KayBur wrote:
CDavis7M wrote:
John and Bill, I am honored to have your replies and I believe we are in agreement.
In the quoted portion I was attempting to state that I felt like 38 Basic Josekis taught me more than joseki. In fact, I have only memorized the standard approaches, the possible responses, and some of the follow-ups. But I have gained intuition to continue from there. For instance, 38 Basic Joseki compares the weakness of opposing groups, looks at which stones placed in the corners and on the sides, identifies key points for attack and defense, and identifies when to sacrifice stones. I give much more consideration to these concepts now. Maybe there are better books for this purpose. But I own this one.
Your review really interested me. Where can you buy the book? I prefer to read it on paper. I will never get used to e-books. Like a dinosaur.
I think you can still order directly from Kiseido, and it's also available on Amazon. Though the current stock is from Amazon's own printing service and people have complained about the quality of the printing. I have one book Go book printed from Amazon and I think it's OK. The pages are white compared to the yellowish pages of the original books. There is some reduction in the cover image. But the book reads fine.
Here are a few samples that I quickly found in the book. I can see why a more experienced player would just easily recognize these situations, take the advice for granted, and discount this book as merely having outdated joseki. But I found these discussions helpful since this I am just learning to recognize these considerations.

