Most of you know I'm writing a book on .NET game programming.  It has some GDI+ programming and a lot of Managed DirectX programming.  If you want to buy only one book to help you with Managed DirectX, my book is not it.

Huh?

You heard me right.  If you are only going to buy one book, I recommend you buy Tom Miller's excellent “Managed DirectX 9 Kick Start: Graphics and Game Programming”.  Tom was the brains behind the Managed DirectX code anyway, so this is a nice gem that's straight from the source!  What I really like about it is that it nicely covers all the details in an introductory way.  Some chapters left me wanting more details, but I think it does a great job of hitting on all the cool essentials you should know about Managed DirectX.

Oh, if you have the money to buy two books on Managed DirectX, _then_ I recommend mine as the second