A collection of dystopian short stories to be released in April will include "Pasha Malla’s hilarious take on the apocalypse, where Prince is the only man left alive." http://www.dmpibooks.com/book/darwin

I know little else about the book, story or author other than the first line of the piece is “ ‘I wouldn’t fuck [the symbol Prince changed his name to] if he was the last man on Earth,’ Sonya told her friends, drunk and searing with challenge, that New Year’s eve before the end” according to the very complimentary review I found at the Globe & Mail's website: http://www.theglobeandmai...le1513441/

I rarely read fiction these days, but William Gibson is one of the authors featured in the collection and I used to be quite a big fan of his, so I think I'm intrigued enough to place an order.
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That's a great first line. That has to be in your book collection. Hell, I'll order one!

I'm not gonna pay for the whole book just to read one story, but if anyone does buy it please let me know if "1999" is any good.

Update - It's up for pre-order on Amazon for $11.43! They say the release date is May 1.

http://www.amazon.com/Dar...1553654927

Why the hell does the publisher charge nearly twice as much???

I just may have to buy this, after all.
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bluefish said:

1999 turns out to be uneventful year. Chapter 7 which includes the year 3121 is a must have to read, its the year Prince heirs finally takes possesion of the Warners Catalog and as a thank you gesture to his long gone fans they release LOVESEXY DORTMUND SHOW on Virtual Dimension and VD Purple Ray.

Sounds interesting. It would be funy if it ended like that Twilight Zone epsisode with the guy who loves to read and broke his glasses. Prince finally creates an album better than Sign 'O the Times, but no one's around to hear it.

damo!