Books like Nightside the Long Sun

I don't think I'll ever be able to read another sci-fi/fantasy book without comparing them to Wolfe. He's one of those authors that you think, "Yes, he is obviously talented" without attaching much emotion to the thought and then comes around your back door with a line or a concept that catapults him into your favorite author bin. After finishing the book of the New Sun, I decided to check out his other books and I hesitated on this series for a while. A world on a giant starship? Do I have time for such things? I should not have read about the starship thing and I wouldn't include it here if it weren't on the blurb on the back of the book because I would have enjoyed this series much sooner. I read on wiki that he should be read with a dictionary because of the many meanings he attributes to certain words that he plays with in his books. You have to have respect for an author like that, especially since it isn't necessary to have a dictionary on hand in order to enjoy. He's called a modern day Homer on the back of Lake of the Long Sun, for crying out loud. Read.