"Which writer wrote novels based on his own youthful experiences, science fiction and, in 1920, the massive ""The Outline of History""?"
The Outline of History The Outline of History The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind", is a work by H. G. Wells that first appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly instalments beginning on 22 November 1919 and was published as a single volume in 1920. It sold more than two million copies, was translated into many languages, and had a considerable impact on the teaching of history in institutions of higher education. Wells modelled the "Outline" on the "Encyclopédie" of Denis Diderot. Many revised versions were produced during Wells's
Galaxy Science Fiction Novels Galaxy Science Fiction Novels Galaxy novels, sometimes titled Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, were a series of mostly reprint American science fiction novels published between 1950 and 1961. The series was started by H.L. Gold, the editor of "Galaxy Science Fiction", in 1950 as a companion to the main "Galaxy" magazine. There was one (often abridged) novel per issue, which appeared in digest size format, which made the books in the series look like digest magazines. In 1959, after 35 issues, the series was sold to Beacon Books, which changed the format to mass-market (small size) paperback and introduced its own