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.

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.