Wellsian n.
a devotee or follower of H. G. Wells
SF Criticism
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1914 Clarion 28 Aug. 12/3
I hear a good many Men of Peace asserting that this war is a war for Freedom. I do not think they all mean the same thing. If they all meant the same thing as Mr. H. G. Wells, for instance, it would be a holy war indeed. But I am afraid the Wellsians are a very tiny minority.
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1916
The new-born Wellsian had to find her bearings almost as ridiculously as a baby.
Pygmalion 200 -
1971 Shakespeare Quarterly 22 131
The failure of the Wellsians is inconsequential, since they have produced a society in which no one can effectively contest their failure.
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2003 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 6 Jan. 28
As good Wellsians, they predicted that a whole new form of communityโฆwould emerge.
Research requirements
antedating 1914
Earliest cite
The Clarion
Research History
Simon Koppel submitted a 1914 cite from The Clarion, from the British Newspaper Archive.
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