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