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In Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes created an unlikely duo-a laboratory mouse and a man-who captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world. Now, in Algernon, Charlie, and I, Keyes reveals his methods of creating fiction as well as the heartbreaks and joys of being published. With admirable insight he shares with readers, writers, teachers, and students the creative life behind his classic novel, included here in its original short-story form. All those who love stories, storytelling, and the remarkable characters of Charlie and Algernon will delight in accompanying their creator on this inspirational voyage of discovery.

Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache. Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence-a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?

Charlie Gordon, a retarded adult, undergoes a brain operation which dramatically increases his intelligence. Charlie becomes a genius. But can he cope emotionally? Can he develop relationships? And how do the psychiatrists and psychologists view Charlie—as a man or as the subject of an experiment like the mouse Algernon?

The inspiration for the streaming series The Crowded Room, starring Tom Holland - From the acclaimed author of Flowers for Algernon comes the shocking true story of a man battling multiple personality disorder. "An absorbing, often heart-rending exploration of the human mind."--Cosmopolitan Billy Milligan can be anyone he wants to be . . . except himself. Billy Milligan was a man tormented by twenty-four distinct personalities battling for supremacy over his body--a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. In a landmark trial, Billy was acquitted of his crimes by reason of insanity caused by multiple personality--the first such court decision in history--bringing to public light the most remarkable and harrowing case of multiple personality ever recorded. Twenty-four people live inside Billy Milligan. Philip, a petty criminal; Kevin, who dealt drugs and masterminded a drugstore robbery; April, whose only ambition was to kill Billy's stepfather; Adalana, the shy, lonely, affection-starved lesbian who "used" Billy's body in the rapes that led to his arrest; David, the eight-year-old "keeper of pain"; and all of the others, including men, women, several children, both boys and girls, and the Teacher, the only one who can put them all together. You will meet each in this often shocking true story. And you will be drawn deeply into the mind of this tortured young man and his splintered, terrifying world.

Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor sweeper and the gentle butt of everyone's jokes - until an experiment in the enhancement of human intelligence turns him into a genius. But then Algernon, the mouse whose triumphal experimental transformation preceded his, fades and dies, and Charlie has to face the possibility that his salvation was only temporary.Winner of the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and subsequently expanded into a Hugo-nominated novel, Flowers for Algernon earned Daniel Keyes the honour of SFWA Author Emeritus in 2000 for his contribution to Science Fiction and Fantasy.'Heartbreaking and beautiful. Required reading, as far as I am concerned' - Wil Wheaton'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' - The Guardian'Excellent . . . extremely moving' - The Encyclopedia of Science FictionWelcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction

From the author of million-copy bestseller Flowers for Algernon, the shocking true story of the first person in US history to be found not guilty due to multiple personality disorder

The powerful, moving and turbulent novel of Sally Porter and the multiple personalities she has no idea she lives with... From the award-winning bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'Heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' GUARDIANSally Porter is perfectly 'ordinary'. A waitress, divorcee, and loner in the great city. But, though she is unaware of it, she is also four other, quite different people: Nola, the cold independent artist who has a studio in Greenwich Village; Derry, the happy-go-lucky tomboy; Bella, the highly-sexed live wire with a talent for singing and dancing; and finally Jinx, the hate-filled killer. Whenever events put too much of a strain on Sally Porter, she feels a headache and a blackout coming on - and a new character takes over. If there is a man to be fascinated, she will become Bella. If there is an intellectual problem, she will become Nola. And - as happens in the opening scene of the novel - if there is a rapist to be dealt with, she becomes the vicious Jinx. It is the task of the wise and patient psychiatrist, Dr. Roger Ash - a man who nevertheless has severe problems of his own - to deal with this case of multiple personality and, through painstaking therapy, to try to fuse the four disparate personalities into "the fifth Sally."

A modern classic, Flowers for Algernon has sold over five million copies worldwide and inspired the Academy Award-winning film Charly.

The ultimate 'what if' novel, from the million-copy-bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance ... heartbreaking' GuardianKaren and Barney Stark should never have married. Childless, uncomfortable and incompatible, their marriage has not been a success, and the lack of a child only makes the tension between them worse. And living their lives to the beat of a fertility clock only adds to the increasingly volatile atmosphere.When an incident at Barney's workplace causes them both to be unknowingly contaminated with radioactive dust, they also become pariahs - in their neighbourhood and with their families. But things are only going to get worse. Karen discovers she is pregnant and as their closest friends become frightened enemies, the dream of becoming parents turns into a nightmare...

Classic novel of a daring experiment in human intelligence.

Barni i Karen byli schastlivy, poka ne stali zhertvami radioaktivnogo zarazhenija. Odno prikosnovenie - i smertonosnaja zaraza pronikla v ikh dom i vo vse ostalnye doma, kuda oni zakhodili.Oni stali izgojami v svoem gorode, v semjakh svoikh blizkikh i sosedej.I samoe strashnoe - imenno sejchas, kogda ikh zhizn na voloske, Karen posle mnogikh neudachnykh popytok nakonets smogla zaberemenet. Barni ponimaet - radiatsija ne ostavila im shansa na schastlivuju zhizn. No Karen verit, chto ee ljubov k nerodivshemusja rebenku sotvorit chudo.

