Colin Templeman profile
Place of birth: London
Now living: Southend, Essex
3 favourite authors
- Tolkien
- Frank Herbert
- Arthur C Clarke
3 favourite books
- Lord of the Rings
- Dune
- The Way of Wyrd
3 favourite films
- Dark Star
- Zulu
- Pulp Fiction
Colin Templeman's 6 reviews
Wrath of the Lemming Men by Toby Frost (Chronicles of Isambard Smith)
With Space Captain Isambard Smith having already brushed with the eponymous Lemming men in "God Emperor of Didcot", this adventure fully acquaints the reader with the furry fanatics from Yull. Forced to retreat at the Battle of the Tam valley, leader of the Yullian army Colonel Mimco Vock seeks absolution for his failure by offering hi...
7.5/10
God Emperor of Didcot by Toby Frost (Chronicles of Isambard Smith)
Tea... not just a stimulating and refreshing beverage, but crucially the British Space Empire's prime source of "moral fibre". Without moral fibre, the Empire's forces would lose heart, weaken and eventually collapse leaving Earth and her allies at the mercy of their enemies. Most of the Empire's tea is grown on one world: ...
7.9/10
Space Captain Smith by Toby Frost (Chronicles of Isambard Smith)
Space Captain Smith captures the ethos of the British Empire at the height of the Raj and transposes it into Space in the 25th Century. The British Space Empire vies for control of the galaxy with several other power bases the mightiest of which is the evil Ghast Empire - a race of humanoid insects that slavishly obey the wishes of their revered...
7.8/10
Hellblazer: Pandemonium by Jamie Delano and Jock (Hellblazer)
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9.0/10
Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes Vs Zombies by Davide Fabbri and Ian Edginton
I have to concede upfront that I am a bit of a fan of graphic novels - a genre often unfairly dismissed as "comics for adults" by the uninitiated. Whilst superficially this may appear to be true, if you take the plunge and open the covers, you quickly find that they actually have more in common with films than comics - a storyboard-plu...
7.0/10
Betrayal at Falador by TS Church (Runescape)
Runescape: Betrayal at Falador written by T.S. Church is based within the World of Gielinor created for the computer game "Runescape". Runescape is a fantasy based massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG) played by millions of people across the globe. Having been a regular player of Runescape since 2006 (though recently...
5.5/10