Captain Nemo and I

Many people have commented on how much I have in common with Captain Nemo. Not just in appearance:

I’m the one on the right. Want more proof? Just look at this table of inexplicable parallels:

Attribute	Captain Nemo	Poseidon’s Scribe
Known by 2-word pseudonym	Yes	Yes
Training	Engineering	Engineering (Naval Architecture)
Submarine construction	Built his own submarine	Helped overhaul a submarine
Submarine operation	Captain of his own submarine	Officer aboard a submarine
Polar experience	Traveled by submarine to South Pole	Traveled by submarine near North Pole
Music	Played pipe organ	Played cello and piano
Birthplace	Bundelkhand – middle of a country (India)	Wisconsin – middle of a country (USA)
Age	Between 35 and 50	Used to be between 35 and 50
Pacific island experience	Marooned on Lincoln Island	Visited Hawaii
Weaponry	Electric Rifle	Electric Pistol (not fully operational)
Lost civilization experience	Discovered Atlantis	Wrote a story about Atlantis
Languages	Fluent in French, English, German, Latin, and Bundeli	Adept in using Google to translate 107 languages
Electrical experience	Used electric rails to shock Papuan natives	Electrically shocked self during home repairs
Wealth	Immensely rich from salvaging treasure	Often imagined being rich
Royalty	Born a prince	Listened to music by Prince

I know, it’s eerie, right? It’s not like I set out to pattern my life after Captain Nemo. I doubt very much that I’m somehow related to him, or that I’m a reincarnation of him. However, I wouldn’t dismiss those possibilities out of hand, either.

At this point, I’d like to ease the fears of any mariners reading this post. Despite my many similarities to Captain Nemo, I have no immediate plans to voyage around the world’s oceans, ramming ships along the way. Sailors of all vessels at sea are safe from any attack by me.  

I promise to use my Nemo-like powers only for good, like co-editing 20,000 Leagues Remembered, an anthology recently launched by Pole to Pole Publishing.

For the record, I am—

Captain Nemo

…er, I mean

Poseidon’s Scribe