Flowers for Algernon Resources

Everyone wants to know where this Charlie guy came from, and Daniel Keyes has the answers.

This 1968 classic hit it out of the park. Check it out if you want to see some sweet 1960s clothing.

This made-for-TV version is Flowers for the new millennium. We're thinking it's time for another remake.

Fresh from 1961, here's the telecast that appeared before Flowers for Algernon was published. It's even got a different name: "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon."

Mr. Keyes got quite a lot of fan mail after creating Charlie and Algernon, so he finally wrote a short book about the experience of publishing it.

Not surprisingly, everyone wants a happy ending. But Daniel Keyes' publishers really wanted him to change the story. Keyes talks turkey to Locus Magazine about holding his ground.

Who'da thunk that Algernon would get brought up during election season? Jon Stewart gives a little screen time to our furry friend.

Major spoiler alert: Alice and Charlie make like Romeo and Juliet and part forever in this final scene of the 2000 made-for-TV version of Flowers for Algernon.

Daniel Keyes chats about how his book might have predicted the future. He even has something to say about Doogie, the engineered mouse.

Check out some photos of a stage production of Flowers. Nemur, Strauss, Burt, and Charlie, in the flesh.