Stanley Lippmanの『C# Primer』
http://www.dotnetbooks.com/listings/bookdetails.asp?isbn=0201729555

Charles Petzoldの『Programming Microsoft Windows with C#』
http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/5188.asp

この２冊だけ見てもC/C++の将来なんて明らかでしょ？