Skipping my 2.0 / VS 2005 books, or ones on order, I have ...
O'Reilly PressC# 3.0 In A Nutshell, 3rd Ed. Albabara + Albabara
Programming C# 3.0, 5th Ed. Liberty + Xie
C# 3.0 Cookbook, 3rd Ed. Hilyard + Teilhet
Programming WPF, 2nd Ed.
Sells + Griffiths
ApressPro C# 2008 ..., 4rth Ed. Troelsen.
Addidon WesleyEffective C#, Bill Wagner*
Microsoft PressWindows via C/C++. Richter + Nasarre
So to answer Glenn's question --
Has anybody bought any of Chris Sells' Windows Forms books and if so, what do you think?
I have his latest WPF book but I haven't read it yet. It's hefty for a O'Reilly book, though not a tome. Quickly glancing thru ... his writing style appears very conversational. Interesting note in the Preface, "Who this book is for" heading --
... As much as I love the designers of the world who are going gaga over WPF,this book is aimed squarely at my people: developers. We're not teaching programming here, so having some sort of programming environment is a must before you read this book. Programming in .NET and C#is pretty much required; Windows Forms, XML and HTML all recommended ...
To me that suggests he's not going to waste his, or the reader's time talking about things said reader should already know, so I would guess the 800+ pages would cover a lot of ground, and at pace. I would think that would have far greater appeal to Glenn than a hand holding book that does review upon review of core material ad nauseum. But hey, it's been another challenging night for me, maybe playing interpreter should be left for those with all their marbles in one bag.
An aside, I believe the author made a mistake:
environment should have likely been
experience. A typo in the Preface? Is that a good sign?
Oh yeah, my name is Michael, I'm a bookaholic. Have been for as long as I can remember. I'll probably die with a book in my hand.
* Effective C# is a 2005 series book, but I just got it, so it crept into the list above.