Hey Anthony... good luck with the Sci-Fi book, and congrats for hanging in there with the new P5 manual.

With all due respect, (and I mean that sincerely) I tend to agree with gryffnn. His example of Dan Ablan's "Inside Lightwave" being commended for being an extremely worthwhile book points to a willingness to praise good work as well as be critical of work that isn't as useful, our flame awful efforts. (Cases in point: Shamms Mortier insert title here) The notion that if we, as purchasers can do a better job compiling a manual for any given program we should publish our own misses the mark. We are buying the books because we presumably (at least in my case) do not have a working knowledge of the program and are actively seeking it. Chances are that if I felt I had sufficient knowledge of a program, I would not be be purchasing introduction handbooks at all. In fact, in Mr. Mortiers case, his publications actually do a disservice to the software they represent by not providing any useful information for users to constructivly explore it's true potential. People buy these books with perfectly good money expecting help, and they should get it. I am a CG newbie. My graphical explorations bite, and bite quite badly. But I will not misreprepresent myself and publish a book. In my opinion, neither should he. Posting opinions is one way to to help form a consensus to assist others make an informed decision before opening their wallet. Just another opinion, with no disrespect to your statement.