The Star-Treader and Other Poems
Clark Ashton Smith
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Clark Ashton Smith, referred to as one of the big three of Weird Tales, was a romantic-style poet, a Lovecraftian-style writer and a literary friend of H.P Lovecraft. As a poet, he was considered one of the last great West Coast Romantics. The Star-Treader and Other Poems, published at the age of 19, was his first volume of poetry and his breakout hit. Summary by Mary Kay.
Cast List for The Masque of the Forsaken Gods:
Narrator and Aphrodite: Mary Kay
The Poet: Lucretia B.
The Philosopher, Apollo and Another Nymph: Rosslyn Carlyle
Jove and Pan: Jamie
Artemis: Jennifer Dallman
A Nymph: Greg Giordano
Ate and The Gods Together: Shakira Searle
Edited by: Mary Kay (2 hr 9 min)
Chapters
Nero | 6:09 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
Chant to Sirius | 1:46 | Read by Ken Masters |
The Star-Treader | 7:27 | Read by MaryAnn |
The Night Forest | 2:29 | Read by Ken Masters |
The Mad Wind / The Morning Pool / The Soul of the Sea | 2:57 | Read by Ken Masters |
Song to Oblivion | 1:22 | Read by Ken Masters |
Medusa | 3:29 | Read by Ken Masters |
Ode to the Abyss | 4:06 | Read by James Koss |
The Butterfly | 4:48 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Price / The Maze of Sleep / The Mystic Meaning | 1:45 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
Ode to Music | 4:07 | Read by Jairus Amar |
The Last Night | 1:10 | Read by Jairus Amar |
Ode to Imagination | 3:40 | Read by Jairus Amar |
The Wind and the Moon | 1:40 | Read by Jennifer Dallman |
Lament of the Stars | 6:46 | Read by Shakira Searle |
The Winds | 2:03 | Read by Shakira Searle |
A Sunset / The Snow-Blossoms / The Summer Moon | 1:50 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Cloud-Islands | 1:41 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Return of Hyperion | 1:42 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
Lethe | 1:13 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
Atlantis | 1:12 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Unrevealed | 1:10 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Eldritch Dark | 1:39 | Read by Shakira Searle |
The Cherry-Snows / Fairy Lanterns | 1:10 | Read by Jennifer Dallman |
Nirvana | 1:14 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Nemesis of Suns | 1:19 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
White Death | 1:09 | Read by drsxj |
Retrospect and Forecast | 1:15 | Read by drsxj |
Shadow of Nightmare | 1:12 | Read by drsxj |
The Song of a Comet | 3:16 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Retribution | 1:15 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
To the Darkness | 2:44 | Read by Jordan Heron |
A Dream of Beauty | 1:12 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Dream-Bridge / The Fugitives | 1:20 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
A Live Oak-Leaf / Pine Needles | 1:11 | Read by Jennifer Dallman |
To the Sun | 2:38 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
Averted Malefice | 1:14 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Medusa of the Skies | 1:17 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
A Dead City | 1:11 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Song of the Stars | 4:46 | Read by Shakira Searle |
Copan | 1:12 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
A Song of Dreams | 2:45 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
The Balance | 1:12 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
Saturn | 17:17 | Read by Rosslyn Carlyle |
Finis | 2:37 | Read by Shakira Searle |
The Masque of the Forsaken Gods | 9:16 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
dreadful readers. no poetry. terrible accents.
A LibriVox Listener
Most CAS fans read his poetry as a supplement of his great short stories written mostly a decade after his poetry flourished--and many prefer Ebony and Crystal to this poetry collection. His poetry and even his prose is deeply incluenced by the romantics, the decadents, and the fin de siecle aesthetes much more than the midernists. As a result, critics often pan his work, his word choice, and his themes in his poetry and prose. (The writer of the intro to a Bison collection of his tales told readers why CAS was a bad writer--way to prepare a reader) But readers who appreciate the skilled use of tradutional meter and believe poetry should embrace the fantastic and macabre fir their own sake have tended to ignore the critics. CAS later made a living as a sculptor specializing in the fantastic and macabre