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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes
Nebula 1966, Internet Top 100, Super Hugo 1992

Fascinating, virtuoso story. Magnified, concentrated symbol for one of life's most difficult to accept mysteries ­ change. A touching, thoughtful, compassion-engendering book. Words crafted so precisely and appropriately that page by page a new personality comes alive and becomes a friend.

So popular the original novella because a full length novel, a movie (Charly) and a musical. In the 1992 Hugo voting it won best novella ever; and yet, the original submission to Galaxy Magazine was rejected ­ may that give confidence to new, struggling writers!

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