Scientist-author Peter Watts, a Canadian, has released Blindsight under a Creative Commons license.
His latest sci-fi work is an alien-contact book, although even the known beings are on the weird side. Excerpt from PW: “Led by an enigmatic AI and a genetically engineered vampire, the crew includes a biologist who’s more machine than human, a linguist with surgically induced multiple personality disorder, a professional soldier who’s a pacifist, and Siri Keeton, a man with only half a brain.” Downloads here—PDF and zipped HTML. Also online for free from Watts: Starfish (1999) and Maelstrom (2001). Found via MobileRead.
