I have not read Ulysses but I have read other works from Joyce and cannot imagine comparing him to Hofstadter. I put GEB in the same mental box as Sophie's Wor

I have not read Ulysses but I have read other works from Joyce and cannot imagine comparing him to Hofstadter. I put GEB in the same mental box as Sophie's World or the Mr. Tompkins books, where story is used as a means to the end of teaching something to an audience that would otherwise find the material unpalatable.