1934
Norman, eleven, continues at P.S. 161 in Crown Heights. The long science fiction story "The Martian Invasion," begun in the winter of 1933, is completed on this side of the year. A portrait survives from the year.

Winter 1933β1934
Completion of βThe Martian Invasion,β the long science fiction story written under the influence of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Flash Gordon radio program. See 1933 for the start of composition.