Daniel Keyes (born August 9, 1927) is 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.
The story is told through a series of journal entries written by the story's protagonist, Charlie Gordon, a man with an IQ of 68 who works a menial job. He is selected to undergo an experimental surgical technique to increase his intelligence. The technique has already been successfully tested on Algernon, a laboratory mouse. The surgery on Charlie is also a success and his IQ triples.
Charlie falls in love with his former teacher, Miss Kinnian, but as his intelligence increases, he surpasses her intellectually and they become unable to relate to each other. Also, his new intelligence scares his co-workers at his job; they start a petition to have him fired and, when Charlie finds out about it, he quits. As Charlie's intelligence peaks, Algernon suddenly declines — losing his increased intelligence and dying shortly afterward. Charlie discovers that his intelligence increase is also only temporary. Unable to do anything to prevent the change, Charlie ultimately reverts to his original mental state in a swift reversal of his original growth. He tries to return to his original life and job but cannot stand everyone feeling sorry for him so he decides to move away. His last wish before he leaves is that someone put flowers on Algernon's grave.
阅读本书并不是一种愉快的经历,尤其是在第二遍阅读这个故事的时候,你明明已经清楚其中的哪些部分会怎样地刺痛你,但还是要勇敢地读下去。曾经有很长一段时间,我都以为阅读是一件愉快的事情,但随着时间的推移,我发现我错了,那些能带来愉悦体验的阅读固然是美好的,但那绝...
评分好像是八年前,第一次看到这部作品,在《科幻世界》上,周六中午放学,趴在床上看的,当时就被感动得一塌糊涂。以至于我在档案文件会把她认作最感人的作品。 记得当时的文前介绍说,她原来是上世纪30年代的一部舞台剧,历久不衰,感人至深,曾获轰动。 后来被改...
P.P.S. Please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the bakyard...
评分The psychological analysis got too complicated and just fell apart in the end.
评分没想到会哭成这样。
评分It’s life, hardly can say that ours are better.
评分The psychological analysis got too complicated and just fell apart in the end.
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