Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by adulau » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 8:49 PM UTC

Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time
oreilly.com

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by wwortiz » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:00 PM UTC

Previously: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=841117 including comments by the author.

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by drcode » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:05 PM UTC

I'm the author- The book is printing as we speak and should be hitting the stores late Oct/early Nov. Around that time a lot more info on the book will also be available at my new site landoflisp.com.

I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope the new site (which I don't want to launch before the book is truly ready) will entice more folks to learn Lisp!

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by TY » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:12 PM UTC

drcode wrote: post #3

I'm the author- The book is printing as we speak and should be hitting the stores late Oct/early Nov. Around that time a lot more info on the book will also be available at my new site landoflisp.com. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope the new site (which I don't want to launch before the book is truly ready) will entice more folks to learn Lisp!

Any plans to release the book in electronic formats (pdf and epub)?

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by adulau » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:13 PM UTC

wwortiz wrote: post #2

Previously: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=841117 including comments by the author.

Thank you for the reference. I hope that the publishing date is still October 2010... as it was foreseen already 1 year ago.

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by m0nastic » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:14 PM UTC

TY wrote: post #4

drcode wrote: post #3

I'm the author- The book is printing as we speak and should be hitting the stores late Oct/early Nov. Around that time a lot more info on the book will also be available at my new site landoflisp.com. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope the new site (which I don't want to launch before the book is truly ready) will entice more folks to learn Lisp!

Any plans to release the book in electronic formats (pdf and epub)?

Considering the publisher, it should be available in pretty much every digital format (I think all of their books are).

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by drcode » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:19 PM UTC

adulau wrote: post #5

wwortiz wrote: post #2

Previously: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=841117 including comments by the author.

Thank you for the reference. I hope that the publishing date is still October 2010... as it was foreseen already 1 year ago.

Yes that's accurate- It's all done and printing as we speak.

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by mahmud » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:20 PM UTC

drcode wrote: post #3

I'm the author- The book is printing as we speak and should be hitting the stores late Oct/early Nov. Around that time a lot more info on the book will also be available at my new site landoflisp.com. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope the new site (which I don't want to launch before the book is truly ready) will entice more folks to learn Lisp!

Why don't you come talk about it at the D.C. HN Meetup this Monday?

It would be a pleasure to have you over, Dr. Barski.

http://www.meetup.com/JoinHNDC/

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by hvs » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:36 PM UTC

drcode wrote: post #3

I'm the author- The book is printing as we speak and should be hitting the stores late Oct/early Nov. Around that time a lot more info on the book will also be available at my new site landoflisp.com. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope the new site (which I don't want to launch before the book is truly ready) will entice more folks to learn Lisp!

Great to hear! I've been waiting for this book for a long time. I had it on pre-order at Amazon until they cancelled the order earlier this year, then pre-ordered it again in September this year.

It's great to see an author coming out with a new Lisp book, since it is my favorite language that I never get to use at my day job.

Congratulations!

Re: Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

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Post by drcode » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 9:41 PM UTC

mahmud wrote: post #8

drcode wrote: post #3

I'm the author- The book is printing as we speak and should be hitting the stores late Oct/early Nov. Around that time a lot more info on the book will also be available at my new site landoflisp.com. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I hope the new site (which I don't want to launch before the book is truly ready) will entice more folks to learn Lisp!

Why don't you come talk about it at the D.C. HN Meetup this Monday? It would be a pleasure to have you over, Dr. Barski. http://www.meetup.com/JoinHNDC/

Sure- I'll be there (I was at the meetup a couple months ago BTW)