Picnic on Nearside

Varley’s second story collection, originally published as The Barbie Murders and Other Stories in 1980.

Picnic on Nearside won the 1980 Locus Award for Best Single-Author Collection.

The title story, “Picnic on Nearside,” was Varley’s first sale.

Contents

• Bagatelle
• The Funhouse Effect
• The Barbie Murders
• Equinoctial
• Manikins
• Beatnik Bayou
• Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe
• Lollipop and the Tar Baby
• Picnic on Nearside