Daniel Keyes
Daniel Keyes was a fictioneer and associate editor of MarvelScienceStories Marvel Science Stories during its revival as a pulp and a digest magazine from 1950-52.Background
Daniel Keyes
Born: Aug. 9, 1927
Died: June 15, 2014
Keyes was late arriving on the pulp scene. He was just out of college when he took the position of associate editor of MarvelScienceStories Marvel Science Stories.Born: Aug. 9, 1927
Died: June 15, 2014
His first science fiction story, "Precedent," was published in MarvelScienceStories Marvel Science Stories in 1952. But he would be best-known for his short story (later expanded into a novel) "Flowers for Algernon," which was published in MagazineofFantasyandScienceFiction The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in April 1959.
"Flowers of Algernon" would be filmed several times, but most notably in 1968 as "Charly," with Cliff Robertson winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character.
