MULTIPLEX: The Collected Stories of Van Allen Plexico

by Van Allen Plexico

This massive omnibus volume (700+ pages!) collects all of Van Allen Plexico's short and medium-length pulp fiction published between 2006-2013, plus excerpts from two novels. Sherlock Holmes, the Griffon, Hawk, the Sentinels, Lucian, Monster Aces, Danger People, Mars McCoy, John Blackthorn, Gideon Cain and more great heroes and villains populate the pages of this huge tome.
Introduction by Ron Fortier.
"If adventure has another name, it must be Van Allen Plexico." --DAVID MICHELINIE, writer of AVENGERS, IRON MAN, and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

726 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 14, 2013

About the author

Van Allen Plexico has written a dozen novels and contributed to at least that many anthologies, but is best known for his popular and critically-acclaimed SENTINELS superhero novels, as well as the two-time Novel of the Year Finalist LORDS OF FIRE and its sequels in the "Shattering" space opera series. In the realm of nonfiction, he co-wrote the best-selling DECADES OF DOMINANCE and SEASON OF OUR DREAMS books about Auburn football and created the ASSEMBLED! books, exploring the history of Marvel’s AVENGERS comics. He writes and edits for numerous publishers including Airship 27, Pro Se Press, Permuted/Swarm Press, Maple Street Press, New Babel Books, Adamant, and White Rocket, along with occasional columns for RevolutionSF.com and the War Eagle Reader. He serves as an Associate Professor at Southwestern Illinois College.

Reviews

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had felt attracted towards Plexico's writings after encountering them in various anthologies covering new Pulp and others. This huge collection contains almost all such stories penned by the author.
Unfortunately, with his obsessive focus on American comic-style characters displaying rather monochromatic natures, the charm wore thin. Most importantly, lack of humour made the set rather dour, forcing me to plod through it— a cardinal sin in terms of pulp.
Nevertheless, it contains enough stories to last several dark evenings. Therefore, if you are so inclined, this book wouldn’t be a very bad choice.
Your call.