Flowers For Algernon
An experimental leap in intelligence becomes an intimate, unsettling story about what change can cost.
- Themes
- Experimental intelligence enhancement, Scientific ambition and consequences, Heartache
Change and Consequence
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- A science-fiction premise with psychological and emotional stakes
- Questions about intelligence, scientific ambition, and vulnerability
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- A sustained narrative shaped by Charlie’s changing intelligence
- A thoughtful blend of scientific speculation and heartache
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Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.
Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey.
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Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.
As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Literary Fiction
- Sci-Fi
- Authors
- Daniel Keyes
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 1, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics