A review by smithmick14
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

I'm not sure if my computer science background helped or hindered my enjoyment of this book. Maybe someone that knows less about the math of making a computer and computer programs would've been more able to enjoy the book as a prosaic piece but it felt quite like a manual for me that I felt obliged to absorb. Hofstadter truly has a special mind for his ability to draw connection though. He is a master of the "everything is connected and I can prove it" approach to literature and science. Philosophical questions of cognition and computation left me stupefied while I read it.