Luis Philip Senarens (geboren am 24. April 1863 in New York City; gestorben am 26. Dezember 1939 ebenda) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, bekannt durch zahlreiche Groschenromane (dime novels) mit den Abenteuern der jugendlichen Erfinder Frank Reade, Jr. und Jack Wright.
Leben Senarens studierte Rechtswissenschaft am St. John’s College in Brooklyn und machte dort einen Abschluss. Er hatte schon mit 16 Jahren zu schreiben und Geschichten zu verkaufen begonnen und übernahm in den 1880er Jahren die bei Frank Tousey Publications erscheinende Reihe Frank Reade, Jr. Es handelte sich um eine Groschenheftreihe um einen jugendlichen Erfinder und seine abenteuerlichen Reisen rund um die Welt in allen möglichen Arten von Luftschiffen, Unterseeboote etc., bei denen dann öfters verlorene Welten bzw. Rassen entdeckt werden und/oder diversen Schurken das Handwerk gelegt wird. Ab 1891 schrieb er parallel ähnlich strukturierte Geschichten mit dem Protagonisten Jack Wright. In der Encyclopedia of Science Fiction wird die Reihe folgendermaßen beurteilt:
Insgesamt hat Senarens vielleicht 2000 Geschichten geschrieben und ist damit einer der produktivsten Vielschreiber in den Anfängen der Science-Fiction. Er wurde als der „amerikanische Jules Verne“ bezeichnet, was nicht ganz falsch ist, denn so unterschiedlich die literarischen Qualitäten sein mögen, so ähnlich sind sich Verne und Senarens in ihren Themen, was es zum Beispiel erlaubte, dieselbe Illustration für Geschichten von Verne und Senarens zu verwenden – wie etwa in dem stark an Verne angelehnten Frank Reade, Jr. and His Queen Clipper of the Clouds (1890), dessen Illustration dann teilweise wieder für Vernes Maître du monde (1904) gebraucht wurden.J. Randolph Cox: Senarens, Luis P(hilip). In: Noelle Watson, Paul E. Schellinger: Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers. St. James Press, Chicago 1991, ISBN 1-55862-111-3, S. 707. Die Reihe der Frank-Reade-Romane wurde ab 1979 in zehn Bänden als The Frank Reade Library nachgedruckt, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Everett Franklin Bleiler.
1904 wurde Senarens Redakteur bei Frank Tousey, ab 1913 war er Redakteur von Moving Picture Stories Weekly, 1923 ging er in den Ruhestand.
Senarens hatte 1895 geheiratet und aus der Ehe einen Sohn und eine Tochter. 1939 ist er im Alter von 76 Jahren gestorben.
Bibliografie Frank Reade, Jr. Frank Reade, Jr. and His Steam Wonder (1884) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Boat (1884) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Adventures with His Latest Invention (1884) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Airship (1884) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Marvel; or, Above and Below Water (1884) Frank Reade, Jr. in the Clouds (1885) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Great Electric Tricycle and What He Did for Charity (1885) Frank Reade, Jr., and His Airship in Africa (1885) Across the Continent on Wings; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Greatest Flight (1886) Frank Reade, Jr. Exploring Mexico in His New Airship (1886) The Electric Man; or, Frank Reade, Jr. in Australia (1887) The Electric Horse; or, Frank Reade, Jr. and His Father in Search of the Lost Treasure of the Peruvians (1888) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Race Through the Clouds (1888) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Team; or, In Search of a Missing Man (1888) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for a Sunken Ship; or, Working for the Government (1889) Frank Reade, Jr. in the Far West; or, The Search for a Lost Gold Mine (1890) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Queen Clipper of the Clouds (1890) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Monitor of the Deep; or, Helping a Friend in Need (1890) Frank Reade, Jr. Exploring a River of Mystery (1890) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Air Yacht; or, The Great Inventor among the Aztecs (1891) Frank Reade, Jr. in a Sea of Sand and His Discovery of a Lost People (1891) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Greyhound of the Air; or, The Search for the Mountain of Gold (1891) From Pole to Pole; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Strange Submarine Voyage (1891) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Coach; or, The Search for the Isle of Diamonds (1891) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Airship in Asia; or, A Flight Across the Steppes (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Ice Boat; or, Lost in the Land of Crimson Snow (1892) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Cyclone; or, Thrilling Adventures in No Man’s Land (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Man; or, The Young Inventor’s Trip to the Far West (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Man in No Man’s Land; or, On a Mysterious Trail (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Man in Central America (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Man in Texas; or, Chasing the Train Robbers (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Man in Mexico; or, Hot Work Among the Greasers (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Man Chasing a Gang of “Rustlers”; or, Wild Adventures in Montana (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. and His New Steam Horse; or, The Search for a Million Dollars (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Horse among the Cowboys; or, The League of the Plains (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Horse in the Great American Desert; or, The Sandy Trail of Death (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Horse and the Mystery of the Underground Ranch (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Horse in Search of an Ancient Mine (1892) Frank Reade, Jr. with His New Steam Horse in the North-West; or, Wild Adventures among the Blackfeet (1892) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Air Canoe; or, The Search for the Valley of Diamonds (1892) Frank Reade, Jr.’s New Electric Submarine Boat “The Explorer”; or, To the North Pole under the Ice (1893) Frank Reade, Jr.’s New Electric Van; or, Hunting Wild Animals in the Jungles of India (1893) Frank Reade, Jr.’s “White Cruiser” of the Clouds; or, The Search for the Dog-Faced Men (1893) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Deep Sea Diver the “Tortoise”; or, The Search for a Sunken Island (1893) Frank Reade, Jr.’s New Electric Terror the “Thunderer”; or, The Search for the Tartar’s Captive (1893) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Air-Ship (1893) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Latest Air Wonder the “Kite”; or, A Six Weeks’ Flight Over the Andes (1893) Frank