Rory Barnes Rory Barnes i(A12132 works by) (birth name: Keith Rory Barnes)
Born: Established: 1946 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1956
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1 4 y separately published work icon Night Vision Rory Barnes , Sydney : ABC Books , 2006 Z1357460 2006 single work novel young adult
1 y separately published work icon The Hunger of Time Damien Broderick , Rory Barnes , New York (City) : E-Reads , 2003 Z1161137 2003 single work novel
1 Ghosting Rory Barnes , 2002 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Tricks and Traps 2002; (p. 5-18)
1 y separately published work icon Rory Barnes Rory Barnes , Unley : Rory Barnes , 2002- Z951147 2002- website Contains a bibliography and short autobiography.
1 3 y separately published work icon Horsehead Soup Rory Barnes , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2000 Z764688 2000 single work novel young adult science fiction

'In Horsehead Boy Spud was a brain in a vat, until he stole someone else's body. In Horsehead Man he took a human horse to the racetrack and caused total chaos. But when Spud and the horse fell into a tank of liquid nitrogen they were frozen solid for years and years. Now in Horsehead Soup, the horse, Spud and their two mad brain surgeon mates have all woken up in the future only to discover they are exhibits in a Year 2000 theme park. History was never this weird!!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Tournament of Minds Rory Barnes , 2000 single work children's fiction science fiction
— Appears in: School Daze 2000; (p. 5-18)
1 Just a Natural Freak Rory Barnes , 1999 single work children's fiction children's science fiction
— Appears in: It Came from the Lab 1999; It Came from the Lab 2000;
1 5 y separately published work icon Stuck in Fast Forward Damien Broderick , Rory Barnes , Pymble : Voyager , 1999 Z794648 1999 single work novel young adult science fiction humour
1 3 y separately published work icon Horsehead Man Rory Barnes , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1999 Z764685 1999 single work novel young adult science fiction

'Human brain - horse's body. When a bunch of crims meet on the cutting edge of science, anything goes! the totally hilarious sequel to Horsehead Boy. Spud Wilson is now a 16 year old brain in Bluey Doig's adult body. He's got a bike shop and shares a place with Rachel and Gazza, now qualified neurosurgeons. Bluey had a shonky business deal going with his mates, who now turn up and kidnap him. When they realise they have Spud, not Bluey, they're delighted. The original scam was to divert Spud's brain from Snood's lab, put it in a racehorse called Staxa Fun and clean up at the track. With Rachel and Gazza's help they can still do it. The mates also run a cryonics business and Rachel, Gazza, Spud and Staxa Fun all end up frozen in the cryonics vat. They wake up much MUCH later - but that's another story.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 4 y separately published work icon The Book of Revelation Rory Barnes , Damien Broderick , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1999 Z470254 1999 single work novel science fiction humour

'Daimon's story begins in the 1970s in country Victoria where he meets his wife in a car crash. They travel the world making films, taking photos and writing books. Every so often Daimon is abducted by aliens who experiment on him and impart knowledge to help him search for the meaning of life.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Horsehead Trilogy Rory Barnes , 1998-2000 1998-2000 series - author novel young adult science fiction
1 3 y separately published work icon Horsehead Boy Rory Barnes , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1998 Z764682 1998 single work novel young adult science fiction

'Spud Wilson is the terror of the track. But he stacks his BMX and dies. Dies? Not quite. A pair of feral brain surgeons bring Spud back from the brink. A hilarious tale of a young boy with absolutely no respect for the great minds of science, who helps the course of true love and makes a new man of himself at the same time.'

*Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 10 y separately published work icon Zones Damien Broderick , Rory Barnes , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997 Z493945 1997 single work novel young adult science fiction 'Jenny's slightly mixed-up adolescent life is disturbed greatly by a phone call from 1965! Questions of time and alternate realities are the result'. Source: bookseller's website.
1 7 y separately published work icon Water from the Moon Rory Barnes , James Birrell , Ringwood : Penguin , 1989 Z309937 1989 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon The Bomb-Monger's Daughter Rory Barnes , Adelaide : Rigby , 1984 Z358415 1984 single work novel
1 4 y separately published work icon Valencies Rory Barnes , Damien Broderick , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1983 Z349803 1983 single work novel science fiction
1 Untitled Rory Barnes , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: National Times , 11-17 July 1982; (p. 22)

— Review of Pacific Highway Michael Wilding , 1982 single work novel
1 Pubescent Smut Lowers the Tone Something Wonderful Rory Barnes , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 24-30 October 1982; (p. 22)

— Review of My Blue-Checker Corker and Me Paul Radley , 1982 single work novel
1 Hook's Mission on the Mountain Rory Barnes , 1982 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 13-19 June 1982; (p. 23)

— Review of Hook's Mountain James McQueen , 1982 single work novel
1 Perspectives of Contemporary Life Rory Barnes , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 13-19 September 1981; (p. 42)

— Review of Sequences from the Seventies : three works of fiction Ken Linnett , 1981 selected work short story
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