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The story follows a man who is given an experimental drug to heal brain damage caused by
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and has the unintended side effect of exponentially improving his intellect and
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after he nearly drowns. The drug regenerates his damaged
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Works originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction
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Short story

Science fiction
Asimov's Science Fiction
science fiction
novelette
Ted Chiang
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Rhashan Stone
BBC Radio 7
Gus Van Sant
anoxia
neurons
motor skills
Superintelligence
Transhumanism
Flowers for Algernon
The LOCUS Index to SF Awards
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Understand by Ted Chiang"
goodreads.com
Goodreads
"Denise Thé, Melissa Scrivner Love & Amanda Segel Ink Sony Pictures TV Deal, Set Projects With Ted Chiang & Gus Van Sant, Ben Winters"
Understand
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Understand
Internet Archive
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