Conrad Barski has an M.D. from the University of Miami, and nearly 20 years of programming experience. This includes a stint developing an obscure Atari Jaguar game, and working on many medical software projects. Barski is also an avid cartoonist, having created the popular alien Lisp mascot and many graphical tutorials. He currently develops cardiology software and lives in Washington, D.C.
"""Turns out the border between genius and insanity is a pretty cheery place."" —Paul Graham ""An excellent book for someone who wants to learn how to program."" —Slashdot ""If for no other reason, you should buy Land of Lisp because of the extreme levels of unadulterated nerdery filling its pages. This book will appeal to the long-time Lisper and the neophyte."" —Michael Fogus, author of The Joy of Clojure and Functional JavaScript ""By choosing to teach Common Lisp using 1980s style text games the author has come up with an original and clever idea that avoids all the usual boring examples found in computer language books."" —John Graham-Cumming, author of The Geek Atlas ""To be honest, I just bought the book for enjoyment but I find myself getting a new perspective and learning more about Common Lisp. Recommended!"" —Mark Watson, author of Scripting Intelligence"