Author Dick Enos, creator of The Adventures of Rick Steele, learned how to read from the man in the blue suit and the “S” on his chest. Soon he began devouring science fiction by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and “Doc” Smith, and detective yarns by Lawrence Block, Ian Fleming, and Mickey Spillane. When he discovered a writer named Lester Dent, his love for action and adventure was cemented.
Enos soon began fashioning his own heroes and writing in the manner of Spillane and Dent, creating fast, descriptive action scenes, endless adventures, and larger-than-life heroes. Everything he had learned in life and read eventually gave birth to Rick Steele, a hard-living Korean War veteran turned test pilot who can’t seem to avoid adventures. He is aided by his loyal war buddy, Joey Campbell; his love interest, the very capable Dr. Kate Gallagher; and Kate’s polyglot assistant, Thelma McCally. A character in the mold of Doc Savage and other pulp heroes, Steele also has the same fears, qualities, and foibles we all face.
Dick Enos kicks off our 2014 New Fictioneers readings on Friday, August 8th, at 1:30 PM. He’ll be sharing excerpts from Killer Kowboys from Space, Vengeance of the Wolf, Lost City of Azgara, The Yesterday Men, and the forthcoming Rick Steele adventure, The Monster of Chinatown.
For those attending our New Fictioneers readings on Friday afternoon, we’ll be offering a chance to win a fabulous door prize donated to PulpFest by Radio Archives: an audiobook edition of Will Murray’s Doc Savage adventure, The Frightened Fish, read by Michael McConnohie.
Our lead and featured images are Dick Enos’ Lost City of Azgara, the third book in The Adventures of Rick Steele series.
