I’m not really a sci-fi buff if I’m honest. I’ll watch a little bit here and there and I’ll read the odd novel now and then, but I tend to leave hardcore sci-fi to The Boy.

Flowers for Algernon is written as a series of progress reports by man called Charlie who has an IQ of 68, but undergoes surgery to increase his intelligence. He is the first human trial after the surgery was proved successful on a mouse called Algernon.

Wikipedia claims it “touches upon many different ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled”, but I just know that I really enjoyed it.

So 3 down. 2 to go.