I am new to PD as well. I actually stumbled onto it when trying to understand who that bob guy was associated with my first linux distro(slackware). And then a penpall of mine signed his letters with allways a fnord or 2.. so life led me to the book.. I was reading it at work(a little coffee shop/bookstore) and all my coworkers were like o yah I have heard of discordians they are in this book, one ILLUMINATUS trilogy.. so I picked that up as well.. even though it was lots and lots of nonsense I thought it rocked! I got more involved in it than I did PD.. yet.. I am still a n00b.. I currently enjoying some of RAWs other books as well.. and maybe I am a silly 22 year old hippie.. with strange notions.. but I still would argue that RAW is worthwhile reading.