SICP, LISP, AND OTHER NOOB QUESTIONS

So I went to my University's library to pick up the book you /prog/fags consider on the same level christfags regard the bible, SICP. The version they have was printed in 1986.  Should I even bother reading it or should I look for the updated version? 

Also, I started w/ python last semester.  Should I actually use LISP/Scheme(inb4 shitstorm), or try to apply the concepts I learn to python or something else? I am familiar with both emacs and vi and do not rely too much on IDEs, (However, I found IDLE to be great for debugging however.) If lisp/scheme is the way to go, is there any special software I need to/should install in order to start lisp/scheme programming?

Should I even bother reading it or should I look for the updated version?

lol, no. There's not much that's new about the new edition. It's more about concepts and paradigms than technology.

You absolutely can apply Python to anything in the text. Anybody who thinks it's a text about Scheme is horribly mistaken and probably didn't learn anything from it except how to use Scheme.