I made an attempt to read Hofstadter's more recent I'm a Strange Loop about a year ago and didn't make it all the way through. After being told (a few weeks ag

I made an attempt to read Hofstadter's more recent I'm a Strange Loop about a year ago and didn't make it all the way through. After being told (a few weeks ago, actually) that GEB was a bit more accessible, relative at least to ISL, I started reading it, and have thus far been blown away.