would.

Anonymous 2016-03-07 03:05:11 Post No.7782873
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Anonymous 2016-03-07 03:05:11 Post No.7782873 [Report]

Trainspotting and porno do this

Anonymous 2016-03-07 03:08:32 Post No.7782879
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Anonymous 2016-03-07 03:08:32 Post No.7782879 [Report]

>>7779127
The Hyperion Cantos, though I can't speak for the books after the second book ~~especially after it got too heavy handed with the lefty bullshit ~~and suddenly space furrys~~~~

Anonymous 2016-03-07 05:51:59 Post No.7783430
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Anonymous 2016-03-07 05:51:59 Post No.7783430 [Report]

>>7782879
It's your own fault for reading jetpack shit.

Anonymous 2016-03-07 07:23:18 Post No.7783693
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Anonymous 2016-03-07 07:23:18 Post No.7783693 [Report]

>>7783430
Who even calls it that?

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