Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
0052: Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
We discuss the beloved classic: Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes. Scientists operate on a mentally challenged man and turn him into a genius, with tragic consequences.
Film Adaptation: Charly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly_(1968_film)
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(I notice this app edits words out of my posts before publishing them. It leaves a blank space instead of the H word)
Friday Dec 29, 2023
As for one-hit wonders, though it’s fantasy rather than sci-fi, how about Tolkien? It’s a of a hit, but the various Middle-Earth publications are basically on big epic. And Tolkien is not largely known for anything else outside of scholarly circles.
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Didn’t the author have to search around for a publisher who didn’t insist he change the ending to a happy one where he keeps his enhanced intelligence and the girl, too, and live happily ever after (both in the case of the original short story and the later novel expansion)?
Friday Dec 29, 2023
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