Samuel R. Delany

Reading for Wednesdays @ 4Plus, University at Buffalo, April 1, 1998

Complete Reading (36:28): MP3

THE STAR-PIT

The 1967 radio production in four MP3 files:

• Part One (24.3 MB)
  
• Part Two (23.7 MB)
  
• Part Three (22.8 MB)
  
• Part Four (25.9 MB)

WARNING: The source tape (and this digitization) suffers from variable levels and occasional noise and clipping.

"Notes on The Star-Pit" by Samuel R. Delany

Produced by Baird Searles.
Production Assistant Neal Conan.
Directed by Daniel Landau.
Music and Sound Effects by Susan Schweers.
Technical Direction by David Rabkin and Ed Woodward.

The Star-Pit was first broadcast by
The Mind’s Eye Theater
over WBAI-FM,
in New York City,
November 1967

Announcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird Searles

Vyme (narrator) . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel R. Delany

Vyme’s Wife,
Golden Girl,
Allegra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randa Haynes

Ratlet,
Golden Boy,
Androcles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walter Harris

Vyme’s Husband,
Pilot,
Sandy,
Golden Man,
Sailor in Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Matts

Antonni,
Assorted Children . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Tanner

Vyme’s Mother,
Joseph,
Sailor in Bar,
Poloscki,
Lady from Carlson’s Lab . . . . . . Phoebe Wray

Please see also:

• Samuel R. Delany reads at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York as part of the Segue Reading Series
• "A Celebration of Hart Crane" featuring Samuel Delany

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 1967 and 2006 Samuel R. Delany. Used with permission of Samuel R. Delany. Distributed by PennSound. Files courtesy Pseudopodium, with thanks to Ray Davis.>