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... read to me in 4th grade; then in 5th grade it was A Wizard of Earthsea; then in junior high/middle school, we read Flowers for Algernon, Planet of the Apes, and Animal Farm. Our drama class read aloud, then enacted, several Star Trek scripts. That was cool. (I got to be Chek ... ... "Rain, Rain, Go Away" by Isaac Asimov and an excerpt from Jurassic Park. In some other class (6th grade? 8th?) we read Flowers for Algernon. I don't recall any other sci-fi. We were given Flowers for Algernon in english class. It was the novella version, and we'd have been in grade 8 or 9, I'm guessing. ... I get to see how the movie compares.
Next Up:
The Purpose Driven Life
The Case for Christ
the Quickie
Flowers for Algernon I just finished a reread of Flowers for Algernon for a class I'm taking. I love the book! From what corresponds in my library, I think I will read Flowers For Algernon.
I have quite a few others I know I want to read but this saves me money and gets another TBR off the list. ... that can happen to a Croissant Pablo Tusset
3. Post Office Charles Bukowski
4. She's Come Undone Wally Lamb
5. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
6. Replay - Ken Grimwood
7. The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas
8. Fup - Jim Dodge
Read so far: 8
To Read: 0
Crime & Detectiv ... ... here, but I imagine that most non-librarian users really won't care at all about ISBNs or editions. One has simply read Flowers for Algernon or not read it. The more popular a book is, the more likely this is to be true.
While it's probably impossible to impose at this point, it seems ... ... maybe The Book Thief? I have it out from the library and it's due soon.
#1 - love the Mary Oliver picture!
#8 - Flowers for Algernon makes me cry. It is an amazing book. ... to begin The Eye of the World today. I've never read the series and I'm looking forward to it.
I'm also rereading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes for a class I'm taking. It's an amazing book, but very sad. ... Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Confession by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Little Red Riding Hood by the Grimm Broth ... ... that can happen to a Croissant Pablo Tusset
3. Post Office Charles Bukowski
4. She's Come Undone Wally Lamb
5. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
6. Replay - Ken Grimwood
7. The End of Mr Y Scarlett Thomas
8. Fup Jim Dodge
I've enjoyed all of these books and will read ... In this case (and Blood Music and Flowers For Algernon which are other instances of the same issue) they will stay uncombined barring any idiots. The shorter work is clearly marked with [short story] suffixing the title and is separate at the moment.
The issue seems to be that ... ... to someone that could write.
A writer of non-fiction must master the mechanics. A fiction writer needs to be an artist. Flowers for Algernon should prove that. ... that can happen to a Croissant Pablo Tusset
3. Post Office Charles Bukowski
4. She's Come Undone Wally Lamb
5. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
6. Replay - Ken Grimwood
Read so far: 6
To Read: 2
Crime & Detectives
1. The Naming of the Dead Ian Rankin
2. The Big Blowdo ... Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes really touched me as a teenager, and again when I read it last year.
Tell Me that you love me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg because I like the unlikely heroes.
Fall on Your Knees by Anne Marie MacDonald which grabbed me from the ... ... – Joe Haldeman
Fallen Dragon – Peter F. Hamilton
Stainless Steel Rat - Harry Harrison
Dune - Frank Herbert
Algernon – Daniel Keyes
The Dispossessed – Ursula Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula Le Guin
I Am Legend – Richard Matheson
A Canticle For Leibowitz †... ...
Frank Herbert - Dune
J.G. Ballard - The Crystal World
Harry Harrison - Make Room! Make Room!
Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon
Roger Zelazny - The Dream Master
John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar
Samuel R. Delany - Nova
Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric S ... ... t.
I've really loved reading this month and its been hard to narrow it down to three but I think my favourites were
1. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes - a thought-provoking idea for a story and a very moving ending.
2. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor - ... ... Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett - spotted it in the supermarket and thought it sounded funny. Was a nice, light read.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - Have wanted this for years but been put off by knowing it would all end badly for the mouse. Glad I read it at last, got it in the 3 ... 50. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Bought 12/07/08 WH Smiths Online
I have been wanting this book for ages but felt put off by knowing that the story would be a sad one (it was the mouse I worried about more than the man.) I'm glad that I read it now, the story was sad but thoughtful ... ... was a more honest account. I also didn't really believe that the narrator was a 5 year child for the whole book.
8. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
A man with a low IQ is operated on to make him more intelligent. He becomes a genius but this is not without his problems. The same ... 40. Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Heartbreaking story about a mentally-retarded (I don't think that's really a PC term anymore but it's how he was referred to in the book) man that undergoes an experimental operation to make him a genius. His IQ soars and his life changes as he realizes ... Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas
We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
My name was Judas by C.K. Stead Flowers for Algernon. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes #46: Flowers for Algernon ...I'm sure I've read at least parts of this before, way back in the day, but it was still interesting... ... Sally!") Just sayin'.
But back to our regularly scheduled programming. Books that have made me teary of late:
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Ishiguro really knows how to push my buttons (in a good, non-manipulative way). ... very disappointing, because I was excited about the prospect of a SF novel that incorporated Egyptian mythology.
#37: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Another great book. THIS is why I read SF.
#38: The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu. I found this through another LT ... ... it may comfort him. For there is an ancient tradition that staves have a way of doing that. I don't know why.")
I read Flowers for Algernon instead. One of those I should have gotten around to sooner. Quite good. I'm not sure of my next read, but I'm leaning toward kiwidoc in 50 Book Challenge : A gathering place to chat (May 13, 2008, 6:29pm) #31 Oklahoma - I read Flowers for Algernon last year - what a wonderful story, such a sad tale. Worth the read.
To introduce myself, my name is Karen, I work in the medical field, I have 2 teens, a dog, two cats, and I have always had a passion for reading (also like travel, photography, ... ... ( contemporary classics mostly because that's the area I've neglected.) I think I have already met that challenge...if Flowers for Algernon can be counted as a contemp. classic.
I used to try to read any book I started just because it was there, but once I started reading modern novels ... 23. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Oh, I love Flowers for Algernon! I just read it for the first time last year. The ending makes me cry, however. 17) Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
I actually had a lot of trouble getting into this book. I read the short story in 8th grade and from what I remember, really enjoyed it. It seemed to drag throughout the middle, but the ending picked up and redeemed the story overall. > heatherlynn85
I just finished Flowers for Algernon last month and I adored it! It's one of my best reads of 2008. But then again, I went into the story completely blank. Maybe it's better to read when you don't know the story? I'm making my way through Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes which is taking me longer than I expected. I'm finding it very hard to get into. I read the short story back in 8th grade and I think I enjoyed that much better. It's a great shame indeed to ban any book. Great or small. For instance, this last one I just finished;
43. Flowers for Algernon--Daniel Keyes
A perfectly brilliant book that I've seen on the banned book list merely because it mentions the 's' word. ... next week discussing it with me.
Her only complaint with Pride and Prejudice has been that it is a much slower read than Flowers for Algernon which she was able to read in one day last week (again staying up until 11 pm, hiding in the bathroom because her bedroom light was supposed to be out). ... I just finished Flowers for Algernon and it was a wonderful read. Made me cry at the end, it was just so tragic...
Not sure what will be next, but probably The lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Just finished Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and it was beautiful! I cried at the end, it was just so tragic. A very nice #20 that was!
Haven't started a new book yet, but will probably go with "The Lovely Bones" next. ... was a very interesting idea and had some very funny bits.
