[davisourus]

Some would call it an enjoyable read. Definitely not the typical stodgy format of papers, but addressing the reader and throwing a few jokes in doesn't hurt the technical validity. He wrote it so it could be accessible and defends it as such in the prologue. Dry papers get passed over these days, I'm afraid.

[methodOverdrive]

That's true - and I did enjoy it. I'm biased - still in university, so I'm used to dry papers. The lack of stodginess wouldn't have bothered me if I had been able to obtain key details on the format for free. I was a little annoyed to have to buy a 50-dollar paperback book instead of just downloading a short paper via the college library, though - I was convinced of the potential benefits of the format by one of Gustafson's earlier presentations and want to help in the efforts towards software/hardware implementations, so I didn't need enhanced accessibility to remain interested in the book.