> Well I personally did not like Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java
> much(found it quite soporific), could not read it much. It's quite
> bloated up, I find "The Java programming Language" concise and to the
> point. Of course TIJ is available legally.
A better question would have been "What's your favorite Java book?",
since e-books are either illegal or worthless (with the exception of
Eckel's book, IMHO; obviously YMV).
(Actually, the freely available Sun reference material is extensive
and useful.)

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ck - 02 Jan 2007 22:05 GMT
> > Well I personally did not like Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java
> > much(found it quite soporific), could not read it much. It's quite
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> (Actually, the freely available Sun reference material is extensive
> and useful.)
Did I mention "The Java programming language"? More over I was talking
about books (not just ebooks). I have a copy(or access to) of TIJ, JPL,
Headfirst Java, Headfirst Servlets and JSP, Headfirst EJB, Headfirst
Design pattern, Inside the JVM, How tomcat works, Complete reference to
name a few.(BTW I am not talking about ebooks).
Cheers,
Ck