Book Description
MovieMind for Screenwriters: Write It Right and Get It Written. By William Ronald Craig. Quality Paperback. 312 pages.
A step-by-step plan for creating a commercial screenplay in four months. Three chapters on format. Advance storytelling tips and tricks. Strategies to get the work done.
Protecting your work. Innovative marketing advice. How writers make money in Hollywood. How to join the Writer's Guild.
Agent and Producer Releases. A Collaboration Agreement.
And much more.
Customer Reviews:
Informs an aspiring screenwriter of exactly what to expect when trying to break into the business.......2005-09-08
Written by a former University Professor of Screenwriting, MovieMind For Screenwriters: Write It Right And Get It Written is a no-nonsense guide to planning, writing, and polishing a Hollywood-quality screenplay. But chapters cover much more than creating believable characters, proper format style, layout, and examples, recommended steps for revising rough drafts and other writing techniques; the final section of MovieMind informs an aspiring screenwriter of exactly what to expect when trying to break into the business! Some issues - such as whether one should include a bold copyright notice when submitting a script (technically unnecessary since copyright in America is automatic without the notice, and some claim the notice gives a "sue-happy" impression that will get one's script dropped like a hot potato) - are given over to controversy, in which case MovieMind For Screenwriters presents both points of view and lets the reader judge. Other topics covered include the requirements to get into the Writer's Guild Association, to how to get noticed when most producers won't read scripts from previously unpublished authors, to how to protect one's rights, and much more. MovieMind For Screenwriters is an all-purpose introductory guide to writing for quality, profit, and pure entertainment, and an absolute must-have for anyone interested in writing for the big or small screen.
MovieMind for Screenwriters.......2005-06-09
I found MovieMind a clear and concise guide to script writing. Because of the author's no nonsense approach it was easy to read. Reading it reminded what brought me to writing in the first place, the creative process. Creating a world and characters that have lives that don't exist, yet could - at least for a little while. And the book pointed out the pitfalls that I fell into when I stopped writing. The index cards, I've resisted their use as more clutter. But see their use differently now. What I found most illuminating is in the last few chapters on marketing. I guess there are easier professions to break into. But lets face it if storytelling is in soul than that is path that must be taken. The real test will be if I start writing again.
The Compulsive Reader reviews.......2005-05-22
Fellowship recipient and professor of screenwriting William Ronald Craig takes the mysticism out of writing a screenplay with this practical, step-by-step, easy-to-follow method.
The author states his objective right at the beginning: "This book is designed to assist you in writing a commercial `speculation' screenplay in four months." Mr. Craig developed this method while teaching one-semester courses at San Jose State University for over a decade. His assumption is that if students with a full load of classes and papers to write succeeded in completing a screenplay in four months, so can you.
What does the aspiring screenwriter need? "A good story with interesting characters, basic language skills, and a commitment to do the work." In other words, what all writers of all kinds of genre need. In fact, this is a book not only aspiring screenwriters can profit from. Novelists and short story authors can derive useful information from this work.
The chapters are broken down into many short sections under different topics, and this technique, together with his straightforward, simple, pragmatic language and style, make the book easy and pleasurable to follow. Subjects discussed include: the writer's mind, getting ready, story elements, character elements, dramatic tension, sequencing your story, format layout, style, dialogue, fist drafts, the rewrite, marketing preparation and strategies, The Writers Guild of America, rights, and making money in Hollywood. Within these general chapter subjects you'll find a long list of specific topics which cover all aspects of screenwriting. For instance, under Story Elements you'll find: Suspension of Disbelief, Story and Plot, The Three-Act Structure, Original Stories, Genre Storytelling, Derivative Storytelling, High-Concept Storytelling, Didactic and Nonlinear Storytelling, Subplots, The Present Tense, The Collective "We," Limited Personal, Limited Omnipotent and Unlimited Omnipotent.
The author supports most explanations with a target example, making concepts easy to understand. In addition to what to do, he also offers advice on what not to do and how to avoid common pitfalls which are the sign of the amateur. Most interesting is all the "behind-the-scenes" information given about how things really work in Hollywood and its misconceptions-what really drives producers and directors, who ends up reading the screenplay you have submitted, how to approach an agent, etc. Especially helpful are the author's explanation of the legal issues and the surprising importance that The Writers Guild of America has upon a screenwriter's life and career.
Included at the end of the book are a resource section as well as samples of query letters, releases and legal agreements.
