Orion in the Dying Time

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Summary: Orion meets Jurrassic Park!
Review: Damn Ben Bova, you did it yet again! A great read in all genre's. It is like Bova meets Burroughs! A must read for the Godliness in you!

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Summary: Orion the Hunter vs Set the Dinosaur Man
Review: Like Ben Bova's first two Orion novels (Orion and Vengeance of Orion), Orion in the Dying Time has the more-than-human, less-than-god Orion being used and abused by by the Creators, a race of very advanced god-like humans. This time, they send Orion on an errand to save mankind before it is wiped out by the maddened alien pseudo-god Set. Though Orion hates being the Creator's lackey, he realizes that if his mission fails, humanity (which includes himself as well as the Creators) will be erased from the time-line. Orion then finds himself battling the minions of Set back in the time of dinosaurs. At stake is his very existence.

This is a good sci-fi novel that deals with gods, eternity, time travel and destiny -- something Orion constantly tries to thwart, in one form or the other.

Orion hates being a slave to fate. Can't say I blame him.

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Summary: I liked the historical settings but could do without Aliens
Review: Orion in the Dying Time continues the tale of Orion (the Hunter), this time sent back to do battle with Set, an evil reptilian alien on whom all the legends of Satan are based. Unfortunately, in the Dying Time was not nearly as intriguing as the first two novels in the series. The alien Set is not a very interesting opponent and the seemingly unfair advantage he has over the humans in virtually every situation is somewhat ridiculous. Orion even travels back to the Cretaceous Period to do battle with Set (Set created the dinasaurs much the same way that the Creators created human beings). The ending of Orion in the Dying Time was shaping up to be very interesting with Orion using his developing powers to bring 1000 Mongol warriors back in time to do battle with Set, but they didn't even get involved in the final outcome.

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Summary: I liked the historical settings but could do without Aliens
Review: Orion in the Dying Time continues the tale of Orion (the Hunter), this time sent back to do battle with Set, an evil reptilian alien on whom all the legends of Satan are based. Unfortunately, in the Dying Time was not nearly as intriguing as the first two novels in the series. The alien Set is not a very interesting opponent and the seemingly unfair advantage he has over the humans in virtually every situation is somewhat ridiculous. Orion even travels back to the Cretaceous Period to do battle with Set (Set created the dinasaurs much the same way that the Creators created human beings). The ending of Orion in the Dying Time was shaping up to be very interesting with Orion using his developing powers to bring 1000 Mongol warriors back in time to do battle with Set, but they didn't even get involved in the final outcome.