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As other answers have stated a different POV for prologues is quite a common technique, particularly in SF and Fantasy (George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, David Eddings and Brandon Sanderson have a...
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2019-12-08T09:49:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
As other answers have stated a different POV for prologues is quite a common technique, particularly in SF and Fantasy (George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, David Eddings and Brandon Sanderson have all used this to one extent or another) Changing to first person vs third might be a little clunky though - that said you could "cheat" slightly by having the first person section written in such a way as to make it obvious that it is something _written_ by the POV character rather than it being experienced with them at the time. For example as a letter or a diary entry.
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2018-09-17T11:49:08Z (about 6 years ago)
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