Re:Free as in Crap (or, "if it were any good,...") (Score 1)

"Lobsters", the short story which became the first chapter of Charlie Stross's Accelerando was short-listed in the short story category for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards of 2002. This was not a one-off, he has been nominated in this years Hugos for Best Novel with "Iron Sunrise" and twice in the Novella category for "The Concrete Jungle" and "Elector".
I can heartily recommend Accelerando, it makes Neuromancer look like a pastoral fantasy.