Publication: Picnic on Nearside

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Publication: Picnic on NearsidePublication Record # 123301
Author: John Varley
Date: 1984-08-00
ISBN: 0-425-07120-0 [978-0-425-07120-5]
Publisher: Berkley Books
Price:
$2.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 260
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: Picnic on Nearside by Barclay Shaw
Notes:
- "Second printing / August 1984"; no number line
- First printing was under the title The Barbie Murders
- "Cover illustration by Barclay Shaw" on copyright page, the artwork also has his initials
- $3.25 in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 11554615

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Collection Title: Picnic on Nearside • collection by John Varley (variant of The Barbie Murders 1980)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Bagatelle • [Anna-Louise Bach] • (1976) • novelette by John Varley
26 • The Funhouse Effect • [Eight Worlds] • (1976) • novelette by John Varley
52 • The Barbie Murders • [Anna-Louise Bach] • (1978) • novelette by John Varley
82 • Equinoctial • [Eight Worlds] • (1977) • novella by John Varley
132 • Manikins • (1976) • short story by John Varley
146 • Beatnik Bayou • [Eight Worlds] • (1980) • novelette by John Varley
182 • Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe • [Eight Worlds] • (1977) • novelette by John Varley
213 • Lollipop and the Tar Baby • [Eight Worlds] • (1977) • novelette by John Varley
236 • Picnic on Nearside • [Eight Worlds] • (1974) • novelette by John Varley

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Rudam	2007-02-10 04:12:05	Permanent	2022-09-04
BLongley	2009-11-19 16:01:25	Permanent	2013-12-03
Bluesman	2013-06-13 21:48:55	Permanent	2018-12-28
Don Erikson	2014-12-17 00:02:05	Permanent	2020-03-29
Dirk P Broer	2017-08-15 05:29:05	Permanent	2022-09-04

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2013-06-13 21:48:55
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2013-06-13 21:48:55
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
Locus1	Verified	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26
Reginald3	Verified	Bluesman	2013-06-13 21:48:55
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2010-08-04 17:52:26

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