# How to tell if your current book is old

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [May 19, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759 "2024-05-19T04:29:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759/81 "2024-05-27T07:57:45Z")

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“The computer was not working so, exasperated, he shook the mouse harder. She squealed but still refused to add up his numbers.”

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759/82 "2024-05-27T15:35:20Z")

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The book is by a U.S. publisher and lists a “Philippines copyright” date after the American one.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759/83 "2024-05-28T18:51:23Z")

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The hero bleeds himself as a cure for high altitude sickness, or something else.

They refer to apes as “Quadrumana”

Outer Space is called “the ether”

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759/84 "2024-05-28T19:30:27Z")

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Someone gets the vapours.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759/85 "2024-05-28T20:08:42Z")

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And clutchs their pearls while fanning themselves.

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-if-your-current-book-is-old/1001759/86 "2024-05-28T20:12:53Z")

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Consumtion is killing the protagonist, so (s)he goes to a sanatorium high up in the Swiss Alps where nothing ever happens.

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