@#$% The House of Leaves! -- (G-E-B)

anti-m · Post by **anti-m** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:54 pm

Juuuuuust kidding!

...But I finally started reading Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter... and if you're in to mental gymnastics, puzzles, and general mind f#$%, this seems to be the book for you. So far it's awfully entertaining for a book with so much math in it. I'll report back as I get further into it. (only about 100 pages in so far)

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:32 pm

The man is incredible. Hofstadter's Metamagical Themas is one of the best books I've ever read and influences my personal philosophy/ethics to an enormous degree.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:13 pm

My friend Lauralee had this in college and I flipped through it a lot in her dorm room. I keep thinking I should get my own copy, 'cause it was way cool.
-bill

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:56 pm

Hmm...it's now on the list.

Awesome.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:07 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote:I keep thinking I should get my own copy, 'cause it was way cool.

You should-- I'd be very surprised if you didn't enjoy it a lot.