โ Scribed by Daniel Keyes
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SUMMARY: With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his
### Amazon.com Review Daniel Keyes wrote little SF but is highly regarded for one classic, *Flowers for Algernon*. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo Award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation *Charly* (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical. Following
Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper, and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes, until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius. But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental tranformation preceded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the
### Amazon.com Review Daniel Keyes wrote little SF but is highly regarded for one classic, *Flowers for Algernon*. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo Award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation *Charly* (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical. Following