As a companion to MovieMind comes "Johnny Nine Lives," an adult screenplay which demonstrates some of the points discussed in the book. Definitely not for the faint of heart, this screenplay is a thriller about a grandfather and a father who kidnap a man from death row believing the man is a serial killer who has brutally murdered their granddaughter/daughter. In an abandoned warehouse they built a "homemade" electric chair to do what the government hasn't been able to do in nine years-bring justice. But what if the man is innocent?
The screenplay follows the current simple format followed by Hollywood professionals. Though not an excellent screenplay on its own, as I thought the ending was somewhat predictable, the characters and dialogue at times stereotypical, it does serve to clearly illustrate how a screenplay should be written.
These two books complement each other to make a set that should be in every aspiring screenwriter's reference bookshelf. An entertaining and valuable read.
Stephen Kopels San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking.......2005-05-14
After reading MovieMind and the companion script Johnny Nine Lives, I can say unequivocally that my understanding of the script writing process has been greatly enhanced. I have read more then a dozen books on this subject and though most are well written, this one really hit the target for me. It is comprehensive and FUN to read. It makes the technical aspect of screen writing much more approachable and not so intimidating.
Bill has a wonderful sense of humor and a level of professionalism that really translates in giving the reader a feeling of self-confidence that... yes...I can do this.
I highly recommend MovieMind for anyone who is serious about finally getting that story down on paper and in a form that makes it valuable and saleable.... As an educator and teacher of filmmaking I would not hesitate to recommend Bill's book to my students.
Book Description
A study of the landmark television program "The Simpsons" which focuses on the show's dual roles as subversive political satire and mainstream mass media hit.
Customer Reviews:
The Best of The Simpsons Books.......2004-11-04
From an academic perspective, David Arnold et al's book is amusing, but too "lite" on theory at times, with non-media-scholars coming to grand conclusions that media scholars in the eighties came to. Mark Pinsky's book is a very amusing book, written with such a love for the program that it's delightful, but I didn't feel it enlightened me about The Simpsons as much as it made a strong argument for and defense of its morality and ethics (a book that's a must for Simpsons-dislikers). Steven Keslowitz's book is atrocious, poorly written, and not worthy of a single purchase. Which leaves this book as the best serious treatment of The Simpsons.
Why not the 5th star? Well, several of the contributors start to wander away from the topic, and I also feel that if you're going to analyze the media in an academic way, you need to secure a few more articles from actual media scholars. This oversight is evident in the lack of essays looking at The Simpsons from some form of structural or economic standpoint. The book is more humanities-based than social sciences, and that's a pity.
However, it still examines some important issues, and thus digs under the surface of the text in a convincing and thoughtful way. Alberti's introduction is arguably the best "article" in the book, as he positions the program brilliantly, and gives a great sense of the ways in which The Simpsons might be doing something special that very few if any other programs in television history have. I found the essays thought-provoking, and a lot more dense than other writing on The Simpsons.
So, while I could see how a fan of the show who wants to keep viewing it as light and mellow wouldn't enjoy this book or appreciate it, if you actually want to engage with the program and its politics on a deeper level, this book does an admirable job. Very good stuff, some essays especially excellent
Subversive-minded readers only!.......2004-07-02
The reviewer who complained that this book is just academic twaddle seemingly couldn't possibly be a true Simpsons fan. This book is an excellent entree into the culture theory of ideological poisoning that is at the heart of all media--conservative, right-wing media--in America today. (Not that there is any viable liberal left-wing media in America today, regardless of what the GOP would have you believe.) Every image you see coming at you from TV, movies, video games, etc. is designed to suck you into the consumerist ideological trap that the writers of the Simpsons are dedicated to making you question. The Simpsons as a cartoon is show to be highly worthy of penetrating critique, something that most viewers aren't bothered with attempting. The first two chapters of the book, both of which examine consumerism/capitalism's failings and how the Simpsons manage to exploit those failings, are the highlights of the book. If you just want a listing of movie references, read the highly entertaining episode guides (I own all three to date), but you want to understand how the film references are used to provide further dissident and subversive layers to the show, buy this book. The only quibble: It fails to entertain the question of how oppositional--to consumer culture--the Simpsons can be when it produces billions of dollars of revenue from merchandise.
