Saturday, August 16, 2008

FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON


FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON
Daniel Keyes

The short story and subsequent novel, Flowers for Algernon, is written as the diary of a mentally retarded man, Charlie, who undergoes experimental surgery and briefly becomes a genius before the effects tragically wear off. The story was initially published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The title character is a mouse that had undergone the surgery first.
The story won the science fiction field's Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction. The novel, which added several new story threads including a sexual relationship between Charlie and his former teacher, was joint winner of the Nebula Award in 1966. The novel has been adapted several times for other media, most prominently as the 1968 film Charly, starring Cliff Robertson (who won an Academy Award for Best Actor) and Claire Bloom.

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progress report 7-mar 19
Nothing is happining. I had lots of tests and different kinds of
races with Algernon. I hate that mouse. He always beats me. Dr.
Strauss said I got to play those games. And he said some time I got to
take those tests over again. Those inkblots are stupid. And those
pictures are stupid too. I like to draw a picture of a man and a
woman but I wont make up lies about people…

Good-by Miss Kinnian and Dr Strauss and evreybody. And P.S.
please tell Dr Nemur not to be such a grouch when pepul laff at him
and he would have more frends. Its easy to make frends if you let
pepul laff at you. Im going to have lots of frends where I go.
P.P.S. Please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave
in the bak yard....

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1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have read Flowers for Algernon not that long ago.
Great book, that reminds us of so many things we tend to forget or ignore in life. Thank you for posting.

Lexxa~

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