Steve, could we sponsor you to write one or coordinate it?

You've done so much great work on Rust education, documentation, community building, etc. I'd be happy to send money your way.

I don't know if I have the energy in me. The Rust Project burned me out and continues to burn me out. Writing a book is a tremendous amount of work, and I am focused on my job over more broad open source contribution.

That said, I appreciate the kind words. But I am struggling to have the energy to accept conference invitations and do smaller open source work, so I wouldn't commit to anything like that any time soon. (that said I literally arrived in Raleigh for All Things Open earlier today, where my talk will actually be about async/await, so... never say never.)

Totally understandable. You've worked like crazy for Rust.

Everything you've done is greatly appreciated!

Can a book of this kind succeed while having many authors? Could this be a book project?

Creative works are hard. I’m sure it’s possible in theory, but it depends on the people who are interested in making it.

Steve I'll donate $100 to whomever wants to lead it now.