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18 May 2024 19:48:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV Ray How Tos  
From: incognito
Date: 17 Nov 2003 16:30:02
Message: <web.3fb93ce55917f248de0713960@news.povray.org>
Dennis Miller wrote:
>A bigger problem with "Bible" it that it is such a cliche. Surely you (we?)
>can do better.
>D.
>
>"Mitchell Waite" <mit### [at] dnaicom> wrote in message
>news:3c883f39$1[at]news.povray.org...
>> If you do some research on Amazon you'll find that I was the first
>publisher
>> to use the word Bible in a computer book. Its almost synonymous with Waite
>> Group. I also pioneered the How To line, as well as Primers, Papers,
>Tricks
>> of the ___ Masters, ____ Creations, Playhouses, SuperBibles, ____ Lab,
>> Construction Kit, Interactive Courses.
>>
>> I still like Bible. But I would be open to something different and more
>> reverent like POV Ray: From Hell and Back, or maybe POV Ray New Testament
>:)
>>
>> "Harold Baize" <bai### [at] itsaucsfedu> wrote in message
>> news:3c8544ac[at]news.povray.org...
>> > Mitchell,
>> > Please don't call it the "POV-Ray Bible". If you've followed
>> > some of the discussion on "off-topic" then you know religion
>> > is a hot button here. More generally, if it is primarily a
>> > "how-to" then the Bible metaphor doesn't work anyway.
>> > Maybe "POV-Ray: The final render" or "POV-Ray: How
>> > to Create Worlds" or "POV-Ray: Unlimited Computer
>> > Graphics Power"? Anyway, just something that isn't
>> > religious or political ;-)
>> >
>> > Harold
>> >
>> >
>> > > We have started collecting ideas for How Do I's for our POV Ray book
>> > > underway (POV Ray Bible).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

If you're still looking for book titles (didn't have time to read all the
messages to figure out), how about "With a Trace: <whatever you want>"

For example:

"With a Trace: Modeling & Development using POV-ray"

I got this idea when I tried to look for a book on POV-ray on bn.com and
only found a fiction book called "Without a Trace" and books on how to make
ray tracers...


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