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