Substitute "the encyclopedia" in your question for every reference to TAOCP, and I think the answer should be obvious. Because in a lot of respects, that's what TAOCP is.

There's a (possibly apocryphal) story about Steve Jobs meeting Knuth. The first thing Jobs said to him was "It's a pleasure to meet you Dr. Knuth. I've read all your works!". Knuth's response was "You're full of shit": http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Close_Encounters_of_the_Steve_Kind.txt