Davy Stone

Mentioned but unseen successful singer on the Muzik, Inc. record label, from Norman Spinrad's 1987 rock 'n' roll sci-fi novel Little Heroes. He's a real, flesh and blood artist, but his label is now pushing virtual, or AP (artificial personality) rock stars created by the record company.

He had gotten to the party at Davy Stone's by the happy fluke of running into Stone's manager, Marty Beckman, as he had emerged from Billy Beldock's office after getting the big news from the president of Muzik, Inc., himself. Bobby had worked on one of Stone's discs a couple of years ago,the last one that shipped gold, in point of fact, and Beckman, upon seeing him emerge from a private séance with Beldock himself, had deigned to remember him.

"Bobby ... ah"

"Rubin."

"Right, you played the image organ on . . ."

"Streets of Strangers."

"Yeah, hey, that was good stuff. ..."

"Last disc of Davy Stone's to ship gold."

Beckman's ebullience narrowed a bit, and he eyed Bobby speculatively. "Yeah,well just between you and me, the songs they've been giving Davy lately suck, and the visuals have been amateur night."