Kiln People

Blurb

Kiln People is a 2002 science fiction novel by David Brin. It was published in the United Kingdom under the title Kil'n People. It has the distinction of being short-listed in four different awards for best SF/fantasy novel of 2002 – the Hugo, the Locus, the John W. Campbell Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award – each time finishing behind a different book.
In the world of the novel, surveillance technology is pervasive, as studied in Brin's essay The Transparent Society. Kiln People also makes extensive literary and conceptual references, including those to Firesign Theatre and the legend of the golem.