Islands in Infinity Galaxies 3-D Derek Ward-Thompson (Author), Brian May (Editor), J-P Metsävainio (Illustrator) - Forums

While I may have missed this being discussed here because of relative inactivity over the last several months, I am wondering if anyone has had a chance to see the images in this book and look at the photos through the proper viewer. I do not want to be seen as promoting this book on this web site, however in the interest of citation, I provide the following link: https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/islands-in-infinity

For some of the work that I have been doing and posting, I have often thought that it would aid in the generation of a 3D presentation at high quallity. In fact, a side project of mine, a bit unrelated to astrophotography has had me thinking of using AI to modify one or more of my astro images to alter the perspective of the object(s). Even without seeing the results in this book, this has given me maybe an extra boost to explore. The new image pairs from this book that I have seen, are set up to use in a different viewer than my preferred crossed-eye way, so I cannot tell much. If I were to guess, it appears that the primary subjects appear flat to me, with the background galaxies being rendered spacially. But I do not want to be too critical of the result because my lazy method of viewing results in a reversed perspective. I am hoping someone has done the work for me and actually acquired this volume.

After seeing 60 views of this post, I am figuring that, at least in this community, the book has not been interesting enough to warrant the purchase price. I know that this was a big ask, because if only one person in the 60 who looked at the post actually bought the book, this would probably represent a blockbuster, if only statistics were used to be the judge! The lack of responses may also be due to my wanting opinions from anyone who actually were able to see the book and use the 3-D features. Also, this book has not been out for very long. I may come back to revisit this. You might ask of me, why not just buy the book?! Can’t argue with that. When I have the time and the extra $50, I may well do that. Or put it on my holiday list. If I do, I will certainly post a review.

Now back to the original ask:

Interested in opinions from those who actually used the book and viewer. (But anyone who wants to offer an opinion on why anyone should produce such a volume is certainly welcome to do so. This topic is not overloading the system!)
I did look at reviews on the seller sites, but not willing to accept that opinions of non-photographers or non-astrophotographers would align with what I might feel.
Extending number 2, therefore I am interested in how experienced astro-photographers see this. As art, and also technically. Interested in: the perception generated; percieved depth as being only artistically presented; or if there is some sort of scaled factual info being offered.
Per number 3 above, I am flailing in even generating questions because I can’t even find a list of objects that the book offers. Maybe I am missing something, but via Amazon most books typically list the table of contents, and even previews. But I can seem to find them.
Also, I wonder what the sources of the images used in this publication. I wonder if anyone here on AstroBin actually contributed images?

Finally, if my expectation, that a community of astrophotographers would be excited about such a publication is off-base, then I would be interested in hearing why that is so. I appologize ahead of time if this last question is just me being passive-aggressive!