Mastodawn

And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it...
Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/raised-tube/

Interesting. Unlike other "War of the Worlds" art I've seen, these Martians appear NOT to be inside of some sort of battle engine.

It occurs to me that I've never actually read WOTW, only seen movie versions. Add it to my "want to read" list. 😉

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