Flowers for Algernon

Read for the 12 in 12 Challenge and the Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge.

This story won the 1959 Hugo for Best Novella.

I've read this classic science fiction before. This was the original novella that was eventually expanded into the novel Flowers for Algernon, which was also excellent. I remember reading this in grade school, and it stuck with me clearly enough that I remembered almost everything about it.

The novel also won a Hugo in 1967 for Best Novel, and a Nebula in 1966.

I'm not sure the novelization adds anything, but it doesn't take anything away either. I think this is exactly what science fiction is all about. 5 stars.