Hi Anthony.

In your quest for perl enlightenment, I strongly suggest the following sequence of titles:

• Learning Perl, 3rd Edition
• ISBN: 0-596-00132-0
• $34.95 US
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/
• Review (older edition): Learning Perl

• Learning Perl Objects, References & Modules
• ISBN: 0-596-00478-8
• $34.95 US
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/
• Review: Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules

• Programming Perl, 3rd Edition
• ISBN: 0-596-00027-8
• $49.95 US
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/
• Review: Programming Perl

• CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition
• ISBN: 1-56592-419-3
• $34.95 US
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cgi2/
• Review: Not found!

• Writing CGI Applications with Perl
• ISBN: 0201710145
• List Price: $44.99
• Review: Writing CGI Applications with Perl

Generally speaking, I would read the first two titles before investigating any other text (Perl & LWP, Perl & XML, etc.). Becoming familiar with regular expressions would also be quite beneficial since they are often used to manipulate form data, etc. Once you feel more confident with respect to writing perl code, don't be afraid to venture into other areas of the expansive landscape (e.g. networking, xml processing, graphics, etc.).

Hope this helps,
-Katie aka DigitalKitty