Flowers For Algernon Microbox

Literature Series

Flowers For Algernon

Placed By: Silver Eagle
Date: 03/03/07
Nearest Town: Somerville, TX
County: Burleson
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 500 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown, black, red & blue
Status: missing top of film canister (05/17/09)

Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction story written by Daniel Keyes. It was originally published as a novelette in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It won a Hugo award for Best Short Fiction in 1960, and was made into a 1968 movie entitled Charly. The story centers on Charlie Gordon, a mentally challenged janitor who volunteers to take part in an experimental intelligence-enhancing treatment. His progress parallels that of Algernon, a laboratory mouse who had been "enhanced" earlier. But intelligence turns out to be a double-edged sword for Charlie and he cannot help realizing that everything he previously believed was not as it seemed. This is one of my favorite science fiction stories and I hope this box lures you into reading it. The microbox can be found at Lake Somerville SP - Birch Creek Unit, and was placed for the TX Wildfower LB Event held there on 03/03/07.

Directions:

From Houston take Hwy 290 West to Brenham. Take SH 36 North through Somerville to Lyons. Turn left on Hwy 60 and travel approximately 8 miles. Turn left on Park Road 57 and go about 4 miles to Lake Somerville SP - Birch Creek Unit Visitor Center, pay fee and get a map. Drive west to the Old Hickory Camping Area and park at the second restroom on the left just after camping loop 84-94.

Clues:

Walk across the road to the trailhead and go about 50 yards to the One Mile Loop Trail sign. Go right, cross the bridge and walk about 200 yards to a white Loop Trail sign jct. Go left for about 40 steps to a large cedar tree on the right about 5 steps off trail. The camo microbox is hanging on the back side of the tree about 4 feet high. Please replace as described.

NOTE: Always take adequate precautions (such as prodding with a stick and/or wearing gloves) before reaching into dark crevasses and holes in the wild. Before you set out read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.

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