Blake Pitcher
@blakepitcher.bsky.social
I teach communication, media and design at a community college. And proud of it! Also known to write the occasional book.
https://writing.blakepitcher.com
https://writing.blakepitcher.com
Honored to make an appearance in the local newspaper... For good reasons!
www.romesentinel.com/news/herkime...
www.romesentinel.com/news/herkime...
Herkimer College professor publishes new novel, 'The Bird Room'
Herkimer County Community College Professor Blake Pitcher has released a new novel, ‘The Bird Room,’ blending rural themes with supernatural fiction.
www.romesentinel.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Honored to make an appearance in the local newspaper... For good reasons!
www.romesentinel.com/news/herkime...
www.romesentinel.com/news/herkime...
The idea for this novel came to me 28 years ago. After working on it for the last seven years, it's time to publish it and move on. To let go.
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The idea for this novel came to me 28 years ago. After working on it for the last seven years, it's time to publish it and move on. To let go.
My co-worker's art show at MVCA in Little Falls looks amazing.
May 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My co-worker's art show at MVCA in Little Falls looks amazing.
The Control Revolution by Andrew Shapiro (1999). Read this in grad school, and must admit I was pretty naive. I described the chapter on 'Narrowing Our Horizons" as "unlikely." Boy, was I wrong!
Had been thinking about this book recently, and a revisit finds it (in my mind) startling prescient.
Had been thinking about this book recently, and a revisit finds it (in my mind) startling prescient.
May 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Control Revolution by Andrew Shapiro (1999). Read this in grad school, and must admit I was pretty naive. I described the chapter on 'Narrowing Our Horizons" as "unlikely." Boy, was I wrong!
Had been thinking about this book recently, and a revisit finds it (in my mind) startling prescient.
Had been thinking about this book recently, and a revisit finds it (in my mind) startling prescient.
Just delivered. After working through the essential Jack Vance (Dying Earth, Cugel, Demon Princes, Lyonesse, et al.) I have arrived at Throy, the final book in the Cadwal trilogy.
April 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just delivered. After working through the essential Jack Vance (Dying Earth, Cugel, Demon Princes, Lyonesse, et al.) I have arrived at Throy, the final book in the Cadwal trilogy.
Oliver Twist. My most recent Charles Dickens read. This 1898 edition isn't in perfect shape, but for twenty cents from the Cazenovia Library book sale, it's difficult to beat the hours of entertainment it provided. Reading Dickens, the language is thick at first, but the effort fades away...
April 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Oliver Twist. My most recent Charles Dickens read. This 1898 edition isn't in perfect shape, but for twenty cents from the Cazenovia Library book sale, it's difficult to beat the hours of entertainment it provided. Reading Dickens, the language is thick at first, but the effort fades away...
Burn by Peter Heller is what I would call literary apocalypse fiction. This book was a recent gift, and as a signed first edition, may be the fanciest book I own. Simultaneously a likely/not likely story that's really about the people inhabiting it.
April 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Burn by Peter Heller is what I would call literary apocalypse fiction. This book was a recent gift, and as a signed first edition, may be the fanciest book I own. Simultaneously a likely/not likely story that's really about the people inhabiting it.
Excerpt from Snow Crash (1992) by Stephenson. My shabby highlight job. Heck, you could probably just highlight the whole book. There's a lot of good words.
April 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Excerpt from Snow Crash (1992) by Stephenson. My shabby highlight job. Heck, you could probably just highlight the whole book. There's a lot of good words.
A senior audit student recommended Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) to me. He was a fantastic participant in a small, strange photo class. We were talking about science fiction and I asked him if he had any suggestions. This edition from the library has beautiful typography.
March 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A senior audit student recommended Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) to me. He was a fantastic participant in a small, strange photo class. We were talking about science fiction and I asked him if he had any suggestions. This edition from the library has beautiful typography.
Working my way through Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson on the recommendation of a friend. Little late to the game as it was originally published in 1992. Notable for coining the term 'Metaverse' and other concepts Silicon Valley is striving to make reality.. This is SciFi creating the future...
March 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Working my way through Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson on the recommendation of a friend. Little late to the game as it was originally published in 1992. Notable for coining the term 'Metaverse' and other concepts Silicon Valley is striving to make reality.. This is SciFi creating the future...