Hi Edward, I like "Dive into Python" because it's been written for people who know programming with other languages. This could be an advantage or a disadvantage, if you feel really uncomfortable reading Python code (if you can't imagine absolutly nothing about what it does), my advice is to choose another book. Otherwise, "Dive in to Python" is a fantastic choice.
I'll take this opportunity to introduce myself, because this is my first post. Best regards to everybody from a spanish Python novice and enthusiast :-) Jaime -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list