About the ecosystem. - do I need to learn Emacs, or would something like LightTable suffice? - Would it be a good move to dig into FP in a language I know, before starting with Clojure? (for example: https://github.com/DrBoolean/mostly-adequate-guide)

Clojure: books? Any recommendations? - The Joy of Clojure (2nd Edition), Manning (http://www.manning.com/books/the-joy-of-clojure- second-edition) - Clojure for the Brave and True (http://www.braveclojure.com/)

Any others that are considered good?

I guess the best way to get started with a new language is to actually build a project in it.. but that requires at least a small amount of knowledge of the language.

The reason I would like to get into Clojure is simple: expand my horizons, learn something new. I'm not familiar with Lisps and this looks like it might be interesting. Thanks.