Intelligent life suited to conditions on Mars as imagined by Wells
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In #MARCH 1908
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#illustration by William R. Leigh (1866-1955) for H. G. Wells, "The Things that Live on Mars"
*Cosmopolitan*, March 1908
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Flora and fauna along a Martian ‘canal’ as posited ➡️

by Wells on the basis of then current knowledge of conditions on the planet.
Here below: more flora and fauna along a ‘canal’
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Here he follows the line of inquiry explored by H. G. Wells, “The Things that Live on Mars”, *Cosmopolitan*, March 1908, with illustrations by William R. Leigh (1866-1955).
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Here he follows the line of inquiry explored by H. G. Wells, “The Things that Live on Mars”, *Cosmopolitan*, March 1908, with illustrations by William R. Leigh (1866-1955).
#HugoGernsback #HGWells #Mars #WilliamLeigh

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