The Ennead (novel)

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

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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

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References

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