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Title: sadly, a complete waste of time
Review: I bought this book - both vols - and wasted 3 months reading Vol 1.If you really want to learn Java, buy a good Java 2 Programmer Certification book (eg. Mughal and Rasmussen is excellent) and write the exam. That is all you need.This book has backing from all those that matter - Sun Press, and all these rave reviews - so it does not matter if I tell you the sad truth; "Skip This Book". There is too much fluff and the book does not really teach you the nitty gritty and important details of the language. This book served a purpose when there were no other books, but not today when there are some great books.Why do authors and publishers think that they have to produce a 735 page tome just to cover "Java Fundamentals"???Spend your money elsewhere. The money you spend is not really so important as the time you waste reading it and yet not gaining mastery over Java.
