| "Black Destroyer" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by A. E. van Vogt | |
 Cover story painting by Graves Gladney | |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Astounding SF |
| Publisher | Street & Smith |
| Publication date | July 1939 |
"Black Destroyer" is a science fiction short story by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt, first published in Astounding SF in July 1939. It has been marked as the story that represents the start of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.[1]
"Black Destroyer" was combined with several other short stories to form the novel The Voyage of the Space Beagle. It was claimed as an inspiration for the movie Alien and van Vogt collected an out-of-court settlement of $50,000 from 20th Century Fox.[2][3]
- ^ Ketterer 1992, p. 45.
- ^ Ketterer 1992, p. 47.
- ^ Decker 2016, p. 31.