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Flowers for Algernon
A novel of a daring experiment in human intelligence. author: Keyes, Daniel; publisher: Millennium
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Gollancz Flowers for Algernon (Millennium SF Masterworks S)
Daniel Keyes wrote little SF but is highly regarded for one classic, <I>Flowers for Algernon</I>. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation <I>Charly</I> (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical.<p>Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in a semi-literate progris riports. He dimly wants to better himself but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving:<p><bloc kquote>I dint feel bad because I watched Algernon and I lernd how to finish the amaze even if it takes me along time.<br>I dint know mice were so smart.</blockquote><p >Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: Punctuation, is fun! But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realises that his merry friends at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. Then, ominously, the smart mouse Algernon begins to deteriorate ... <p>A timeless tear-jerker with a terrific emotional impact, <I>Flowers for Algernon</I> is the 25th choice in the millennium SF Masterworks series. --<I>David Langford</I>
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Flowers for Algernon
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Charlie Gordon, who desperately wants to be able to read and write, undergoes a brain operation which dramatically increases his intelligence. But can his emotional development keep pace with the intellectual? author: Keyes, Daniel; publisher: Heinemann Educ.
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Heinemann Educational Secondary Division Flowers for Algernon (New Windmill S.)
Pages: 218, Hardcover, Heinemann Educational Secondary Division
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Heinemann Educational Secondary Division Flowers for Algernon: Playscript (Heinemann Plays S.)
Pages: 90, Hardcover, Heinemann Educational Secondary Division
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Sparknotes Flowers for Algernon (Sparknotes)
Pages: 64, Paperback, Sparknotes
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