Flowers for Algernon pdf book is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960 The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year’s Nebula Award for Best Novel (with Babel-17).
Flowers for Algernon Book Summary
Flowers for Algernon tells a story of Charlie Gordon about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. He was born with an unusually low IQ and was 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(from where the name came from).
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? Ge a copy of Flowers for Algernon pdf book and know what happened. Highly recommended!
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About Daniel Keyes Author of Flowers for Algernon pdf Book
Daniel Keyes Author of Flowers for Algernon pdf Book was an American author best known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
Keyes was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Maritime Service as ship’s purser. He obtained a B.A. in psychology from Brooklyn College, and after a stint in fashion photography (partner in a photography studio), earned a Master’s Degree in English and American Literature at night while teaching English in New York City public schools during the day and writing weekends.
In the early 1950s, he was editor of the pulp magazine Marvel Science Fiction for publisher Martin Goodman. Circa 1952, Keyes was one of several staff writers, officially titled editors, who wrote for such horror and science fiction comics as Journey into Unknown Worlds, for which Keyes wrote two stories with artist Basil Wolverton. From 1955-56, Keyes wrote for the celebrated EC Comics, including its titles Shock Illustrated and Confessions Illustrated, under both his own name and the pseudonyms Kris Daniels, A.D. Locke and Dominik Georg.
The short story and subsequent novel, Flowers for Algernon, is written as progress reports of a mentally disabled 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 and the expanded novel 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. He also won the Hugo Award in 1959 and the Nebula Award in 1966.
Keyes went on to teach creative writing at Wayne State University, and in 1966 he became an English and creative writing professor at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, where he was honored as a professor emeritus in 2000.
Keyes’ other books include The Fifth Sally, The Minds of Billy Milligan, The Touch, Unveiling Claudia, and the memoir Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer’s Journey.
Flower for Algernon pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- Publisher : Harcourt; 1st edition (June 14, 2004)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 311 pages
- ISBN-10 : 015603008X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0156030083
- Reading age : 14 years and up
- Lexile measure : 910L
- Item Weight : 5.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.88 x 4.19 x 0.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #53 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #200 in Classic Literature & Fiction
- #568 in Literary Fiction (Books)
- Customer Reviews: 4.7 out of 5 stars 12,449 ratings
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