Sci-Fi Book # 18 - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Even though Flowers for Algernon ended pretty much the way I thought it would, I found the journey very enjoyable and quite moving. The story follows a mentally handicapped man named Charlie that partakes in an experimental procedure that vastly increases his IQ. I guess I should try and not give too much away but the whole story just gets sadder and sadder. The fact that he reads The Great Gatsby and An American Tragedy should count as foreshadowing. I'll give it an A.

And with that I'm now half way though the top 50 Science Fiction book list... Here are my rankings:

1. Dune
2. The War of the Worlds
3. 1984
4. The Time Machine
5. The Martian Chronicles
6. Ender's Game
7. Frankenstein
8. The Handmaid's Tale
9. The Invisible Man
10. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
12. 2001
13. Flowers for Algernon
14. Brave New World
15. The Stand
16. Cat's Cradle
17. Foundation
18. Fahrenheit 451
19. The Martian
20. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
21. The Andromeda Strain
22. I, Robot
23. Jurassic Park
24. Snow Crash
25. The Mote in God's Eye