I bought the first edition of this in the early 90'sand was disappointed that it didn't have the Mandelbrot or other complex dynamicsin it. Dr. Edgar has updated the older book with Julias, multifractalsand Superfractals, but has stayed true to his topological measure theory Hausdorff space approach. He never updates his Biscovitch-Ursell functionsto 2d and 3d parametrics or the unit Mandelbrot cartoon method.Some of his definitions are still so minimalthat duplicating the fractals needs much more information?!The text is still the good place to begin, butit is a shame that Dr. Edgar has not kept up with many of the developments in the field. Zipf and Per Bakare left out, but my double V L-system made the index as a picture.