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Re: Textbook choices

From:nicole perrin <nicole.eap@...>
Date:Monday, October 16, 2000, 19:08
Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
<snip pros/cons about textbook I too found really really useful>
> > <G> I'll see if I can find it myself; from all I've heard it sounds like > a good thing to have around. >
If you want a new copy it should be a breeze to come by, I found mine at Barnes & Noble online - before they had a textbooks section. I forget how much it was though, $30-$35 sounds about right (it's paperback).
> The cheapest textbook I've ever found is my _Introduction to Topology_. > $10 and it's pretty thorough, if a bit on the concise side (but that's > what profs are for). Thank heaven for Dover paperbacks...I wonder if > they print cheap, good linguistics books...? > > YHL
I'd just also like to say that I thought it was a good introduction -- I read it and thoroughly understood it without really having anybody teach me the stuff. Nicole