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OverviewThe young Verne and his best friend Andre Nemo stow away on a ship bound for the high seas, but Jules' father catches Jules and forces him to come home in total disgrace. Nemo goes on to have all the adventures, battling pirates, fighting sea monsters, being shipwrecked, ballooning across Africa etc. Jules eventually turns these real life tales of his friend into his popular novels. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kevin J. AndersonPublisher: Titan Books Ltd Imprint: Titan Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780857683427ISBN 10: 085768342 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 16 September 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsCaptain Nemo was critically accliaimed on first publication: No one would miss the boat by signing on this fantastic journey. (Publisher's Weekly) Anderson's rollicking whopper of a novel glides along smoothly in a style deliberately modeled on Verne's own. No one would miss the boat by signing on this fantastic journey. - Publishers Weekly <br> Captain Nemo is a swashbuckling mix of Jules Verne, Daniel DeFoe, and Michael Crichton stirred up by the distinctive storytelling skills of K.J. Anderson. - Terry Brooks, author of The Sword of Shannara <br> Postmodernism be damned! In this enthusiastic, skillful recreation of a Victorian adventure novel, author Anderson removed tongue from cheek and takes our literary ancestors at face value, replicating all their virtues. - scifi.com <br> Captain Nemo is a riveting tale, packed with action and derring-do. K.J. Anderson seamlessly blends events of Jules Verne's real life with the plotlines of his fictional works. His portrayal of Verne is masterful: a man able to break free from the circumstances that stifle him through his vivid imagination and the inspiration p Author InformationKevin J. Anderson: is one of the world's bestselling sci-fi authors. He is the author of The Illustrated Star Wars Universe and the highly popular Jedi Academy trilogy of novels: Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice and Champions of the Force. Both his X-Files novels, Ground Zero and Ruins, were New York Times bestsellers. He is now co-authoring the new series of Dune prequel novels. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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