I loved the first one. It's one of my all-time favorite technical books. I was really disappointed by the second, though. I'd recommend skipping it. The second

I loved the first one. It's one of my all-time favorite technical books. I was really disappointed by the second, though. I'd recommend skipping it. The second lacked the cohesion of the first probably owing to the fact that it wasn't written by the same author as the first. And each chapter was written by a different author.