But wait, there's an encore...  

In 2024, I came out of "retirement" (which never really took with me) 
to update  _<I>Learning Python_</I>, my most successful 
_<A HREF="https://learning-python.com/about-lp.html">book_</A>, 
for the last twelve years of changes in the Python programming language.  
This 6th Edition will be out in early 2025, but you can read about it now  
_<A HREF="https://learning-python.com/about-lp6e.html">here_</A>.  

TL;DR_&mdash;it's slimmer, more gender neutral, and Python-3.X only, and 
two advanced chapters have moved online for print because this internet 
thing might just take off after all. It's also not silent about questionable
changes made to Python over the last decade; this stuff still 
_<A HREF="2014 Frankenthon!.png.html">matters_</A>.

Despite its three-decade 
_<A HREF="https://learning-python.com/about-pp1e.html">lineage_</A>, 
this book is being released to a virtually new publisher, audience, and world, 
and I'm excited to be able to help the next wave of Python learners.  
I'd call this a surprise ending, but endings seem about as elusive as 
retirements to those easily bored.