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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy
I was lying in bed trying to conceive my next project and the title of a book manifested in my mind - I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R Hofstadter. I never made it through his epic 1979 tome, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid as I am not equipped with the necessary mathematical knowledge to grasp it, (specifically propositional calculus), but Strange Loop's exploration of the nature of consciousness seemed like it might be more palatable for
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I’ve been a fan of
Hofstadter since the age of 20.
G, E, B: was the first book I recommended to my, now, wife as a deep intro to the way I think.
Saying that, I think there are better books by him than
...Strange Loop:
Metamagical Themas... and
The Mind’s I being two.
As for the
...Wake, have you tried joining a reading group that’s devoted to either it, in particular, or
Joyce in general?
I’ve unfortunately gained a bit of a celebrity status at the monthly
F. W. one that I attend here,
but surprisingly, we have about 2 dozen people show up each month to read and discuss.