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Title	:	Flowers for Algernon
Author	:	Daniel Keyes
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 216 pages
Published	:	(first published March 1966)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Kindle Edition | Pages: 216 pages

Rating: 4.13 | 450586 Users | 16729 Reviews

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The story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?

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Original Title:	Flowers for Algernon
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Charlie Gordon, Alice Kinnian
Setting:	New York City, New York(United States)
Literary Awards:	Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1967), Nebula Award for Best Novel (1966), Locus Award Nominee for All-Time Best Novel (36th in poll) (1975)

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Ratings: 4.13 From 450586 Users | 16729 Reviews

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All I knew about this classic when I went into was that it was about a mouse.Clearly I knew nothing.You're watching Charlie, the main character, go through an experimental procedure that increases his IQ. The whole book, written in diary entries, let us see how it affects his life and how he struggles through it.I rarely cry while reading a book but I couldn't help myself here.It's a classic for a reason. Read it. You won't be able to put it down.

I first came across Flowers For Algernon as a short story in a science fiction anthology many years ago. It seemed an enjoyably poignant and perceptive slight tale. By 1966 the author Daniel Keyes had developed his story into this full length novel, the joint winner of the year's Nebula award for the best Science Fiction novel. It was the high point of Daniel Keyess career. As well as nonfiction he has written several other science fiction books which explore the workings of the mind. But the

what a great read! I sort of feel like it was too simple, but still an enjoyable enough book.



Flowers for Algernon is a wonderful book about how raw intelligence can be both a gift and a curse. The protagonist, Charlie Gordon, has his IQ increased via a surgical procedure from that of a barely functional mentally retarded person to superhuman intelligence and writes the book in first person based on his experience. The procedure was first tried on lab mouse Algernon who the protagonist befriends and who is a litmus test of what he experiences. The maturity of the writing improves as he

"The walls between people are thin here, and if I listen quietly, I hear what is going on. Greenwich Village is like that too. Not just being close - because I don't feel it in a crowded elevator or on the subway during the rush - but on a hot night when everyone is out walking, or sitting in the theater, there is a rustling, and for a moment I brush against someone and sense the connection between the branch and trunk and the deep root. At such moments my flesh is thin and tight, and the

Wow I'm so glad I finally read it. I had only read passages of it before but it was totally with sitting and reading the whole thing through. I don't even know what to say I can't stop crying because of how things are for Charlie and I guess I just wish that they way he was treated wasnt so close to reality. Also it's kind of painful to have to question things like intimacy vs intelligence and self actualization which are brought up so poignantly in the book. I don't even know if anything I'm