Okay Trog. Just calm down.
You worded your comments a bit strongly and some people take things a bit too personally.

The rest of you calm down too.
It is not always all about you.
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I have not read the current crop of survival books yet, and I am not sure if I ever will, so I can not really give an opinion on Les Stroud's new book.

I am a bit jaded with all the bush-craft and survival from over the years.
It seems that every year there are a raft of new books out by the latest survivalist gurus.
Some of them are good, some of them are useless and some of them would get you dead faster if you followed their advice than if you did nothing at all.
I will point out that they are all competing for market share in a small, overcrowded and shrinking niche.

My only criteria for judging these people's work is on the information quality. Your comment states your position on that quite well.
I agree with it too, but there is no need for the thread to become a flamewar about who is better.

I would much rather hear more about whether the book is worth reading.
It shouldn't matter who wrote the damn thing.

Even if Paris Hilton was the author I would still want to know how good the book was.
I suspect she might have an interesting perspective on survival, and would advise staying HOT instead of just warm.