Varley's second story collection, originally published as The Barbie Murders. Picnic on Nearside won the 1980 Locus Award for Best Single-Author Collection. The title story, "Picnic on Nearside," was Varley's first sale.

Bagatelle

The Funhouse Effect

The Barbie Murders

Equinoctial

Manikins

Beatnik Bayou

Good-bye Robinson Caruso

Lollipop and the Tar Baby

Picnic on Nearside

Borderlands ● Mysterious Galaxy ● Other Change of Hobbit ● Powell’s ● Wrigley-Cross

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