Horsehead Trilogy series - author   novel   young adult   science fiction  
First known date: 1998-2000 Issue Details: First known date: 1998-2000... 1998-2000 Horsehead Trilogy
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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.

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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.

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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.

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