Making Avatar

Publisher Abrams Books has recently released Jody Duncan and Lisa Fitzpatrick's The Making of Avatar (2010). With nearly 300 pages, the book is a detailed--often too detailed, at times--look at the technological innovations behind the feature film. I don't believe it will appeal to casual fans of the film, and die-hard fans might be more interested in the world-building (serviced in part by Fitzpatrick's The Art of Avatar:James Cameron’s Epic Adventure [also from Abrams Books, 2009]) than the technology that was involved in its creation.