I thought about that one for a few minutes and ya ... there's really no way I can disagree with you on that call. I'm more "enthusiastic" about Stephenson these days though because he's putting out new material at a steady pace, whereas Gibson's last book in 2003 - which was great - came out in 2003.

Okay, here's a call for you to make:

Gibson:
Virtual Light > Idoru > All Tomorrow's Parties

Stephenson:
Quicksilver > The Confusion > The System of the World

Which was the better series? Any single book comparison will eventually end up with Gibson slapping every other cyberpunk / sci-fi / whatever author around with Neuromancer until they cry, but this one might be up for grabs.

Enough book geeking out for me, gotta drag my punk ass to work in the morning!

- eyefloater

Edit: got my spell on.