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] The collection includes nine stories:[2] All of the stories but "Manikins" take place in Varley's Eight Worlds future history.

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

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