Haven't seen anyone mention this book, it is a "Soul of a New Machine"- style record of the Chandler project. Since Chandler uses Python and Twisted, and employed a few Python celebs, I thought folks on this list might have already read the hardcover version. I just picked up the paperback at B&N yesterday, finished it this evening. It's a decent read, describing a software project in laymen's terms (like there are laymen out there who care about that sort of thing!).
The paperback version adds a chapter including events that transpired after the hardcover publication date, current up to about October, '07, so that's a nice touch. I'm going to ask my wife to read it so she might learn what I do for a living. -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list