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After the production of [[Riven]], [[Cyan Worlds]] decided for some reasons that Trap Books are not [[canon (fiction)|canonical]] and cannot exist. Instead, the simplified concept of Prison Books was real and Trap Books were [[retcon]]ned into Prison Books.

Unfortunately, tČhis [[retcon]] is inconsistent with the first two games: There is thus no logic behind the switching places between the [[Stranger (Myst)|Stranger]] and the brothers, since the books are now normal. In [[Riven]], Atrus' journal makes an analysis of what Trap Books are, and an essential puzzle for trapping Gehn, includes this switchingexclusive property of Trap Books, getting trapped while switching places with another. These events are explained by Cyan Worlds as [[artistic license]], as well as the communication through the Gateway Image.

For this reason, the fans didn't like the [[retcon]] and preferred to think of the Trap Books and the events concerning them as 'actual'. Some theories tried to reconcile these: At the end of the [[Myst]] game, it is believed that the brothers were indeed trapped in the void, but Atrus before burning the trap books, corrected the link, and the brothers finally linked each to his own prison Age. The switching of places though between Gehn and the Stranger, can not be explained.