Captain Nemo

Captain Nemo /ˈnm/ (Latin for "Nobody")—also known as Prince Dakkar—is a fictional character created by the French science fiction author Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's novels, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874), a cameo appearance in Verne's play Journey Through the Impossible (1882).

Nemo, one of the best known antiheroes in fiction, is a mysterious figure. The son of an Indian Raja, he is a scientific genius who roams the depths of the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus, which was built in pieces all over the world and shipped to the builder. Nemo tries to project a stern, controlled confidence, but he is driven by a thirst for vengeance and a hatred of imperialism focused on the British Empire. He is also wracked by remorse over the deaths of his crew members and even by the deaths of enemy sailors.

Nemo has appeared in various adaptations of Verne's novels, including films, where he has been portrayed by a number of different actors. He has also been adopted by other authors for inclusion in their novels, most notably in Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Philip José Farmer's The Other Log of Phileas Fogg.

Captain Nemo (comics)

Captain Nemo is an Original English-language manga series written by Jason DeAngelis, with art by Aldin Viray and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. The first volume was released on March 1, 2006. Part of the manga is still online as a webmanga preview. Captain Nemo is meant to be a sequel to Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Plot

The year is 1893, in an alternative time-stream in which Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo and then founded an Imperial dynasty. Under the iron grip of Napoleon IV, France has extended its tyrannical rule throughout the world, forging a vast Empire that rivals that of Ancient Rome. Only one man stands in defiance against the Empire, roaming at will beneath the surface of the oceans: Young Captain Nemo and his ragtag crew aboard the Nautilus II. France, however, will not just sit idle as Nemo and his crew roam the seas; they want him hunted down and made an example of so that no others will oppose the French Empire. As such, the Emperor sends his Vice Minister of Security, Monsieur Bertrand Pierpont, aboard Captain Gaucher's ship Invincible to help with the hunt. However, while Captain Gaucher is sure Nemo is behind this, Monsieur Pierpont makes it clear that the official French standpoint is that Nemo is ancient history and no longer exists as he was slain and his Nautilus sunk over twenty years ago.

Captain Nemo (disambiguation)

Captain Nemo is a fictional character in two novels by Jules Verne.

Captain Nemo may also refer to:

  • "Captain Nemo" (song), by Swedish band Dive, later made famous by Sarah Brightman
  • "Captain Nemo", an instrumental song on Michael Schenker Group's 1983 album Built to Destroy
  • Captain Nemo (album), a 1968 album by The Sundowners
  • The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo, a 1975 Canadian animated series of short cartoons
  • Captain Nemo (comics), an Original English-language manga series
  • Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius, a 2002 novel by Kevin J. Anderson
  • Captain Nemo, a novel by Jan Matzal Troska
  • Captain Nemo (song)

    "Captain Nemo" is the debut single from Swedish band Dive (Chris Lancelot and Erik Holmberg), released in 1990. This song is named after the legendary character Captain Nemo from the story called 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

    Sarah Brightman version

    "Captain Nemo" is the first single from Sarah Brightman's album, Dive. A music video was made for the song.

    Track listing

  • "Captain Nemo (Radio edit)"
  • "When it Rains in America"
  • "Island"
  • "Captain Nemo" (Extended album version)
  • Alternate 2-track edition

  • "Captain Nemo (Radio Edit)"
  • "Island (LP Version)"
  • Other covers

  • Cecilia Vennersten recorded a Swedish version of the song on her self-titled 1995 debut album.
  • Podcasts:

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    Captain Nemo

    by: Ace Of Base

    Captain Nemo is too good for you and me
    Take a voyage to the bottom of the sea
    He's a riddle you will see in the middle of the sea
    If you ask him things about life, then he will say:
    Oh no, I'm far too continental for mankind
    I don't interfere in your life
    See me as a searcher with the answers
    To your world from under the sea
    Captain Nemo knows the world be we don't know
    What control of light and darkness means
    He'll show
    If we come in peace at heart
    He may help us to restart what went wrong
    So long ago from down below
    Oh no, I'm far too continental for mankind
    I don't interfere in your life
    See me as a searcher with the answers
    To your world from under the sea
    See him as a searcher with the answers to mankind
    He's far too continental
    Though he's wiser than all man
    He is curious about the plan
    Violated by the man, the master plan
    Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind
    He doesn't interfere in your life
    See him as a searcher with the answers
    To your world from under the sea
    Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind
    He doesn't interfere in your life
    See him as a searcher with the answers
    To your world from under the sea
    Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind




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