"Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@btinternet.com> writes:

> "Richard" <rgrdev@gmail.com> wrote in message news:b2fsu4-
>> Out of curiosity, why? What do you feel it offers that other, more
>> regularly touted, books offer? I have hmmed and harred about addinh it
>> to my collection but the general reviews I saw were so so and I was
>> never a fan of "collected works" where the style and prose change from
>> chapter to chapter.
>>
> There's a huge advantage to buying books written by people on this ng,
> which is that you can speak to the author.

I prefer a book where I don't need to talk to the author to understand
it to be honest.