[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Peter Watts is also mentioned above. I second this recommendation and not only will the Rifters Trilogy fit your bill, he offers his works free under a Creative Commons license on his website, which doesn't seem to have hurt his sales.

Only slightly off-topic, but thanks to this link i visited the site, downloaded the four books available and then noticed a PayPal button and dropped $10 into his account. Not much for 4 books, but I could afford it.

Just received a very nice thank-you from Mr. Watts with the following comment:

I'm still kind of blown away that people feel motivated to shell out bucks when they don't have to.

Nice to surprise an author with the fact that there are still folks willing to pay for their efforts, even when they could have had them for free.