The Ennead (novel)

The Ennead is a novel by Jan Mark published in 1978 by Viking Kestrel in the UK and Thomas Y. Crowell in the US.

First edition (UK)

Plot summary

The Ennead is a novel set on Erato, a planet whose inhabitants are determined to avoid the overpopulation and misery of Earth and other planets by severely limiting population and immigration.[1]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews states "though the playing out of her theme follows a standard outline, Mark's characters (including several memorable minor ones) are compellingly distinct, and her grim, dead-end village as real as the next one down the pike."[2]

Greg Costikyan reviewed The Ennead in Ares Magazine #2 and commented that "The Ennead is not a nice novel; don't read it to the kiddies. It is, however, cleanly written, witty, and profoundly moving."[1]

Reviews
  • Review by Pamela Cleaver (1979) in Foundation, #16 May 1979

References
  1. Costikyan, Greg (May 1980). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (2): 30.
  2. "THE ENNEAD by Jan Mark". Kirkus Reviews. September 6, 1978.
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