The year 1924 was marked, in science fiction, by the following events.

Births and deaths

Births

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...

: Robert Abernathy, American writer (died 1990) * July 20 : Thomas Berger, American writer (died

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) *

André Caroff André Caroff (pseudonym of André Carpouzis) (1924 in Paris – 9 March 2009) was a French author of science fiction and horror. His œuvre, particularly abundant, was published primarily by publisher Fleuve Noir. Caroff was one of the lea ...

, French writer (died 2009)

Deaths

Events

Awards

Literary releases

Novels

* '' Berge Meere und Giganten'', by

Alfred Döblin Bruno Alfred Döblin (; 10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of ...

. *'' The City of Light'', a novel by Mieczysław Smolarski in genres of

dystopia A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493). ...

and

catastrophism In geology, catastrophism theorises that the Earth has largely been shaped by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope. This contrasts with uniformitarianism (sometimes called gradualism), according to which slow increment ...

. The novel's themes include antimilitarism and pacifism, prevalent after World War I.

Stories collections

Short stories

* '' Deux mille ans sous la mer'', by

Léon Groc Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

Movies

* '' Aelita'', by Yakov Protazanov.

References

{{reflist Science fiction by year * science-fiction