"Tsvety dlja Eldzhernona" Deniela Kiza vkhodjat v programmu objazatelnogo chtenija v amerikanskikh shkolakh. Eta edinstvennaja istorija v zhanre nauchnoj fantastiki, avtor kotoroj byl dvazhdy nagrazhden snachala za rasskaz, a potom za roman s odnim i tem zhe nazvaniem, geroem, sjuzhetom. Tridtsatitrekhletnij Charli Gordon - umstvenno otstalyj. Pri etom u nego est rabota, druzja i nepreodolimoe zhelanie uchitsja. On soglashaetsja prinjat uchastie v opasnom nauchnom eksperimente v nadezhde stat umnym... Eta fantasticheskaja istorija obladaet porazitelnoj psikhologicheskoj siloj i zastavljaet zadumatsja nad obschechelovecheskimi voprosami nravstvennosti: imeem li my pravo stavit drug nad drugom eksperimenty, k kakim rezultatam eto mozhet privesti i kakuju tsenu my gotovy zaplatit za to, chtoby stat "samym umnym". A odinokim? Na voprosy, kotorye podnimali esche M. Bulgakov v "Sobachem serdtse" i Dzh. London v "Martine Idene", Deniel Kiz daet svoj odnoznachnyj otvet.Perevodchik: Sharov S.

Billi prosypaetsja i obnaruzhivaet, chto nakhoditsja v tjuremnoj kamere. Emu soobschajut, chto on obvinjaetsja v iznasilovanii i ograblenii. Billi potrjasen: on nichego etogo ne delal! Poslednee, chto on pomnit,- eto kak khotel brositsja vniz s kryshi zdanija shkoly. Emu govorjat, chto s tekh por proshlo sem let. Billi v uzhase: u nego opjat ukrali kusok zhizni! Ego sprashivajut: chto znachit "ukrali kusok zhizni"? I pochemu "opjat"? Vykhodit, takoe sluchaetsja s nim ne vpervye? No Billi ne mozhet otvetit, potomu chto Billi ushel...Peru Deniela Kiza prinadlezhit odno iz kultovykh proizvedenij kontsa XX veka - roman "Tsvety dlja Eldzhernona". "Tainstvennaja istorija Billi Milligana" ne menee potrjasajuscha i proniknovenna.

Billi prosypaetsja i obnaruzhivaet, chto nakhoditsja v tjuremnoj kamere. Emu soobschajut, chto on obvinjaetsja v iznasilovanii i ograblenii. Billi potrjasen: on nichego etogo ne delal! Poslednee, chto on pomnit,- eto kak on stoit na kryshe zdanija shkoly i khochet brositsja vniz, potomu chto ne mozhet bolshe tak zhit. Emu govorjat, chto s tekh por proshlo sem let. Billi v uzhase: u nego opjat ukrali kusok zhizni! Ego sprashivajut: chto znachit "ukrali kusok zhizni"? I pochemu "opjat"? Vykhodit, takoe sluchaetsja s nim ne vpervye? No Billi ne mozhet otvetit, potomu chto Billi ushel...Peru Deniela Kiza prinadlezhit takzhe odno iz kultovykh proizvedenij kontsa XX veka - roman "Tsvety dlja Eldzhernona", stavshij znakovym javleniem vo mnogikh stranakh.

Billi prosypaetsja i obnaruzhivaet, chto nakhoditsja v tjuremnoj kamere. Emu soobschajut, chto on obvinjaetsja v iznasilovanii i ograblenii. Billi potrjasen: on nichego etogo ne delal! Poslednee, chto on pomnit,- eto kak khotel brositsja vniz s kryshi zdanija shkoly. Emu govorjat, chto s tekh por proshlo sem let. Billi v uzhase: u nego opjat ukrali kusok zhizni! Ego sprashivajut: chto znachit "ukrali kusok zhizni"? I pochemu "opjat"? Vykhodit, takoe sluchaetsja s nim ne vpervye? No Billi ne mozhet otvetit, potomu chto Billi ushel...Peru Deniela Kiza prinadlezhit odno iz kultovykh proizvedenij kontsa XX veka - roman "Tsvety dlja Eldzhernona". "Tainstvennaja istorija Billi Milligana" ne menee potrjasajuscha i proniknovenna.

Mnogie gody chitateli zhazhdali uznat, chto zhe sluchilos posle sobytij, opisannykh v kultovom romane "Tainstvennaja istorija Billi Milligana", glavnyj geroj kotorogo, Billi Milligan - unikalnyj chelovek, v chem soznanii suschestvovalo 24 sovershenno raznye lichnosti. I vot - prodolzhenie istorii. V knige "Vojny Milligana" Deniel Kiz rasskazhet o prinuditelnoj gospitalizatsii Billi, prodlivshejsja desjat let.Kto zhe on, Billi Milligan, - prestupnik ili vse zhe zhertva? Chego on zasluzhivaet - nenavisti, osuzhdenija ili sochuvstvija? Pochemu vot uzhe stolko let ego lichnost privlekaet k sebe neoslabevajuschee vnimanie? Na mnogie - no ne vse - voprosy vy najdete otvet v knige "Vojny Milligana".

Billi prosypaetsja i obnaruzhivaet, chto nakhoditsja v tjuremnoj kamere. Emu soobschajut, chto on obvinjaetsja v iznasilovanii i ograblenii. Billi potrjasen: on nichego etogo ne delal! Poslednee, chto on pomnit,- eto kak khotel brositsja vniz s kryshi zdanija shkoly. Emu govorjat, chto s tekh por proshlo sem let. Billi v uzhase: u nego opjat ukrali kusok zhizni! Ego sprashivajut: chto znachit "ukrali kusok zhizni"? I pochemu "opjat"? Vykhodit, takoe sluchaetsja s nim ne vpervye? No Billi ne mozhet otvetit, potomu chto Billi ushel...Peru Deniela Kiza prinadlezhit odno iz kultovykh proizvedenij kontsa XX veka - roman "Tsvety dlja Eldzhernona". "Tainstvennaja istorija Billi Milligana" ne menee potrjasajuscha i proniknovenna.