a good free book to teach yourself java

[robenco]

basically what the title says. what's a good FREE book so i can teach myself java.

[carbon-12]

theres plenty of good/free java tutorials on www.programmingtutorials.com

[blackrax]

Originally posted by robenco
basically what the title says. what's a good FREE book so i can teach myself java.

i recommend "thinking in java" by bruce eckel - truly the best java book i've read. all, or most, of his books can be downloaded from the official homepage (http://www.bruceeckel.com/).

cheers,
//raxmus