for smart simpsons geeks.......2004-05-11
I am a Simpsons geek; I admit it freely, and with pride. I have greedily grabbed up all of the academically-slanted studies of the show that have trickled out over the last few years, including studies on philosophy and religion in the show. They have all been interesting, but flawed. Finally, in Leaving Springfield, I get a book that does more than simply summarize plot lines I already know, and then run off its own agenda. This book analyzes episodes, and provides new insights by interpreting them through a variety of critical perspectives. The most interesting essay, for example, examines The Simpsons as a bridge between so-called "high" and "low" art, combining the "lowbrow" media of television and animation with literary "highbrow" irony, self-reflexivity, and wit. Other essays examine the way the show uses ethnic stereotypes to undermine social racism, gay life on The Simpsons, and The Simpsons' place in the animation tradition. All the essays are brought together under a broad topic: can a show like The Simpsons, which is owned and televised by a multinational conglomerate, still be a legitimate social satire?
The writing is academic, and at times a bit dry, but if you like The Simpsons, you'll love this book. Even if you aren't a big fan, I still recommend it; books like Leaving Springfield are becoming more and more important, because as visual media continues to take over print, we need to start looking seriously at television for the few (albeit very few) works of true art it offers. This book is a bit hard to find, but well worth the search.
What a Bunch of Academic Twaddle!.......2004-04-02
I'm probably numb to the nuances of Cultural Criticism, but the essays in this book are the worst sort of claptrap from grimly earnest strivers in the groves of academe.
Trying to evaluate the cultural significance of The Simpsons is a fool's game--it's there in plain sight every night in reruns--but these authors are undeterred. They are bound and determined to override a work of collaborative genius with their own stale biases and canned interpretations.
And not a one of them shows a sense of humor, so far as I could discover. The writers and illustrators of The Simpsons are miles ahead of these writers in evaluating contemporary culture.
Maggie would not countenance their hogwash.
Amazon.com
Searching for Bobby Fischer is the story of Fred Waitzkin and his son Josh, from the moment six-year-old Josh first sits down at a chessboard until he competes for the national championship. Drawn into the insular, international network of chess, they must also navigate the difficult waters of their own relationship. All the while, Waitzkin wonders about and searches for the elusive Bobby Fischer, whose myth still dominates the chess world and profoundly affects Waitzkin's dreams for his son.
Customer Reviews:
Chess is Life.......2006-01-13
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a skillfully woven set of vignettes that tell two stories, really. One, of course, is the story of his and his son Josh's discovery of the boy's precocious chess talent, the other the story of the chess environment in the US and the effect of Bobby Fischer's legacy on US chess.
Reading the other reviews I find it hard to understand what some people complain about in the book. For instance, the Russian trip had great importance, both as a contrast to the chess community in the US, and because it was a formative event in the life of the main subject of the book. How do you just leave something like that out?
The actual "search" near the end of the book is truly a beautiful, bittersweet interlude that serves to put under the glaring light of truth the amorphous, romanticized legend of Bobby Fischer. It's a dirty, confusing little search that goes nowhere, and is a telling metaphor for the life course of the once legendary champion.
One important comparison to the movie is the recounting of the Nationals that Josh finally wins. While what they put in the movie was exciting, to me it was nothing like the vibrant, tense denoument in the book. The come from behind save Josh pulled out in real life is the stuff of little legends all on its own.
This is a thoroughly enjoyable book, front to back, poignant, with the ring of truth on every page. I can't recommend enough to both chess players and non-players alike.
Young Fischer.......2006-01-09
Ever since the elusive disappearance of chess genius Bobby Fischer, who beat Russian Boris Spassky in 1972 for the world championship, the only American to do so, parents all over the United States have wondered if their little sons and daughters would someday have the potential to be the next Fischer. Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin is the true story of Fred and his son Josh. In New York City, the only place for serious chess players in the US, Josh discovered chess one day in Washington Square Park. Soon after he began playing he was pronounced a prodigy and taken under the wing of one of the best chess teachers in the country, Bruce Pandolfini. Fred is infatuated with his son's potential and gets drawn into the crazy and obsessive world of chess. The book chronicles the years from when Josh begins playing until he wins the national championship. Along the way Fred travels to Moscow to watch the long awaited match of Karpov and Kasparov, two chess titans, and opposite sides of the same coin. Fred realizes the truth of what being a professional player means and how hard it is the US. He's confused about his longing for Josh to be a great player and how he obsesses so much over it. Deep down he knows Josh is not as good as Fischer, and even if he was how can you compete with these Russian players who are exposed to the game forty to fifty hours a week? Throughout this journey Fred discovers both the glory and failure in being a chess parent of a talented player, and shares his worries, fears, and hopes for his son. I highly recommend this groundbreaking story.
