This is good advice. I enjoyed approximately the first two thirds of GEB, but got bogged down in the later chapters. A number of chapters can be appreciated i

This is good advice. I enjoyed approximately the first two thirds of GEB, but got bogged down in the later chapters. A number of chapters can be appreciated independently of the others. (And if it turns out you don't like Douglas R. Hofstadter, perhaps you will like Egbert B. Gebstadter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_B._Gebstadter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_B._Gebstadter)