Almost bought his geb today

[GoodTaste]

What does "geb" mean? Wikipedia explains it as "Geb was the Egyptian god of the Earth" and is not suitable in the context.

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Richard Dawkins tweeted: That metamagically paradoxical genius Douglas Hofstadter devised this cute ambigram. Whichever way you look at it, it signals joyful victory, and a dawning return to sanity, honesty, civility and financial rectitude in America.

Jonathan (J.) Legge replied:
Almost bought his geb today in a used book store. I might go back and get it tomorrow. It's always been as intimidating as some of your books. (This is a beautiful drawing).

 

[tzfujimino]

It might mean this:
https://www.google.com/search?clien...KYAQCgAQHIAQjAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

 

[jutfrank]

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

It definitely means that.

(For a long time, this was my favourite book.)

 

[GoesStation]

This would have been a little easier to figure out if the writer had followed the convention of capitalizing initials.