How does that book compares to Peter Shirley's Fundamentals of computer graphics [1]

I'm interested in CG but don't really know where to start.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Computer-Graphics-Fourth...

This looks like a slimmed down version of the book Realistic Ray Tracing writen by the same author Peter Shirley. The book is still very short ~200 pages and develops a raytracer.

http://www.amazon.com/Realistic-Tracing-Second-Peter-Shirley...

He has also written one of my favorite general introductions to computer graphics if your looking for a usable survey text that has most of the basic formulas.

http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Computer-Graphics-Fourth-...