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I've read various William Gibson books and generally enjoyed them, but I find his dense writing style exhausting sometimes. I think a comic written by him could work pretty well.

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I'm the opposite — I wish there were more writers who were capable of writing with the same kind of rich texture as Gibson.

J. G. Ballard comes close; The Atrocity Exhibition is very Gibsonesque in places, though with a much bleaker sense of alienation than anything Gibson wrote. Cormac McCarthy is also great, though not like Gibson at all.

People seem to like Neal Stephenson's early work (Snow Crash in particular), but I was always put off by his apparent plagiarizing of Gibson's style.

Edit: Also James Ellroy.

It always struck me as more 'parody' than 'plagiarism'.

I thought Gibson and Stephenson were plagiarizing Pynchon's style.

Yes, Gibson's writing style requires some getting used to. Once it all "clicks" though it is usually a fun ride. That being said, these days I prefer writers who write in a much more straightforward style. For instance I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and despite the fact that the book is large and the content rather technical it is an effortless read.

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