I've read it two times through. The first time, I thought it was one of the most brilliant books I had ever read (I read it the first time in the early 80's).

I've read it two times through. The first time, I thought it was one of the most brilliant books I had ever read (I read it the first time in the early 80's). I became especially fascinated with Godel's Proof and the thoughts of E.O. Wilson on whether an ant colony was in reality a single organism. I was very, very excited about the possibilities of artificial intelligence and especially natural language processing. The second time I read it (somewhere in the 90's), I enjoyed it tremendously but I was surprised by how excited I had been before. The second time through, I caught a lot of additional insights but somehow, it felt less revolutionary. I plan to read it again in a few years. It's been over ten years since the last time I read it. I have no idea how I'll react to it.