"The Barbie Murders"
| Title | "The Barbie Murders" |
| Year for Search | 1978 |
| Authors | Varley, John [Herbert](b. 1947) |
| Secondary Title | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
| Volume / Edition | 2.1 |
| Pagination | 14-44 |
| Date Published | January-February 1978 |
| ISSN Number | 1065-6298 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Authoritarian dystopia set in a Barbie commune in which all are women and all look alike. |
| Additional Publishers | 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. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St, PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1947) |
| 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; Authoritarian dystopia set in a Barbie commune in which all are women and all look alike. |
