The Ennead (novel)

First edition (UK)

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

Plot summary

The Ennead is a novel set on the planet Erato, whose provincial inhabitants seek to control overpopulation by limiting the population and restricting immigration from the nearby planet Euterpe.[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[3]
• Review by Barbara Krasnoff (1980) in Future Life, June 1980
• Review by Richard E. Geis (1980) in Science Fiction Review, August 1980
• Kliatt[4]

References

1. Costikyan, Greg (May 1980). "Books". Ares Magazine (2). Simulations Publications, Inc.: 30.
2. "THE ENNEAD by Jan Mark". Kirkus Reviews. 6 September 1978.
3. "Title: The Ennead".
4. "Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide 1980-04: Vol 14 Iss 3". Kliatt Paperback Book Guide. April 1980.