Started a book that was very high on my wish list last night: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Even though I could only read a tiny bit, I'm already loving it. The author uses a different type of language, which works very ... I just had a few minutes to dip into Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes last night, which was very high on my wish list, and I'm already loving it. Can't wait to have some solid reading time to really get into it! One of my favorites: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Don't know it it's strictly YA, but I first read it in the 9th grade. Just in from Bol.com:
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
I'm very excited, because they both came highly recommended on LT and they were both on the top of my wish list! Now just have to find the time to finish my current read and ... ... of Narnia (as a child)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Ella Enchanted
Fahrenheit 451
Feed
Flowers for Algernon
Gathering Blue
The Giver (as a child)
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hobbit
I Am the Messenger
... ... an adult:
Anansi Boys
The Book Thief
The Brief History of the Dead
The Chronicles of Narnia
Ella Enchanted
Flowers for Algernon
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (2-3 times)
Gilead
The Girls
The Giver
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Handmaid's Tale
... ... Heathens: Bio. - Mildred Armstrong Kalish
01/22/08 Love in the time of cholera – Gabriel Marquez
01/24/08 Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keys
01/25/08 On Chesil Beach- Ian McEwan
01/27/08 I am the messenger – Marcus Zusak
01/29/08 The handmaid’s tale - Margar ... Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes ...
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Partner by John Grisham
The Client by John Grisham
The Firm by John Grisham
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Eight Tales of Terrorby Edgar Allan Poe
Can't wait to get started. Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Flowers for Algernon are pretty high on the list of things I'd only read again if Hell froze over. And even then, I'd probably burn them for warmth. ... The Origin of Species
21. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
22. Les Misérables
23. The Oresteia
24. Flowers for Algernon
25. Flatland ... / Bob Shaw
11 Rogue Moon / Algis Budrys
12 Man Plus / Frederik Pohl
13 Inverted World / Christopher Priest
14 Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes
15 Journey Beyond Tomorrow / Robert Sheckley
16 Dangerous Visions / Harlan Ellison, Ed.
17 Babel-17 / Samuel R Delany
18 Gladi ... >91 I love Flowers for Algernon - the novella, not the novel, if you can find it (he padded the story and changed bits, and to my mind made it much worse). Of course I start crying about halfway through and don't stop until well after I've finished...but that doesn't make it a bad book! I've read ... Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Peony in Love by Lisa See
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
The Lillies of the Field by William E. Barrett Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl by Marguerite Sechehaye
Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
(New England Remembers) Lizzie Borden by Karen Elizabeth Chaney >91 Flowers for Algernon is one of those books I read in high school that: a) leaves me with a vague sense of dread when I see the title; and b) I want to read again because I can't remember what I hated so much about it. Demian is another one, though I suspect I'd find more to appreciate ... When I was 13....Gone With the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, Anne of Green Gables, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Flowers for Algernon. ... Janet Fitch
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
NONFICTION:
Stiff by Mary Roach
The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes
Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes (read 1970) I don't remember any science fiction in school from sixth grade, but Fahrenheit 451 and Flowers for Algernon were two that we read at the beginning of seventh grade. That shouldn't be too far off from the end of sixth, right? Fahrenheit 451 definitely has real world application, though if you' ... ... like The Rocking Horse Winner. I actually remember the Jr high list better : The Red Badge of Courage, The Red pony, Flowers for Algernon, Twelve Angry men,and A Raisin in the Sun. ... it that is forever burned into your brain? So every time you see a certain thing or hear a certain thing you think of it.
Flowers for Algernon is that book for me. Everytime I see a mouse in a maze on TV or whatever I always think 'Oh poor Algernon' and get kinda depressed. The thing is, I ... ... am! I, too, am one who has been moved to massive tears by several books, especially Marley and Me, The Notebook, and Flowers for Algernon.
But let me say, for all those putting off reading Marley and Me because of the fear of crying...DON'T!!! Yes, it makes you cry, and yes, it has ... Algernon is one of the few books on our shelves that has never been opened... I remember reading it in Jr High (?) but now it will go to the top of the "Next" stack...
Read Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane last night, and I can see how it could produce tears (in someone else, my cheeks ... ... the kite runner, harry potter and the half blood prince, tuesday with morrie etc etc.
but none made me cried as hard as flowers for algernon, i was practically weeping towards the end of the book.
in fact, just thinking about the book alone makes me tearful. :'( ... like I did with the Hugo, from the bottom up.
Recently I have read these fine books:
Babel-17 by Samuel Delany
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel Delany
Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverbe ... Oh, and #61, Flowers For Algernon just killed me. I've always meant to read it again, but I know I'd fall apart all over again. ... saying this.
