The Barbie Murders (collection)

The Barbie Murders is a 1980 collection of science fiction stories by American writer John Varley. The book was republished under the title Picnic on Nearside in 1984.

Contents

The collection includes nine stories:

• "Bagatelle", originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1976
• "The Funhouse Effect", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1976
• "The Barbie Murders", originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1978
• "Equinoctial", originally published in Ascents of Wonder, 1977
• "Manikins", originally published in Amazing Stories, January 1976
• "Beatnik Bayou", originally published in New Voices III, 1980
• "Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe", originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Spring 1977
• "Lollipop and the Tar Baby", originally published in Orbit 19, 1977
• "Picnic on Nearside", originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1974

All of the stories but "Manikins" take place in Varley's Eight Worlds future history.

Awards

The Barbie Murders won the 1981 Locus Award for Best Single-Author Collection.

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