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  Flowers for Algernon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction story written by Daniel Keyes.
Some say that Algernon's death is supposed to imply that the treatment will also eventually kill Charlie, but his own notes on the subject, dubbed the Algernon-Gordon Effect, say nothing of his impending death.
An episode of The Simpsons, entitled "HOMЯ", is apparently a loose parody of Flowers for Algernon; Homer is given an operation to remove a crayon from his brain, resulting in increased intelligence.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon   (2415 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flowers for Algernon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He discovers both the advantages of intelligence and awareness (his ability to form a relationship with his former teacher, Alice Kinnian) and disadvantages (the people he thought were his friends turn out to have only viewed him as 'entertainment' and resent his abilities that come to surpass their own).
A deadly virus known as Algernon starts to attack humans intent on death and at the fore front of the battle against it is Akamatsu Industries, an undercover organisation, disguised as a heavy machinary factory.
Flowers for Algernon is such a beloved classic that it has remained in print since 1959 and is now in its 58th edition.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flowers-for-Algernon   (4093 words)

  
 Algernon Sydney Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Algernon Sydney Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)
Algernon Sydney (or Sidney), (January 1623 – December 7, 1683), was an English politician, an opponent of King Charles II of England.
During the English Civil War, he joined the army of Parliament, but became critical of Oliver Cromwell's leadership.
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Algernon_Sydney   (285 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Swinburne, Algernon Charles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES [Swinburne, Algernon Charles] 1837-1909, English poet and critic.
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Metaphorical "indiscretion" and literary survival in Swinburne's "Anactoria." (Algernon Charles Swinburne)(The Nineteenth Century)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Swinburn.asp   (468 words)

  
 Algernon Swinburne - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909) was a Victorian era English poet and literary critic.
Drabble, M. and Stringer, J. "Swinburne, Algernon Charles." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature.
Project Gutenberg e-texts of works by Algernon Charles Swinburne (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Swinburne,%20Algernon%20Charles)
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