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Zikoris t1_j1mw1eb wrote

I think it really depends on what type of book it is. I haven't read anything truly ancient, but for example I don't find the early Agatha Christie books from the 20s to be slow paced, or Isaac Asimov books from the 50s. I do find most old fantasy to be AGONIZINGLY slow to the point of unreadability.

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Potential_Crisis OP t1_j1nv6lo wrote

Its not that they are particularly slow, just slow relative to new books. New sci-fi and murder mystery seems overly dramatic and chaotic compared to the writing of Asimov and Agatha Christie.

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Zikoris t1_j1nwig9 wrote

I read a fair bit of modern sci-fi and mysteries and don't find that, though honestly I don't feel like I read enough older books to really compare.

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