Try Easy Pic'n and Pic'n Up The Pace, for starters.  Easy reading.  Then
use the PIC's data book as reference.  These books are from Square1.
E-mail squareone@zapcom.net for more info.  Excellent books.

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> From: Fredrik Strand <FredrikS@STUD.IET.HIST.NO>
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Help getting started
> Date: Wednesday, December 03, 1997 2:12 PM
>
> Do anyone know where I can find some litrature to get started  with
> programming pic ?
>
> Regards ,
>
> Fredrik Strand