Review of Sentinels Vols. 1-3 by Mark S. Halegua Intrigue, humor, paranormal humans, aliens, androids, paranormal aliens, robots, mystery, amnesia, other planets, other galaxies, other dimensions, betrayal, cosmic villains, and battles, battles, battles. All of these are in Van Allen Plexico’s first trilogy of the Sentinels. From the first book through the third in this…
ALL PULP NEWSSTAND BULLDOG EDITION 2/2/11 PULP FACTORY AWARDS BALLOT SET, VOTING BEGINS! The Pulp Factory, an online mailing list founded and administered by Ron Fortier, noted comic and pulp author, announces its second year of voting for the PULP FACTORY AWARDS. These awards cover four categories and nominations are made by members of the…
PARKER, Part 1: First ImpressionsVan Allen Plexico In this series of articles, Van Allen Plexico explores the history of Richard Stark’s (Donald E. Westlake’s) criminal pulp noir character, “Parker,” in his many appearances across various media. In this first installment, we discover Parker’s origins and earliest appearances.When we first meet Parker, we see him as…
All Pulp’s Van Allen Plexico interview AP: Tell us a little about yourself and your pulp interests. VP: I’m a college professor living in southern Illinois but originally from Alabama. I’ve been writing and editing professionally for about six years, but I’ve been writing stories as far back as before kindergarten. For as long as…
You may have heard that the Pulp Factory’s Second Annual Awards for excellence in the new pulps are coming up early in 2011. That means we members of the Factory have to be figuring out what we think the best pulp novel, short story, cover illustration, and set of interior illustrations from 2010 have been,…
