Walter Meyer wrote:

>David Wolf wrote:
>
>>...there is another book in which Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations
>>also figures prominently: Gold Bug Variations, by Richard Powers.  ...
>
>The title suggests of course not only Bach's work but a short story by
>Edgar Allan Poe.  Does the author interweave Bach with Poe as Hofstadter
>did w/ Goedel, Escher and Bach in his book of the same name?

I'm not aware of any connection to the Poe story, but now that you mention
it, I ought to take another look at it.  (Why DID he use the word "bug" in
the title, anyway?...)

Dave Wolf
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