A few personal favourites: The Forever War, I Am Legend, Babel-17, Earth Abides, Lord of Light, Flowers for Algernon.
If you haven't read 2001 I'd recommend it (or just about anything else by Arthur C. Clarke - read it, then double check the first published ... I Googled - Flowers for Algernon first appeared as a short story in a Sci Fi magazine in 1958 - Keyes got a SciFi award for it and he expanded it into a book in the 1960's. Then the movie was made - think it was called Charly?? and if memory serves, Cliff Robertson got an Oscar for playing the ... I remember reading a shorter version of Flowers for Algernon in high school -- about 80 pages long. I don't remember a short story, though. After reading back through the messages I wish I had bought the copy of Flowers for Algernon I saw at VV. I remember reading a shortened version of it in high school - does anyone recall it being made into a short story?
I finished The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger last night - ... Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes is devastatingly sad - the movie equally so. ... now it's pretty standard romance stuff.
And - Message 5, #14 - did you read the novel or the novella? The novella of Flowers For Algernon is wonderful, but somebody convinced him he needed to expand it into a novel and the novel is _awful_. If Charlie didn't have a sexual fixation on his ... Flowers for Algernon is a fantastic book; I highly recommend it!
So far this month I've read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Nickel and Dimed, and, for the Read YA Lit discussion, Feed. I also had a lot of issues with the Harry Potter but was satisfied in the end. Sandragon, Flowers for Algernon is from the point of view of Charlie Gordon, who undergoes surgery which raises his IQ. Like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, the voice of the narrator stays true. The writing changes as Charlie's IQ does. ... I never really knew about Vermeer before but I'm finding myself enjoying the paintings as well as the book.
LynnB, is Flowers for Algernon from a human's point of view or Algernon's? I've heard a lot of praise for it on LT but I'm not too keen on reading from an animal's point of view. Ma ... ... good -- something so many authors fail to achieve. Enjoy it!
I had goosebumps and tears in my eyes as I finished Flowers for Algernon. I turned to non-fiction for a complete change of pace and read Cod. Wow! This was far more interesting and entertaining than I expected. History, ... ... Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett. I never saw the movie, so I'm not sure. There was also a movie based on Flowers for Algernon and there was a really bad made-for-TV movie based on The Lottery. Sorry!
I was a slow reader when I was a teenager. Novels intimidated me while ... ... one of the best I've ever read. I had to put it down form time to time because it moved me so much.
I'm about to start Flowers for Algernon which I read in high school, but think I'll appreciate it more now that I'm older. ... to get Thorold's!)
so here's a simple one ( I think!) to go on with (plus, all the clues are actually in my library)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
You Just Don't Understand: Women and men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aiden
An Unsuitabl ... ... pretty together.
Just wondered if you all had favorite combinations of flowers. Actually I have a book somewhere called Combining flowers or something like that about flowers that liked the same kind of growing conditions, but can't find it. ... Cormier's famous novels. The story was intriguing but I tend to feel cheated with these types of books. I am more of a Flowers for Algernon plot type person.
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Title: Island
Author: Aldous Huxley
Notes: Another book based on a utopian society. I heard that Huxley got the idea ... Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo
White Gardenia by Belinda Alexandra
... it. Does anyone recall this story (or am I mixing up two or three different ones?)?
It's been a long time since I read Flowers for Algernon but I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time last year. ... his mind works, especially his attachment to inanimate objects (his best friend is an extension cord).
Having read both Flowers for Algernon and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, I think the comparison is apt, but as stated previously, Flowers is more heart-wrenching ... ... cow a few times.
#8 if you think Bayley shows Murdoch in a bad light, don't read any of the biographies!
What makes Flowers for Algernon very effective is that Charley does understand his situation. His boosted intelligence means that he recognises when the drugs start to fail.
(A ... *Possible Spoiler*
I think what is so devastating about Flowers for Algernon is that Charley goes full circle and experiences the full spectrum of intellectual understanding, only to return to his original state. That's the emotional sledgehammer.
Alternatively, the beauty of The Curious I ... ... has had a relative or someone close to him with the disorder.
I think that if I had to pick books - I would chose the Flowers for Algeron over Mark Haddon's book - mainly for the sheer emotional impact of Charley's experience.
I am trying to recall other books which are based on ... Flowers For Algernon is one of the saddest books I've ever read. Watching the movie version was even more emotionally devastating. There was audible sobbing in the theatre and I recall staggering into the harsh glare of the parking lot, tears streaming down my face.
Speaking of Asperger's S ... Just adding a touchstone for Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. ... by Haruki Murakami and several chapters of The Two Koreas.
I just bought three new books today - Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon and Murakami's Dance Dance Dance and A Wild Sheep Chase. I haven't a clue which to start first so I'll probably just put the titles in a hat and ... cjlib - I remember that too! Oh and even though it's not a romance, Flowers for Algernon definitely goes into the "books that made you cry" list! Did anyone read Flowers for Algernon? There was a part in that book where Charlie is learning to use punctuation that I had to read a couple of times . Wowza, never realized how much I relied on it before. It's where he is talking about his teacher saying you have to mix them up a bit. Here's a ... ... were the only ones I gave a "9" to so far this year. I haven't had a "10."
1. Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes
2. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
3. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (re-re-re-re-re-etc.-read) ... of the Wild by Jack London
Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Garden of Rama by Arthur c. Clarke
The Stand by Stephen King
The Har ... ... reading:
"Dr Strauss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on." ~ Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
""Too many!" James shouted, and slammed the door behind him." ~ The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
"First the colors." ~ The Bo ... ... by Robert Cormier (LOVED IT!!)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Night John by Gary Paulsen
I would recommend any of these title to anyone. I'm not sure I could pick one favorite.
... ... I'll never forget how disappointed I was in the sequel (Manderley? Did Du Maurier write the sequel? I don't remember). And Flowers for Algernon - another book we were assigned in HS literature, but I loved DESPITE our teacher's attempts to destroy it. ;-) ... of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Winterdance : the Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
This ... Flowers for a mouse
Reason slowly slips away
Life is less complex ... It's not a very action-packed book, if you enjoy more socio-political in your sci-fi then this book is for you.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes was very good. It's about a mentally retarded man that is given an experimental surgery to enhance his intelligence and he goes to the ... ... If it's stated that the series of quests are N in number, then I want to know what the quests are.
As a result a book like Flowers for Algernon still sits unread on my shelf; I just can't bring myself around to read it. Around us the world gets all awry; people killing one another ower belief ... I finished Flowers for Algernon this morning, which I liked but didn't enjoy as much as I thought I would when I read the first couple of pages. I'm now about a quarter into Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale and wow, has that book grabbed me. The only reason I put it down was to fetch ... Far and away, my favorite book for January was Flowers for Algernon. It was amazing and moving. ... by Mary Jo Putney
Good read. Near the end, I was crying so hard that I had to stop reading until I calmed down.
#14 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
I read this so long ago that I forgot all of it except the basic plot. I tore through it in one sitting. My heart absolutely ached ... ... and I'm starting over by reading them in order. It was alright but oh boy, did it show it's age! (1978)
I zipped through Flowers for Algernon in one afternoon. I don't have the words for what a fabulous book this is. And heart-wretching.
I'm reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism ... ... research and inquiry
The Pilot's Wife: a novel about a pilot's wife after he dies and her world falls to pieces
Flowers for Algernon, which I haven't read since I was in middle school.
And reread throughly the following Patrick O'Brian novels (4 - 9)
The Mauritius Command, Des ... morphidae, I love Flowers for Algernon!
The next books that I'm planning to read are:
The Prestige by Christopher Priest (already started)
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich (already started)
Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics by Asger Aaboe (already ... ... by Michael Cunningham
March by Geraldine Brooks
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Druids by Stuart Piggott
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Alaska by James Michener
Coming into the County by John McPhee ... but I wouldn't put either of them in the "science" category. The Loop by Nicholas Evans is good for wolf behavior. Flowers for Algernon for more psychology? Barbara Kingsolver was trained as a biologist, so her stuff tends to be science-accurate. Life of Pi? Ishmael by Daniel Q ... |