This book captures all the feelings and emotions of being the parent of a precocious child. On one hand, you want them to live a well-rounded life. But on the other hand, your thoughts drift to untold glory and tournaments to be won. You want the child to study and work hard and it's easy to get caught up in immediate results. Then you worry your kid's not having fun or you've pushed them too hard. Especially for chess, a parent has to wonder, why do I care so much about my child's gift, I've seen professional chess players and the dreadful lives they lead. Even the very best players cope with miserable conditions. Unlike a tennis prodigy, for a chess player there's no pot of gold at the end. But week after week these parents take their brilliant kids to tournaments and spend a weekend holed up in a stuffy hotel. They cannot understand their feelings or why they do this, but what if their son or daughter is the next Bobby Fischer?
Searching for Bobby Fischer is not only about chess. It describes the delicate relation between Fred and his son. At first, Josh is a genius. He can do no wrong and wins everything. Kids tremble when they play him. At the nationals, he'll be ranked number one. He is unstoppable. And then Josh loses at the nationals to a little kid with a much lower rating. He crushes Josh in less than twenty minutes. Fred and Bruce cannot understand what went wrong. Fred is confused and wonders why he pushes his son so hard. For six months Josh doesn't want to play and Fred fears this is the end. He feels awful about liking his son more when he wins and thinking how boring Josh's life would be without chess. Soon Fred and Bruce realize what needs to be done and the following year Josh wins the national championship. Fred starts to begin understanding the feelings he has about Josh and chess.
The chapters about Moscow and world championship match between Karpov and Kasparov are fascinating. Karpov is loved by the Soviet Union and has many powerful political connections. Kasparov is more the rebel, outspoken against Karpov and the government. Half of the battle for the title is political and psychological. Rumors that Karpov would poison Kasparov at any cost abound. It is well known in a previous match Karpov employed a hypnotist to sit in the third row and during the game hypnotize his opponent. Kasparov argues bitterly against Karpov having his team of seconds and trainers offer him drinks during the game. He says the drink could contain a message, such as they found a winning line and he should adjourn the game (in those days adjournments for very long games were allowed, meaning the game would be stopped and continued in a few hours), or a long struggle was ahead and he shouldn't drink anything to make him crash. Also, people say Karpov would regularly bribe Kasparov's seconds and trainers to give his team their opening secrets or just rob Kasparov of a critical trainer. Due to his smaller team, instead of preparing Kasparov would have to get on the phone to block Karpov's latest move. Just for the record, Kasparov won the match after six brutal months.
Searching for Bobby Fischer is a fast and thoughtful read. Fred movingly conveys his hopes and dreams for his son, and opens a world up that many people didn't even know existed. A truly good book.
A.M.
A Book For All Chess Players - Good Read.......2005-08-24
This book has the championship chess presence like "The Queen's Gambit" by Tevis and the scholastic excitement of "The Chess Team" by Sawaski - The others are fiction, but what sets this book (SFBF) apart is that it is a real story. However, the title is a hair misleading. This book really has nothing at all to do with the real Bobby Fischer (Former World Chess Champion) - but rather about chess prodigy and future chess grandmaster Josh Waitzkin.
The book itself is very much different from the movie and although the movie was very well done and one of my favorites of all time, the book is outstanding and should be read even if you watched the movie. If you play chess or like to teach chess, this book is highly useful for experience. The whole work just flows nicely and you get excited for Josh on his trials and tribulations. It is a quality book, with interesting experiences and I highly recommend it to all.
superb ! excpet couple of chapters.......2005-07-15
superb book!
postives:
1. insights into everything it covers
chess world, inights into a chess parent
2. smooth reading
3. the suspense in the last chapter itself is worth 5 starts
4. honest expressions about his feelings and his ideas
about others
5. the expression of the dilemma within him (or any chess
parent) on where this is headed.
negative:
1. couple of chapters seemed boring (irrelevant) at times,
but that could be me looking to get ahead with story
of him and his prodigal son.
Pretty Good Book.......2005-06-17
I read this book, and I think the movie is better. This book is about the father of a young boy named Josh Waitzkin, who is a chess prodigy. I think the main problem in this book is that it doesn't talk about Josh as much as it should. Also, I think there were just a few inappropriate things that didn't need to be written. Its a pretty good book.
