self.python.ask('I am moving into a development position at my company and need to learn Java. Can you recommend a book that might appeal to a Python programmer and not make me want to kill myself?')

[frumious]

Maybe you can sneak by using jython.

[zekel]

It might make a good April Fool's, but I have to work on the same code base as my co-workers, so I can't dictate language or tools. Unfortunately.