IIRC, both Tweel (the "long-nosed ostrich people who leap 75 feet, land on their beaks") and the "barrel-shaped monster... a food-pill-maker which spends its time gathering trash and converting it to food" are from "A Martian Odyssey."
However, I've maintained for some time that Tweel is not from Mars. He even says so, though the narrator never figures it out. The narrator diagrams the solar system, showing his route from Earth to Mars. Tweel responds by backing up a tremendous distance, leaping into the air, and landing on his nose right in the diagram.
Conclusion: he's an interstellar traveler, possibly a castaway. Unfortunately, his human Man Friday gets rescued, so he's still out there on Mars, waiting for his ride home.
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Date: 2010-05-05 02:10 pm (UTC)However, I've maintained for some time that Tweel is not from Mars. He even says so, though the narrator never figures it out. The narrator diagrams the solar system, showing his route from Earth to Mars. Tweel responds by backing up a tremendous distance, leaping into the air, and landing on his nose right in the diagram.
Conclusion: he's an interstellar traveler, possibly a castaway. Unfortunately, his human Man Friday gets rescued, so he's still out there on Mars, waiting for his ride home.