Reade, Jr.’s New Electric Invention the “Warrior”; or, Fighting the Apaches in Arizona (1893) Frank Reade, Jr.’s “Sea Serpent”; or, The Search for Sunken Gold (1893) Fighting the Slave Hunters; or, Frank Reade, Jr. in Central Africa (1893) Around the World Under Water; or, The Wonderful Cruise of a Submarine Boat (1893) Lost in the Land of Fire; or, Across the Pampas in the Electric Turret (1893) Six Weeks in the Great Whirlpool; or, Strange Adventures in a Submarine Boat (1893) Chased Across the Sahara; or, The Bedouins’ Captive (1893) The Mystic Brand; or, Frank Reade, Jr. and His Overland Stage upon the Staked Plains (1893) Frank Reade, Jr. and His New Torpedo Boat; or, At War with the Brazilian Rebels (1893) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Magnetic Gun-Carriage; or, Working for the US (1893) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Engine of the Clouds; or, Chased Around the World in the Sky (1893) The Sunken Pirate; or, Frank Reade, Jr. in Search of Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea (1893) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Air-Boat; or, Hunting Wild Beasts for a Circus (1893) The Black Range; or, Frank Reade, Jr. among the Cowboys with His New Electric Caravan (1894) From Zone to Zone; or, The Wonderful Trip of Frank Reade, Jr. with His Latest Air-Ship (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Prairie Schooner; or, Fighting the Mexican Horse Thieves (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Cruiser of the Lakes; or, A Journey Through Africa by Water (1894) Sir Weeks in the Clouds; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Air-Ship, The Thunderbolt of the Skies (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Air Racer: or, Around the Globe in Thirty Days (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Flying Ice Ship; or, Driven Adrift in the Frozen Sky (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Sea Engine; or, Hunting for a Sunken Diamond Mine (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. Exploring a Submarine Mountain; or, Lost at the Bottom of the Sea (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Buckboard; or, Thrilling Adventures in North Australia (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for the Sea Serpent; or, Six Thousand Miles under the Sea (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Desert Explorer; or, The Underground City of the Sahara (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s New Electric Air-Ship the “Zephyr”; or, From North to South Around the Globe (1894) Across the Frozen Sea; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Electric Snow Cutter (1894) Lost in the Great Atlantic Valley; or, Frank Reade, Jr. and His Submarine Wonder the “Dart” (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. and His New Electric Air-Ship the “Eclipse”; or, Fighting the Chinese Pirates (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Clipper of the Prairie; or, Fighting the Apaches in the Far Southwest (1894) Under the Amazon for a Thousand Miles; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Wonderful Trip (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for the Silver Whale; or, Under the Ocean in the Electric “Dolphin” (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Catamaran of the Air; or, Wild and Wonderful Adventures in North Australia (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for a Lost Man in His Latest Air Wonder (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. in Central India; or, The Search for the Lost Savants (1894) The Missing Island; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Wonderful Trip under the Deep Sea (1894) Over the Andes with Frank Reade, Jr. in His New Air-Ship; or, Wild Adventures in Peru (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Prairie Whirlwind; or, The Mystery of the Hidden Canyon (1894) Under the Yellow Sea; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Search for the Cave of Pearls with His New Submarine Cruiser (1894) Around the Horizon for Ten Thousand Miles; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Most Wonderful Trip with His Air-Ship (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s “Sky Scraper”; or, North and South Around the World (1894) Under the Equator from Ecuador to Borneo; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Greatest Submarine Voyage (1894) From Coast to Coast; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Trip Across Africa in His Electric “Boomerang” (1894) Frank Reade, Jr. and His Electric Car; or, Outwitting a Desperate Gang (1894) Lost in the Mountains of the Moon; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Great Trip with His New Air-Ship, the “Scud” (1894) 100 Mites Below the Surface of the Sea; or, The Marvelous Trip of Frank Reade, Jr.’s “Hardshell” Submarine Boat (1894) Abandoned in Alaska; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Thrilling Search for a Lost Gold Claim with His New Electric Wagon (1894) Around the Arctic Circle; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Most Famous Trip with His Air-Ship, The “Orbit” (1894) Under Four Oceans; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Submarine Chase of a “Sea Devil” (1894) From the Nile to the Niger; or, Frank Reade, Jr. Lost in the Soudan with His “Overland Omnibus” (1894) The Chase of a Comet; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Most Wonderful Aerial Trip with His New Air-Ship, the “Flash” (1894) Lost in the Great Undertow; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Submarine Cruise in the Gulf Stream (1894) From Tropic to Tropic; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Latest Tour with His Bicycle Car (1894) To the End of the Earth in an Air-Ship; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Great Mid-Air Flight (1894) The Underground Sea; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Subterranean Cruise in His Submarine Boat (1894) The Mysterious Mirage; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Desert Search for a Secret City with His New Overland Chaise (1894) The Electric Island; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Searchfor the Greatest Wonder on Earth with His Air-Ship, the “Flight” (1894) For Six Weeks Buried in a Deep Sea Cave; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Great Submarine Search (1894) The Galleon’s Gold; or, Frank Reade, Jr.’s Deep Sea Search (1894) Across Australia with Frank Reade, Jr. in His New Electric Car; or, Wonderful Adventures in the Antipodes (1894) Frank Reade, Jr.’s Greatest Flying Machine; or, Fighting the Terror of the Coast (1894) On the Great Meridian with Frank Reade, Jr. in His New Air Ship; or, A Twenty-Five Thousand Mile Trip in Mid-Air (1895)