Should I read my SICP today?

I used to lurk around world4ch /prog/ before I was actually interested in programming, and I will always remember their mantra regarding this book. Was it all just pointless spam? Or was this a legitimately good book to be introduced into programming by?

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Scheme and Lisp are very easy to learn. Anybody can learn Lisp in three or four pages. SICP teaches you magic. Anybody can learn Lisp and it takes more education than basic Lisp to learn how to use it to cast spells into your computer.