Neal Stephenson, warrior.

Neal Stephenson is answering Slashdot crowd's questions. Somebody asked, In a fight between you and William Gibson, who would win?

The answer leaves you grinning for an hour.

...Gibson and I dueled among blazing stacks of books for a while. Slowly I gained the upper hand, for, on defense, his Praying Mantis style was no match for my Flying Cloud technique. But I lost him behind a cloud of smoke. Then I had to get out of the place. The streets were crowded with his black-suited minions and I had to turn into a swarm of locusts and fly back to Seattle...

Co-cubiclers are staring curiously, but I can't help it.