Note on Josh Waitzkin
It's sad that Josh Waitzlin quit chess. I think he quit because everyone thought he was going to be the next bobby fischer, and deep down he knew he wasn't. He was an International Master at age 16 while Bobby Fischer was a Grandmaster at age 16. The even more sad thing was in a newspaper article, he said he would never quit because he would never want to think about what he could have been. Also, in his book Josh Waitzkin's attacking chess, he wrote that when a prodigy grows up, they may hit a wall. Some people may say he never had it, some may say he never will. But the prodigy should keep going. Anyway, he quit at a ration in the low 2400's.
Book Description
The Official EnCE Study Guide, 2nd Edition provides extensive coverage on all topics candidates will need to be familiar with and that will appear on the EnCE exam. It will also included are real-world scenarios, hands-on exercises, hundreds of practice questions, and up-to-date information on legal cases that effect how forensics professionals do their jobs.
Customer Reviews:
A must have.......2007-09-13
This book is not for beginners in the IT world, but you will need it in the long run.
I scored a 95 on the written - It's a 5 star book.......2007-01-21
A little background on myself. Former Police Officer and instructor with nearly 15 years of networking experience. I've done everything from servers, old Cisco AGS routers, to the newer 6500 series and ASA5500 firewalls. Corporate audits, policy implementation, and SOX consultation are a few more areas of expertise. I've even have been featured on several broadcast television shows discussing security. In my spare time, I've passed the CCNP/CCDP, CISSP, and am looking forward to the EnCE.
Now for the book:
It does exactly as advertised. I scored a 95% on the written. This book does NOT fall short of expectation. The book is organized not assuming any technical areas of expertise, but does assume some familiarity with computers overall. The basics are reviewed and are not intended to bore more savvy readers, but to re familiarize us with some of the lost or forgotten knowledge required for this exam. It's arranged in an order that maximized information intake and once you've completed chapter 10, you'll understand the overall objective of the arranged order. Nitpicking typos is just ridiculous if the subject matter is mastered.
The book is geared around FAT. This is done in my opinion because FAT is more useable as a training subject. The differences between the two (NTFS) are major, but from an EnCase standpoint regarding testing it's trivial. The book was never intended to train someone on FAT or NTFS. Why confuse someone with the intricacies of NTFS if it's not relevant to the software itself? It's a manual on EnCase software. Any attempts to train operating system specifics not directly related to the forensic software and would be beyond the scope of this book. They could have used Linux, Windows, or Mac. The mounting, searches, and use of EnCase tools would have been nearly the same. Note: the majority of home users and corporate desktops are in fact using Windows! Many USB supported devices now prevalent are using FAT. In my office, I am one of two persons out of 60 that have Linux loaded. Most of your exposure will be with Windows formatted devices. To learn about OS file systems, there are books that will teach this as their specialty.
My personal review of this book is not influenced by being a co-author of another book. Authors should work cooperatively even if competitive. Believe me, when a book is sub-par or blatantly wrong I will be on Amazon trashing it (look at prior reviews). The included CD has been trashed on past reviews. I cannot really get into why I am saying this, but those people trashing the flip cards and practice tests have in fact NOT sat down for the exam. If you are planning to sit for the exam and don't use the included study materials on this CD you are 100% missing the ball. EnCase 5 loads and works for the included materials and was never attached to the book with the intent of imaging your own hard drive and playing with the software. Again, the Q&A and materials included are specific to "Study Guide" for the EnCE exam.
EnCase is the court recognized software used for forensic analysis. Regardless of opinion, this is a fact. If you're going to expose yourself to any forensic software, you should learn this one. If you're curious and not preparing for an exam, this book is more than suitable for your needs for learning the process in concept. When you're finished reading you will understand it.
RT
Book good, CD not . . ........2006-12-03
After much debate I decided that I needed to read this book and go through the excercises on the included CD. Unfortunately the CD is defective and will not load (checked it on three different computers, a total of five different drives). Since the book/CD has been opened, I can't return the item, and now will have to go through the pain of contacting the publisher to see if they will provide a replacement CD. I am a licensed user of the EnCase forensic software, so I am not so much concerned about that part of the CD content as I am about the included evidence files and the "flash cards" for on-the-go studying.
I'll update this review when I hear back from the publisher.
