This book is well worn, dog eared, and on my home office book shelf. While many people criticize it, for legitimate reasons, it is still a fun and wonderful journey through Common Lisp. I wish more books were written in this irreverent and whimsical style.
If however you want a more traditional and "from zero" introduction to Lisp, then "Common LISP - A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation"[0] may be better. If you already know a little bit of Lisp and want to step up your abilities then "Practical Common Lisp"[1] is probably what you are after.
If however you want a more traditional and "from zero" introduction to Lisp, then "Common LISP - A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation"[0] may be better. If you already know a little bit of Lisp and want to step up your abilities then "Practical Common Lisp"[1] is probably what you are after.
[0] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/
[1] http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/