“Flowers for Algernon”
1959-04-00
novelette
By Daniel Keyes


Back to Top Tales list

Synopsis

Charlie Gordon has an operation which increases his intelligence.

History

First publication: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1959

Expanded into the 1966 novel.

Review

Genius. Proof of how science fiction is great literature, but different from all other types of literature. I can’t think of even one thing that could have been done better. You must read this one.


Videos


We have the story in these editions:

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1979, edited by Edward L. Ferman, magazine, Mercury Press, 1979-10-00

Stories of Suspense, edited by Mary E. MacEwen, paperback, Scholastic, 1969-01-00