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### Lisp as a System
+TODO gabriel paper
+
At this point it's time to take your Common Lisp skills up a notch. Up until
now I've told you to just use any text editor because it's more important to get
you some experience with the language, but now it's time to move on.
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### Recipes for Success
-The final book I'll recommend to every aspiring Lisp programmer is [Common Lisp
-Recipes][TODO] (abbreviated as CLR). Unlike most of the other books I've
-recommended so far this one is relatively recent: it was published in 2015 TODO.
-It's not free, but I think it's well worth the money it costs.
+The final technical book I'll recommend to every aspiring Lisp programmer is
+[Common Lisp Recipes][TODO] (abbreviated as CLR). Unlike most of the other
+books I've recommended so far this one is relatively recent: it was published in
+2015 TODO. It's not free, but I think it's well worth the money it costs.
The book is written by the author of several very heavily used Common Lisp
libraries. It's a bit of a grab bag of topics (which is why I think you need
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well-written grab bag that will teach you a lot of things you won't find in
other books.
+### Patterns
+
+If you've gotten this far you're pretty invested in Common Lisp, and I want to
+recommend one non-technical book that I think you'll really enjoy: [Patterns of
+Software][] by Richard Gabriel. Unfortunately I don't think it's available as
+an eBook and it's out of print, so you'll need to track down a used copy.
+
+This is *not* the "Gang of Four"/"Design Patterns" book that you might have
+already read or heard about, but is a set of essays by one of the original
+designers of Common Lisps on a variety of topics. It's the best book I've read
+so far this year. I don't want to spoil anything in it for you, so I'll just
+say that I think you'll find it well worth the effort of finding and reading it.
+
## Where to Go From Here
If you made it through all the books and activities in the previous section: