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?

>>4
I assumed such. I was just clarifying because your comment "it doesn't really teach you how to program" confused me. Yes, I would like to learn the basics of programming beforehand.

>>9
Such things are precisely what I want to learn. I'm not even entirely sure what a data structure specifically is, but I want to be aware of terminology and concepts before I dive into programming.

But is SICP the best choice? I hear there are other books from the same series.