Talk:Black Destroyer

Citation problem
Re:

The reception section confused me, because how could Drake and Flint be commenting on a story at the time it was published? The answer is that the link does not go to a copy of the original article, as the citation implies. What you should do is some cite book-compatible version of this:


 * van Vogt, Alfred E. "Black Destroyer." pp. XX–XX. In David Drake, Eric Flint, and Jim Baen, eds. The World Turned Upside Down. Riverdale, NY: Baen Books, 2005. First published in Astounding, July 1939.

I can't read the full Google copy, so I'm relying on you for the page range. :-) Citation eight needs that page range too, along with the separate referenced story in citation seven. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:24, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Ping . Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:25, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Inspired
Not sure I can see great congruence between this story and Alien, but a Star Trek original story features a shape shifter which in its natural state had limbs with suction cups used to remove all salt from humans which it attacked. Seems a closer match? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.41.97 (talk) 13:59, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That was The Man Trap. This story has inspired several such derivatives.  See What hast thou wrought? for an account of them ... Andrew D. (talk) 14:14, 15 November 2016 (UTC)