"The Barbie Murders"

Year for Search
1978
Secondary Title
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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Authoritarian dystopia set in a Barbie commune in which all are women and all look alike.

Volume / Edition
2.1
Pagination
14-44
Published Date

January-February 1978

ISSN Number
1065-6298
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Full Text

1978 Varley, John [Herbert] (b. 1947). “The Barbie Murders.” Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 2.1 (January-February 1978): 14-44. Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1979), 1-34; in his The Barbie Murders (New York: Berkley, 1980), 52-81; U.K. ed. (London: Futura, 1983), 52-81; book reissued as Picnic on Nearside (New York: Berkley, 1984), 52-81; and in Future Crime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come. Ed. Cynthia Manson and Charles Ardai (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1992), 165-91. MoU-St, PSt

Authoritarian dystopia set in a Barbie commune in which all are women and all look alike.

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Rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1979), 1-34; in his The Barbie Murders (New York: Berkley, 1980), 52-81; U.K. ed. (London: Futura, 1983), 52-81; book reissued as Picnic on Nearside (New York: Berkley, 1984), 52-81; and in Future Crime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come. Ed. Cynthia Manson and Charles Ardai (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1992), 165-91.

Author Note

(b. 1947)

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