I still like GEB, which I first read as a teenager. But later, when I read Hofstadter's "Le Ton beau de Marot", I was struck by similar thoughts about Hofstadte

I still like GEB, which I first read as a teenager. But later, when I read Hofstadter's "Le Ton beau de Marot", I was struck by similar thoughts about Hofstadter's non-mathematical ideas as this review hinted at: His tastes in music, poetry, etc, are very conservative and rather conventional, he doesn't seem to make any effort to engage seriously with any modern work, and he tries to pass this off as edgy sophistication. After the 50th repetition of "they were playing this awful Rock Music and my brilliant friend X remarked on how awful it was", it gets a bit old.