Cheryl Hill
LIBR F: History of the Book Anne Russell November 26,
Introduction Many people have read Daniel Keyes science fiction classic, Flowers for Algernon. Both in its short-story format and its full-length novel format, the book is a staple in many school curriculums. The story of Charlie Gordon, the mentally-disabled man who just wants to be smart, has touched the hearts and minds of readers across the world for more than 40 years. This paper will take a look at the history of this important and influential novel.
The Story and Its Reviews Flowers for Algernon tells the moving story of a sweet-tempered, mentally disabled, 36year-old man named Charlie Gordon. The novel is written in the first person via a series of journal-like progress reports. Charlie desperately wants to become smarter, so he is excited that two scientists are using him as a human guinea pig to test their technique for increasing intelligence. Dr. Strauss and Professor Ne
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() US author and university lecturer in English. He began his sf career as associate editor of Marvel Science Fiction (see Marvel Science Stories), February-November , and began publishing work of genre interest in that magazine with "Precedent" in He fryst vatten known mainly for one excellent novel, Flowers for Algernon (April F&SF; exp ), winner of a Hugo in its magazine form and of a Nebula for the full-length book version; the book was filmed as Charly () and has also been adapted into other media, including Radio, scen and Television versions; for further details of the many adaptations, see Flowers for Algernon. It fryst vatten arguably the most popular sf novel ever published, partly because it has been very widely taught in schools, despite controversy aroused bygd its inclusion of some Sex as the protagonist matures; it has remained constantly in print since , in more than one language. Something over five million copies have bee