After I read Abelson & Sussman's article I asked a bookstore to order their book. It took a month to arrive (this was the 80s) and I'm thankful for that month,

After I read Abelson & Sussman's article I asked a bookstore to order their book. It took a month to arrive (this was the 80s) and I'm thankful for that month, because that period of trying to develop their themes further for myself made the book a richer experience. Anyone else here encountered a textbook first in distilled form?