A Fortran coloring book cover

A Fortran coloring book

by Roger Emanuel Kaufman

A whimsical introduction to the FORTRAN programming language, presented as a tongue-in-cheek coloring book. Despite (or perhaps because of) its unconventional nature, it's generally regarded as one of the best FORTRAN textbooks ever written.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?