I'm looking for a good .Net Intro book

[RandomFool]

I've been job hunting and seeing ads for .Net developers everywhere. Unfortunately I don't know jack about it. I figure reading a book about .Net probably won't get me a job but it can't hurt and It'd be nice to know something about it. I know java, php, and javascript already so it doesn't need to be that basic but I'm looking for something that is easy to understand with no .Net background. I was looking at this
I've used O'Reilly books before and liked them but I wasn't sure how good of an intro book it would be.
-Ryan

 

[KB]

Unfortunately with books by the time they are released, they are out of date. Based on the reviews it looks like a good book and O-Reilly has been good in the past; however I have not read this one.
Did you see they authors mug? With a look like that its got to be a good book. 🙂


Here are some other resources to compliment the book and cement your transition to dorkdom.

podcast: www.dotnetrocks.com
vidcast: http://www.dnrtv.com/
good examples: http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/

 

[Apathetic]

This is the best VB.NET book I've come across.

linky

Dave

 

[Schadenfroh]

VB.NET book my university uses

 

[mugs]

Almost all of my non-.NET books are O'Reilly books.

All but one of my .NET books are Microsoft books (the other one is an O'Reilly book)

Edit: The one I have is the one you linked. Actually I might have two, the other one being an ADO.NET book. O'Reilly books are generally very good. Can't go wrong either way.