RIP: Daniel Keyes (1927 – 2014)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by John DeNardo in Books // 1 Comment

Sad news…

Locus Online is reporting that author Daniel Keyes dies on June 15th.

Keyes is best known for his Hugo Award-winning classic story “Flowers for Algernon”, the 1966 Nebula Award-winning novel expansion, and its film adaptation Charly (1968). Other novels included The Touch (1968), The Fifth Sally (1980), and The Asylum Prophecies (2009).

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Patrick // June 17, 2014 at 2:54 pm //

Sad news. Flowers for Algernon is definitely one of my favorites. I watched the movie Charly not too long ago as well – very enjoyable. R.I.P. Daniel Keyes.

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