Hey, this reminds me of something in the Turkey City Lexicon that Cory posted a while back.

She could have had any surroundings she wanted, even a whole planet of her own design. A waste of time, she felt. Her personal space was minimal. In fact, it was the bare minimum, a floor and a gravity field. There was no visual distinction between the floor and the sky or ceiling or whatever you chose to call it. Everything was exactly the same shade of soft white.

It's "White Room Syndrome"!

Robotech_Master: You're right, for an unpublished work the free licensing is not particularly newsworthy, especially compared to Cory's published book being released freely.

I sent the tip mostly just because I think the book is really good, and so far I haven't seen anyone who's read it and disagrees. Finding good stuff to read is fun. :-)

Hm. Now I'm wondering how many 60K+ word novels are there actually out there on the net for free? JD Lasica's got one, though it may not be reproduced. Are there sites where people can upload their novels? Are people posting them on weblogs? And perhaps more interestingly, are they all using commons-friendly licenses a la Cory, or traditional licenses a la JD?