Sci-Fi Need help on old SCI-FI short story

[CLEAR EYE]

Years (40) ago I read a SCI-FI short story that was in an anthology. It involved aliens coming to Earth and encountering progressively more advanced humans through time travel. The aliens destroyed each encountered human until the last one who was so mentally advanced that he immediately recognized the alien threat and destroyed the aliens.

Does anyone remember or know where this short story came from. The author was a prominent SCI-FI writer.

Clear Eye

 

[Martian]

That DOES sound like a great story!

 

[DannyMcg]

Hello
The story you are seeking is
"The Monster" by A E Van Vogt

The Monster (short story) - Wikipedia

 

[Kevin]

Hello
The story you are seeking is
"The Monster" by A E Van Vogt

The Monster (short story) - Wikipedia

That's actually a pretty interesting story.

 

[sci-fi-dude]

2013, I reckon he's gone by now....

 

[Kevin]

2013, I reckon he's gone by now....

It's OK, I still appreciate @DannyMcg giving the answer as it was an interesting read.

Prospero's Isle - "The Monster" (1948) - A. E. van Vogt's best short story (the full text)

 

[Tom]

2013, I reckon he's gone by now....

You completely missed the intent of the discussion at this point...

 

[Malcolm]

Help - I trying to recall an old si fi book probably from the 80s - it was set in a dystopian future shades of 1984 - the working class protagonist becomes an accidental hero - but what’s sticks in my memeory is all food is produced from giant cell cultures - and the access to the rebels base is hidden behind a giant ‘chicken’ from which slabs of meat are periodically removed - ring any bells?

 

[sci-fi-dude]

I know of the film 1984, John Hurt was in it. Funny thing back in 1984 I didn't think today would ever be like it, LOL!