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3. A true classic - in literature and Science Fiction!

Mon Jun 1, 2026, 09:16 PM

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This story has lived rent-free in my head since grade school! Too many moons ago to keep track!!!

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I just read the short story Flowers for Algernon [View all] Bluestocking Monday OP

read it as a kid, great book and good movie Shellback Squid Monday #1

Like you, I read the book as a teenager. slightlv Monday #4

Same. Read it in high school. Silver Gaia Yesterday #12

Algernon the mouse, another was Prayers for Owen Meany Shellback Squid Yesterday #13

Was the movie Charlie based on that? Saw it as a kid. dem4decades Monday #2

Yes. LuvLoogie Monday #5

It was Charly dweller Monday #6

Marta and I met Cliff Robertson Omaha Steve Monday #10

It's had an astonishing number of adaptations Grokenstein Monday #9

A true classic - in literature and Science Fiction! Moostache Monday #3

My sig file on my gmail.... Omaha Steve Monday #7

Taught it! Doodles Monday #11