This is my first post, and I'm new. It seems like there's a lot of friendly people on these boards. I'm a student at a university and started a course on 3d animation. This is something I want to get into.
We are learning Lightwave, however I've heard that Maya is much better, so this is the program I want to learn. I realize that the learning curve for Maya is greater than LightWave so I know this isn't going to be easy. I would like to know what book should I start out with?
I know this question most likely been asked a thousand times, but I would like to start learning asap.
Thanks

P.S. Any other females out here?