>>6
Not so sure. CL has many good books, but I can't think of one which covers the exact same topics as SICP. Maybe PAIP would be thought of as an interesting alternative as it shows how to make compilers and interpreters too.
>>4
The Süßmann is actually a simulation I created when I was six. I still haven't gotten around to finishing his book though. In the mean time I treat it like a life-insurance policy, since obviously I will have read it. Feeling suicidal makes me read SICP, is that retrocausal enough for you?
Can I do them when I'm done with the book?
If you do so, you'll probably find youself solving simple problems in the most complicated way possible. That drives you away from satori and is not good.