[gaalze]

Make it funny:

http://learnyouahaskell.com/

http://learnyousomeerlang.com/

http://learnyouanagda.liamoc.net/

http://landoflisp.com/

http://realmofracket.com/about.html

don't skimp on the cool simulation stuff!

[ci5er]

Hmmm. I do like the "Learn X the Hard Way" by Zed stuff. And I do like the in-page edit-compile-respond of the Rust-by-example book.

That said: I'm not really a funny guy like the Perl people or Randall Munroe. Do you think a co-author would help with a more general audience?

[gaalze]

funny is what you make it. absurd, depressing, uplifting, idiotic.

I consider this the best comedy on the planet: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396224/

I also like the stuff by this guy brad neely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WCiBPjckTg

don't let other people tell you what's funny or you'll be watching carlos mencia and everybody loves raymond.

[plinkplonk]

There are plenty of non funny, brilliant technical books, even those introducing a new language(Clojure Programming or even K&R). I think you need to just focus on doing a solid job vs trying to "be funny".