A review by zkendall
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

4.0

Some really interesting things. I like the dialogs between chapters a lot--especially the "crab canon" dialog. The writing is accessible with lots of good examples, and tons of puns and references. I learned some good ideas about meta-states, reduction, levels of complexity, epiphenomena, etc.

However, I did get tired of this book by the end. It went on a bit too long, or spent too much time on things that ultimately didn't seem to be greatly pertinent.