No, it may not be a dense read. But this is exactly what made it hard to finish (for me). Meandering anecdotes and self-indulgent tangents bore me. I've read a

No, it may not be a dense read. But this is exactly what made it hard to finish (for me). Meandering anecdotes and self-indulgent tangents bore me. I've read a couple of Hoftstader's books and I think he could really benefit from an editor with a bit of backbone.