![]() ![]() ![]() But his emotional development was not affected by the surgery, and moreover, unanticipated side effects are starting to show up in Algernon. She wanted him out of her sight and away from his “normal” sibling (ironically named Norma).Īlice Kinnian, his teacher at a center for retarded adults, recommended him over other pupils for this new technique, which was apparently successfully performed on the mouse named Algernon.Ī short time after undergoing the surgery, we can see from the progress reports that Charlie is getting ever more intelligent, and soon his I.Q. He is highly motivated he wants desperately to be “smart.” As the story unfolds in “progress reports” written by Charlie, we learn that his mother rejected him because his “dumbness” was an embarrassment to her. of 68 – who has the opportunity to undergo a surgical procedure that will dramatically increase his mental capabilities. ![]() Since I never read this, and it is touted as a “classic,” I decided it was probably time, but I didn’t know much about it in advance.Ĭharlie Gordon is a “retardate” – a 32-year-old developmentally disabled man with an I.Q. It has never been out of print since then. This story was first published in a shorter form in the April 1959 issue of “The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction” and was expanded into a novel in 1966. ![]()
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