Kevin J Anderson has written something like 100 novels including enormously successful spin-off books for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E. and the X-Files, the Dune prequels which he co-authored with Brian Herbert and a ton of original works like the seven volume series, Saga of the Seven Suns and the Terra Incognita series of swashbuckling sea-faring adventures as well a load of comic books.

SCI-FI-LONDON caught up with this amazingly prolific writer recently to talk about Captain Nemo, a fabulous action-adventure story that tells the story of Jules Verne's life and how the inspiration for all his wonderful books came from the real-life adventures of his childhood friend, Andre Nemo.

Having suffered a somewhat tortured past, the book has been given a new lease of life and a gorgeous cover by Titan Books and Kevin spoke to us about how he came to write it, his influences growing up reading Verne and HG Wells and watching the great movies of the day based on these books and much more.

So go fetch a cup of tea, settle down for a half hour or so and enjoy the company of the wonderful Kevin J Anderson.

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