[j_baker]

Good advice, but remember what Einstein said:

"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."

To me, the best readings aren't ones that I learn directly from. They're the ones that spark thought processes inside my head. I haven't read past Chapter 2 of pg's "On Lisp", but I still consider it one of the best books on programming languages because it changed how I think about them in a lot of ways.