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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

First published April 1959
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.

Notes

This novelette was expanded by Daniel Keys into the 1966 novel "Flowers for Algernon".

External Links

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1960 Hugo Award Best Short Fiction Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Winner

Publications (96)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1959 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1959 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 5
January 1960 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1960 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 103
February 1960 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series Doubleday Anthology 9
May 1960 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 9
September 1960 The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F Simon & Schuster Anthology 91
January 1961 The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition Dell Anthology 91
March 1961 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 97
May 1961 The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition Dell Anthology 91
1962 The Hugo Winners Doubleday Anthology |09
1962 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series Gollancz Anthology
1962 The Hugo Winners Doubleday Anthology |09
July 1962 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 97
December 1962 The Hugo Winners Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 245
1963 The Hugo Winners Dennis Dobson Anthology |09
1963 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 97
September 1963 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Book Services Anthology 76
October 1963 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ninth Series The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
November 1963 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Book Services Anthology 76
1964 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 9th Series Ace Books Anthology 7
1964 The Hugo Winners Avon Anthology 249
1964 The Hugo Winners Avon Anthology 249
September 1964 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 9th Series Panther Anthology 9
October 1964 The Hugo Winners Penguin Books Anthology 267
November 1964 Ten Top Stories Bantam Books Anthology 5
1965 Best SF Four Faber and Faber Anthology 97
1966 Stories from Science Fiction Thomas Nelson & Sons Anthology 135
October 1966 The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower-Dell Anthology 91
1967 The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower-Dell Anthology 91
1968 The Hugo Winners Penguin Books Anthology |09
February 1968 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 102
April 1968 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 102
1969 The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower Anthology 91
January 1969 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Anthology 76
March 1969 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Anthology 76
October 1969 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 102
December 1969 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 102
1970 Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 97
February 1970 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 102
April 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday Anthology 500
May 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 500
1971 Science Fictions University Tutorial Press (London) Anthology 39
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 605
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 605
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol Two Sphere Anthology |14
1972 SF: Inventing the Future Bellhaven House Anthology 113
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two Sphere Anthology |14
January 1972 The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 208
November 1972 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 605
December 1972 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Anthology 76
April 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 605
April 1973 The Hugo Winners, Volume 1 Fawcett Crest Anthology 249
1974 Introductory Psychology Through Science Fiction Rand McNally & Company Anthology 43
1974 The Hugo Winners, Volume 1 Fawcett Crest Anthology 249
April 1974 Introductory Psychology Through Science Fiction Rand McNally & Company Anthology 43
1975 Is There Life on Earth? Rigby Anthology 89
1975 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Avon Anthology 605
January 1975 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Book Services Anthology 76
1976 The Late Great Future Fawcett Crest Anthology 90
1977 Introductory Psychology Through Science Fiction Rand McNally College Publishing Co. Anthology 95
1977 Psy Fi One: An Anthology of Psychology in Science fiction Random House Anthology 15
1978 Composition & Literary Form: An Anthology: Second Edition Winthrop Publishers Anthology 49
March 1978 Ten Top Stories Bantam Books Anthology 5
October 1979 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1979 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 65
October 1979 The Hugo Winners Fawcett Crest Anthology 249
April 1980 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective Doubleday Anthology 58
April 1980 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 58
July 1980 Space Mail Fawcett Crest Anthology 231
1981 The Hugo Winners Fawcett Crest Anthology 249
March 1981 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 603
August 1981 Ten Top Stories Bantam Books Anthology 5
1982 Space Mail Fawcett Crest Anthology
November 1982 From Here to Forever Mentor / New American Library Anthology 75
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 371
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 371
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 605
1988 Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 285
1989 Dilemmas Houghton Mifflin Anthology 17
September 1992 The Super Hugos Baen Books Anthology 369
April 1993 The Puffin Book of Science Fiction Viking UK Anthology 105
May 1994 The Puffin Book of Science Fiction Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Anthology 105
January 1997 From Here to Forever Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 123
August 1998 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 500
February 2000 Algernon, Charlie and I: A Writer's Journey Challcrest Press Books Nonfiction 187
May 2000 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 2000 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 35
2001 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One The Easton Press Anthology 500
February 2003 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology 502
May 2003 From Here to Forever Scarecrow Press Anthology 89
February 2005 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Orb Anthology 502
March 2006 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury Gramercy Books Anthology 603
December 2008 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 1110
September 2009 The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology 71
September 2009 The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology Tachyon Publications / SFBC Anthology 71
2015 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 678
April 2015 Escape Pod, EP490 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
December 2017 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 Blackstone Audio Anthology |500
February 2018 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology