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<blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 706271" data-attributes="member: 6957">Etch! You caught me away from my S.F. collection for a week or so, this is from memory. If I had read this even a few hours sooner I could have given you quotes from the story.The description was a large six legged black catlike being with tentacles ending in rough pads rising from its shoulders. It was never quite where it appeared to be, weapons missing it as a result. (No not just hard to hit, but the creature appearing 'displaced'. Unlike the displacer beast the creature feeds off of the id as well as the flesh of its victims.While the word displaced was used in describing the beast's ability at no time is it refered to as a 'displacer beast.'The story is part of the book 'Voyage of the Space Beagle', available as an e-book from Amazon.com. The story 'Black Destroyer' was the first one published for van Vogt (1912 - 2000) and was only later added to the book 'Voyage of the Space Beagle'&nbsp; (1951). Much of van Vogt's work seems a bit dated now, largely consisting of 'here's the monster, now what do we do?' situations, but they are still fun reads. I recommend 'Voyage of the Space Beagle' and 'The Weapons Shops of Isher' in particular.The Auld Grump, who did some digging online while writing this reply....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheAuldGrump, post: 706271, member: 6957"] Etch! You caught me away from my S.F. collection for a week or so, this is from memory. If I had read this even a few hours sooner I could have given you quotes from the story. The description was a large six legged black catlike being with tentacles ending in rough pads rising from its shoulders. It was never quite where it appeared to be, weapons missing it as a result. (No not just hard to hit, but the creature appearing 'displaced'. Unlike the displacer beast the creature feeds off of the id as well as the flesh of its victims. While the word displaced was used in describing the beast's ability at no time is it refered to as a 'displacer beast.' The story is part of the book 'Voyage of the Space Beagle', available as an e-book from Amazon.com. The story 'Black Destroyer' was the first one published for van Vogt (1912 - 2000) and was only later added to the book 'Voyage of the Space Beagle' (1951). Much of van Vogt's work seems a bit dated now, largely consisting of 'here's the monster, now what do we do?' situations, but they are still fun reads. I recommend 'Voyage of the Space Beagle' and 'The Weapons Shops of Isher' in particular. The Auld Grump, who did some digging online while writing this reply.... [/QUOTE]

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