Re: Which are the "must own" Java books?

David Ricketts wrote:
I'm familiar with all the must own books for C++ developers, the Meyers, the Sutters, the Alexandrescus, etc. But what are the "must own" books for Java?

I quite like "Core Java", by Horstmann and Cornell. (Anyone know if there's to be a 6.0 update?)

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John W. Kennedy
"The blind rulers of Logres
Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
-- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"
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