I think you should post THAT review on Lulu -- it persuaded me. On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 6:38 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for bringing this up-to-date, Cliff. Eager for Part 2. > > This has long been on my bucket-list for serious study, of the sort I > last gave to "At Play With J" by J doyen Gene McDonnell. If I had a > month to do absolutely nothing in, this is how I'd fill it. > > Come the day! > > Seriously though, when I've done so, I'll write you a review. On > Lulu.com. Better still, on Amazon.com. In fact I don't know why the J > community isn't falling over itself to write you reviews, because this > is one of the most entertaining vehicles for promoting J itself, up > there with APWJ, even if the reader isn't primarily interested in > becoming a computer-graphics specialist. (I note with approval you're > featuring Dissect.) > > @JCommunity – Here are the 2 links (because Cliff didn't give them)… > > > http://www.amazon.com/Fractals-Visualization-Fourth-Clifford-Reiter/dp/1329873556/ > > > http://www.lulu.com/shop/clifford-reiter/fractals-visualization-and-j-fourth-edition-part-1/paperback/product-22561871.html > > Don't be put off by the price. This is a must-have. I know what Lulu > charges for a 4-color print book (viz 4 times the b/w cost) so Cliff > is giving himself virtually no markup. So… write your review on > Amazon.com, but buy it from Lulu because it's 40% cheaper there > (rebating the book-trade markup – plus Lulu regularly does 25%-off > offers, which covers the shipping). > > [Disclaimer: reviewer has bought his own copy.] > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Cliff Reiter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I posted this in Jchat, but was encouraged to also post here. Apologies > for > > the overlap. > > > > Hello fellow Jer's, > > I have released print and PDF versions of > > Fractals, Visualization and J, Fourth edition, Part 1 > > at lulu.com. Compared to the 3rd edition, there are several new > sections, > > fairly substantial reorganization and update of scripts to JQT 8.04 along > > with the wordsmithing inspired by feedback from teaching a few times with > > it. > > The table of contents for 4th ed. Part 1 and sample sections from each > > chapter (and lulu links) can be found at: > > http://webbox.lafayette.edu/~reiterc/j/fvj4/index.html > > Note, I have left the 3rd edition as available at lulu since it works OK > > with J6.02 (32bit) and is complete. So be alert to edition. Last year at > > this time I thought 4th ed. Part 1 would be done by August '15. So Part > 2 is > > in the works but is at least several months away. > > Best, Cliff > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
