as the title , i need your advice guys to buy a good HLSL book in Managed code C# i am beginner in it but i want a book to make me jump into shaders world quickly coz my aim is to make some cool effects else i would be FIRED :):) . thanks guys for any help, and if u know a book in unmanaged book that is very good to buy just tell me about it. Best Regards,

I might be able to suggest an alternative solution. MDXInfo. We have a collection of HLSL tutorials and accompanying that are some of the coolest samples around in Managed DirectX. These samples include normal mapping, blurring, blooming and water effects.

I suggest looking into these tutorials before you go out and buy a book.

PS: You can also look into buying a decent unmanaged book that covers shaders. Usually just learning the concepts is enough and the implementation shouldn't be too hard.

I hope this helps.
Take care.