Inside Lightwave 7 is an awesome book, although I found the initial chapters kind of boring, and couldn't wait until I'd get started on more advanced stuff as I knew the basics already. But, I learnt quite a few things from the basic chapters as well that I've missed. Just enjoy the book, you WILL learn a lot of cool stuff from it.

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