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He's been called the "Father of Science Fiction"

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wells

(Other definitions for wells that I've seen before include "Novelist and city" , "What a boring person might produce" , "Springs" , "Oil sources" , "Flows upward; small city" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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