For help with EnCase in book form, start here.......2006-10-10
I decided to read and review three digital forensics books in order to gauge their strengths and weaknesses: "File System Forensic Analysis" (FSFA) by Brian Carrier, "Windows Forensics" (WF) by Chad Steel, and "EnCase Computer Forensics" (ECF) by Steve Bunting and William Wei. All three books contain the word "forensics" in the title, but they are very different. If you want authoritative and deeply technical guidance on understanding file systems, read FSFA. If you want to focus on understanding Windows from an investigator's standpoint, read WA. If you want to know more about EnCase (and are willing to tolerate or ignore information about forensics itself), read ECF.
In the spirit of full disclosure I should mention I am co-author of a forensics book ("Real Digital Forensics") and Brian Carrier cites my book "The Tao of Network Security Monitoring" on p 10. I tried to not let those facts sway my reviews.
In terms of overall book value, ECF is the weakest of the three previously mentioned -- but it is the only book on EnCase. As such it is the one independent book which will help you understand the king of the commercial forensics world. I was particularly interested in using the accompanying DVD, which offered a demo version of EnCase. I did encounter the same limitations as mentioned in previous reviews, but I was able to at least perform most of the numbered exercises in the text. I thought the fairly crippled version of EnCase packaged with the book was a drawback, but I know Guidance Software is paranoid about even discussing their product outside of their training environment.
As far as covering EnCase goes, ECF is a pretty good book. I am an EnCase newbie, but I was able to follow most of the book's discussion of the product's interface. Since the lead author is a police officer, I also thought that perspective was valuable. His mindset appeared in the chapter where securing the crime scene was discussed. The inclusion of short case studies also kept the tone lively and relevant.
I had two major problems with ECF, hence the three star review. First, a book that includes a demo copy of EnCase and sample evidence files should use them throughout the text. When introducing EnCase's interface, use a sample evidence file from the DVD so the reader can follow along. While the book's exercises use the DVD evidence files, the textual explanation of the interface seldom do. That was frustrating. The authors should have either said "You need a fully license copy of EnCase to follow along" or they should have run all their examples as if they were a reader using the sample DVD. They would have learned you can't "Add Devices" using the DVD version and you can't save bookmarks -- argh.
The second major problem I found with ECF involved indications of technical misunderstandings and questionable vernacular. Examples follow. "BSD" is not "a Linux variant" (p 91). There is no such thing as "BSD Linux" (p 231). The authors' faith in MD5 should be positioned against research from the last few years. The "approved solution" for shutting down a Unix server ("synch; synch; halt") plus lack of non-Windows material made me question the relevance of the book to non-Windows platforms. On the language side, I didn't like reading about "NIC cards" (p 381) and "RAM memory" (p 381). These are the sorts of issues that make me wonder if I'm reading another book about "the Windows," thereby undermining my faith in ECF's recommendations.
On the operational forensics side, the book is strongly in the traditional "pull the plug, image the hard drive, grep for strings" camp. This model dominated host-centric forensics for decades, but it has been largely inadequate for the past 10 years. For example, there's nothing really useful on live analysis or memory forensics. NTFS is barely addressed, unlike FAT -- another sign of being somewhat backward. I think a second edition of this book would be a lot stronger -- and it would catch the error of using the word "Sudy" on the cover in place of "Study".
Still, because this is the only book on EnCase, it does share plenty of helpful suggestions on using that software. One possible use case for the book would be using it to apply EnCase to data provided on the DVD we ship with "Real Digital Forensics," looking for Windows artifacts described in WF, based on your understanding of hard drives from Brian Carrier's FSFA.
Worth the money even if you don't use EnCase.......2006-07-28
Problems with the DVD aside, in my opinion, this book is still worth the money. If you aren't ready for the EnCE exam yet, but are planning on taking a non-vendor-specific certification exam, such as the CCE exam, you can make good use of this book.
The explanations of how to understand data (bytes, bits, nibbles, etc.) are exactly the kind of background information you need to know in the world of computer forensics if you ever have to testify in court. You need to know more than what button to push within EnCase or another forensic software program. If you read this book, then read (and try hard to understand, 'cause it won't be easy) Brian Carrier's File System Forensic Analysis book, and you gain some hands on experience, you will run circles around most of the "experts" out there.
This book contains great explanations of time/date stamps and how to interpret them, time zone offsets, where to look for artifacts, locating partitions and recovering them, a little bit on the registry (but still more than you find in most books on forensics), samples of the all-important forensic report (which is the most important part of the practical section of the CCE exam), and lots of other good information.
If you are interested in computer forensics and are not already at the intermediate/expert level, read this book.
T. V. Davis
Black Mountain Forensics LLC
www.bmforensics.com
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