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Scala is definitely worth the time to learn properly, in my opinion. The convenience features are pretty good, and its a lot more usable than other FP languages due to the fact that you can "opt into" java-style code when it feels necessary.

I can't quite vouch for Odersky's "Programming in Scala", however. For something presented much like the definitive source, it never went into the edge cases, and the chapters get smaller and smaller. The chapter on parsing is woefully incomplete, failing to explain how to use the base feature set apart from recognising a grammar (no info on usage). Explanations on certain things like implicits also left something to be desired.

These books might be good though.

I love Scala but I'm sick and tired of all these MEAP books, they never seem to finish them (or maybe that's my imagination).