Agree with the reviewer who wrote that the idea of this book was more interesting than the book turned out to be. I wanted more detail, written for the philosophical/mathematical layman, on Gödel's and Turing's work and discoveries than I got. I wish there had been more scenes in the book like the discussion between Alan Turing and Joan about his opinion on the determinism of the machine-like mind, and less of the scenes that felt sort of irrelevant, like, say, the story of Turing hiding some silver bars in the woods during the war and then failing to find them years later.

But the novel does still present us with two interesting characters, some philosophical nuggets, and not a bad writing style. I'm left with the knowledge that Turing and Gödel were mostly miserable geniuses who had great difficulty with human interaction, and perhaps a greater motivation to seek out a well-written biography or two. ( )

I recommend this to everyone. Pleasant and beautiful. Why do mathematicians die such horrible deaths? ( )

The narrative left me with a floaty sensation; tricky to discern facts from imagery. ( )

A short introduction to the lives and thoughts of Kurt Godel and Alan Turing told in a novelistic style. Worth a read for those unfamiliar with these giants of 20th century thought, but the book is light on details and the prose weak. It seems to me that Levin tries a bit too hard with her imagery. ( )

A rather lovely tribute to two fascinating, brilliant, odd, and sad men. I was familiar with the intellectual work of both Gödel and Turing, but didn't know much about their lives (and deaths).

The most interesting aspect of the novel was the way Levin showed the parallels and intersections of the lives of two men who were aware of each other but never met.

One wonders how their respective work would have been different had each of them had different personalities and lives. And what an actual meeting between them would have been like. ( )