Accelerando vs Gödel, Escher, Bach: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Long Now Manual for Civilization, Artificial Intelligence

Cover of Accelerando

Accelerando Charles Stross · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.9 448 pages · ≈ 8 h 18 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Gödel, Escher, Bach

Gödel, Escher, Bach Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1979 ★★★★☆ 4.3 777 pages · ≈ 14 h 23 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Gödel, Escher, Bach higher: 4.3 vs 3.9 from 227 votes.
Accelerando is the quicker read — about 8 hours vs 14 for Gödel, Escher, Bach.

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