I was just wondering if anyone has come across a good comprehensive guide to Common LISP. I have read a really good Scheme-centered book, and i've seen that Common LISP has alot of similiarities(both synthatical and semantical). What i'm looking for exactly and am hoping to acquire soon is a free online book that assumes no previous programming experience. Although I do have some moderate experience in the field, I like to start a language from the ground up so I could sink into the mindset and the revolving dominant paradigms. Any help or recommendation would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance...

Check a few of these resources listed here, I'm sure you'll find what you need:

http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/lisp.html

My dad has plenty of books on LISP, although they are a little outdated probably. I will ask him which he reccomends. AI was his field, so he should be able to reccomend a good book.

The book "COMMON LISP: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation" is what you are looking for.

I'm a very big fan of Common LISP, it is so flexible that I am getting spoiled.
I liked Java before CL, but now I can only think of how much limits that language has.