It had long been established in the Civil Worlds that publi… - Ken MacLeod

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It had long been established in the Civil Worlds that public business was to be transparent, and personal business opaque; but it was as well recognised that the two would always have a turbulent interface, and that the clique, the caucus, and the conspiracy were as ineradicable features of civility as the council or the committee.

Ken MacLeod

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Ken MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science-fiction author.

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Alternative Names: Kenneth Macrae MacLeod

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