Wellsian
English
Etymology
Adjective
Wellsian (comparative more Wellsian, superlative most Wellsian)
- Of or pertaining to H. G. Wells (1866-1946), English writer regarded as a progenitor of science fiction, or his writings or politics.
- 1982, Nicholas D. Smith, Philosophers look at science fiction, →ISBN, page 52:
- The real problem is that a true Wellsian time machine would run into itself. The time machine on its pastward journey just after you flip the switch and the time machine sitting there just before you flip the switch will run into each other […]