Bill Pragnell wrote:
> (my biggest SF gripe with the Alien series: what
> on earth does the critter eat, to get man-sized in a matter of hours/days?)

See, that's exactly the kind of thing I was talking about. You don't see it 
happen, so you complain. (Not the personal "you" there.)

Clearly the alien got into the food stores that were stocked away for a 
multi-year mining mission. It wasn't eating the people, so where else would 
it get food?

I liked how the human shape was explained as the alien taking on some of the 
characteristics of the host, tho.

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