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Wells was pleased with William Leigh's paintings of Martian life. He felt confident that future renderings of Martians and other celestial aliens would be bound by scientific evidence. Henceforth, he wrote, we will be "forbidden by definite knowledge to adopt any foolish hobgoblin or any artistic ideal that comes into our heads and call it a Martian."
-- <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.illustration-art-solutions.com/science-fiction-illustration.html">"Science Fiction Illustration: An Artist's View of Life on Mars"</a>, Illustration Art Solutions, 2010, 2014
First published in Cosmopolitan, March 1908 (v44 n4, (c) 1907), p334-42, with illustrations by William R. Leigh Digital copy (p334) at HathiTrust Digital Library
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| March 1908 |
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Cosmopolitan Magazine, March 1908 | International Magazine Company | MAGAZINE | 334 |
| March 2013 |
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The War of the Worlds | Baen Books | Collection | |3 |