Learning the Sicilian is indeed a daunting task, but, if one wants to keep at it, one might want to kook at: Starting Out: The Sicilian, 2nd Edition by GM John Emms (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
Sicilian Defense 3. d4 cxd4
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I've been trying to study the Sicilian Defense because I'm not good playing black. I've been having trouble with playing Fritz 15 in Tournament mode. I've also been setting the ELO for the engine to 1075 so I can train and improve my online ratings. Right now I'm only interested in getting my rating into the 1000s since I'm such a poor player. Sometimes the engine plays as white something other than 3. d4 and that throws me into a loop because I can't follow the book moves. Is there a variation that covers that or something that transposes into another opening or a better move for black on move 3.