I really like the way Gibson invents language and does so expertly enough that he can just use it without explanation and I feel clever for being able to follow it, which is almost certainly part of the trick. I think it gives extra weight to whatever his point happens to be. I can't think of anyone else who does it just now. Any suggestions? Doesn't have to be sf.
It's not new, but I just read Neverness by David Zindell. I had a similar feeling with his invented language. He actually does it so realistically that sometimes I couldn't tell when the words were invented and when they were just archaic.
The only other author I know of would be William Shakespear. Many find him harder to follow of course, but the words he invented aren't any harder than the rest.
That's a fair point but the effect is wildly different for the reader or audience in the modern world. Where Gibson's invented language invokes a mood with a very different language you can still follow, Shakespeare's language became common usage to the point of sounding cliched. He's even named his loverboy character "Romeo!" - a real quote from highschool. Kind of different to reading how someone interfaced, jacked, punched deck, couldn't proj etc. It's been decades so my examples are probably in need of some work but I guess they stayed with me that long.
