More details available on the official site HERE.
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Category: Audio Drama
The Star Pit by Samuel R. Delany
“In 1967, WBAI produced a two-hour radio dramatization of Samuel R. Delany’s first short piece [a novelette] of SF, ‘The Star-Pit’, with narration by Delany himself.” That broadcast is STILL available as 4 FREE MP3s, all of which are downloadable HERE, along with a fascinating article chronicling the radio drama’s production history. Enjoy!
The Star Pit
By Samuel R. Delany; Perfomed by a Full Cast
4 MP3 Files – Approx. 2 Hours [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: Mind’s Eye Theater / WBAI FM New York
Broadcast: 1967
A tale of loneliness and difference, about grounded workers who service the starships that will travel the galaxy. First published in Worlds of Tomorrow, February 1967.
All four parts:
Part One (24.3 MB)
Part Two (23.7 MB)
Part Three (22.8 MB)
Part Four (25.9 MB)
Performers: Samuel R. Delany, Baird Searles, Randa Haynes, Walter Harris, Jerry Matts, Joan Tanner and Phoebe Wray.
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
[this post is an update on one from 2006]
Posted by Jesse Willis
Northern Lights Radio Theater: The Lost Elevator
Here’s a 23 minute adaptation of The Lost Elevator, a 1931 one act play about an assortment of characters stuck between floors in a skyscraper’s express elevator.
Here’s the trailer:
And here’s the full show:
[Thanks Daniel!]
Posted by Jesse Willis
BBC + RA.cc: Gaiman, Aldiss, Baczkiewicz, Byrnes
Here are links to four recent BBC programs. Myself, I’ve heard most of Neverwhere, and it’s terrific so far, but the others look pretty promising too.
Which have you heard? And what do you think?
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere adapted by Dirk Maggs [AUDIO DRAMA]
Hothouse by Brian Aldiss; read by Gareth Thomas
Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz – Series 4 [AUDIO DRAMA] (Comments contain links to Series 1 to 3)
White Snow by Frances Byrnes [AUDIO DRAMA]
[Thanks Bob!]
Posted by Jesse Willis
Mark Time and Ogle Award deadline approaching!
The deadline for the 16th Annual Mark Time Awards for Science Fiction Audio theater, and the Ogle Awards for Fantasy & Horror Audio Theater is coming right up!
It’s March 1, 2013.
Producers who created a new SF or Fantasy audio story in 2012 are encouraged to enter. They can find such information HERE.
Awards will be presented at Convergence, in Minneapolis, MN, on July 4, 2013.
Last year many of the winners were able to attend the ceremony, some from as far away as London and South Africa. Creators of the awards – Jerry Stearns, David Ossman, and Richard Fish were all in attendance, as well as four of the five judges.
At that same convention, Convergence, there’s something else special for audio dramatists too: The War of the Worlds 75th Anniversary Audio Contest. Sponsored by the Convergence, Aural Stage Productions and Final Rune Productions, with actual prizes in the form of high-tech audio software from iZotope.
Posted by Jesse Willis