The Barbie Murders (collection)

The Barbie Murders

First edition
Author	John Varley
Cover artist	David Plourde
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Berkley Books
Publication date	1980
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	260 pp
ISBN	0-425-04580-3
OCLC	6741261
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.V299 Pe PS3572.A724

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. ^[1]

Contents

The collection includes nine stories: ^[2]

• "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. ^[1]

Awards

The Barbie Murders won the 1981 Locus Award for Best Single-Author Collection. ^[3]

References

1. "Publication: The Barbie Murders". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. Varley, John (1980). The Barbie Murders.
3. "John Varley". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

External links

• The Barbie Murders title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database