That reminds me one of the argument Newton made in his Principia. He said something of the essense that he has intentionally written his Principia in non-friendly dry manner because he wanted readers to have certain degree of discipline and patience and also he wanted to eliminate readers who would just naively attack his works with shallow arguments.
But that was than. Today readers have came to expect certain level of accessibility. But still no one should tell authors how they need to write books. If you think SICP is not accessible enough, go annotate it with your insights and expanded arguments filled with analogies and examples.
My favorite annotated works:
Annotated Turing: http://www.charlespetzold.com/annotatedturing/
Newton's Principia, The Central Argument: http://www.amazon.com/Newtons-Principia-The-Central-Argument...
That reminds me one of the argument Newton made in his Principia. He said something of the essense that he has intentionally written his Principia in non-friendly dry manner because he wanted readers to have certain degree of discipline and patience and also he wanted to eliminate readers who would just naively attack his works with shallow arguments.
But that was than. Today readers have came to expect certain level of accessibility. But still no one should tell authors how they need to write books. If you think SICP is not accessible enough, go annotate it with your insights and expanded arguments filled with analogies and examples.