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  • Captain Nemo

  • The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius
  • By: Kevin J. Anderson
  • Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
  • Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (179 ratings)

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Captain Nemo

By: Kevin J. Anderson
Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
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Publisher's summary

Captain Nemo is the fictional life story of one of Jules Verne's most memorable characters from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island. It covers his boyhood friendship with the dreamer Jules Verne, adventures aboard sailing ships, battles with pirates, and survival on a mysterious deserted island. Each time he returns home to his beloved France, Captain Nemo shares the tales of his exploits with the struggling writer Verne. We follow Nemo's exploration of hidden caverns that lead to the center of the earth, his travels across darkest Africa in a hydrogen balloon, and his imprisonment by an evil Ottoman caliph who commands the dark genius to construct a submarine boat, the Nautilus, in order to attack merchant ships that venture through the newly completed Suez Canal.

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Critic reviews

"Anderson's rollicking whopper of a novel glides along smoothly in a style deliberately modeled on Verne's own, yet unvexed by the scientific detail that often bogged down Verne's prose and muddied his narrative waters. Anderson's Nemo, whose stories alternate here with Verne's, is a sympathetically drawn Byronic hero, playing off the pedestrian Verne, a multitude of flamboyant pirates, Turkish caliphs, raging sea monsters and the incomparable Caroline, a proto-feminist shipping executive and composer. No one would miss the boat by signing on this fantastic journey." (Publishers Weekly)

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we all live in the yellow submarine....

Superfine of Jules Verne and steampunk will enjoy this labor of love that profiles the conundrum that is Captain Nemo.

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Really good

Very entertaining and fun. Cool story and great narration if your a fan of Verne you'll enjoy this book.

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Steampunk Forest Gump

Kevin J Anderson has a unique voice for retelling or adding to the stories of others. This delightful steampunk Forrest Gump is a delightful romp through the 1800s and the works of Jules Verne.

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Fun journey

Their book was fun to listen to. A bit slow in some parts but picks up quickly. I enjoyed the narrator a lot and will look for other books by both author and reader.

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Excellent Adventure Story!

My husband and I loved this audio book! We listen to a lot of audio books, and Jim Meskimen is the best reader we have ever heard. The story is long, but not tiresome. The adventures are vivid and exciting! An excellent book, and excellently read!

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Wonderful Story

amazing story that holds up to the expectations set by the previous novels by juels verne

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Entertaining

Interesting story that was woven together seamlessly. it is not a literary masterpiece but it is entertaining and fun.

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Good backstory for Capt. Nemo

Anderson has crafted a plausible back story to Verne's intrepid Captain. The historical references and detail are woven well into the fabric of the story without seeming haphazardly out of place or inserted as an after thought.

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Just wonderful

I had difficulty stopping myself while listening to this book. The story was so compelling, and the narrator so effective that I just couldn't stop.

The story itself seems to tie together the works of Jules Verne very well and answers some questions I've had since my youth. True, this is a work of fiction, but the way this story was done puts that concern at ease.

The only thing unfortunate about the story is that Jules never got to experience the wonderful adventures he wrote about. This story however tells us that he might have experienced a few after all.

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Fun, Well-written and great narration

Would recommend this in a heartbeat!
Enjoyed listening to this very much my kind of book. We'll put on my good reads list.

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