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		fao_ on Jan 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have r... I Am A Strange Loop by Hofstadter. The book he wrote many years before, GEB, is well-known. However, he was frustrated that so many people didn't get what he was trying to convey, so he took the central point and distilled it into another book. It's a really, really good read.

corysama on Jan 19, 2020 | [–]

Even with GEB he had to add a “This is the central point:*” to a preface in a later printing.

Rerarom on Jan 19, 2020 | [–]

His other non-GEB books are cool. I especially enjoyed Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies.

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