Book club: Flowers for Algernon
Event date: Wednesday 28 March 2012 - 06:00pm to 07:30pm
Location: The Science Exchange. Program: Book Club.
Bookings have closed for this event.
Location: The Science Exchange. Program: Book Club.
Bookings have closed for this event.
The March book club selection was Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. The multi-award winning classic work of speculative fiction was voted for by our book club members.
The story allows us to peek inside the diary of Charlie, who has been subject to a medical experiment to boost his intelligence. If someone offered you the promise of an increased IQ, would you do it?
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Harry Sheldon says: I remember reading the short story in 1960 when I was 14 years old.
This story had a very profound effect on me; then, and now.
It was also serialised for radio that I recall listening to (UK)
Moving, heart rending, yet also a story of valiant hope.
H
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I remember reading the short story in 1960 when I was 14 years old.
This story had a very profound effect on me; then, and now.
It was also serialised for radio that I recall listening to (UK)
Moving, heart rending, yet also a story of valiant hope.
H