"The Originist" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. First published in the short story collection Foundation's Friends (1989),[1] it also appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror. This story is set in Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe.
"The Originist" | |
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Short story by Orson Scott Card | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Published in | Foundation's Friends |
Publisher | Tor Books |
Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
Publication date | 1989 |
Series | Foundation series |
The events in "The Originist" take place just after the first part of Foundation and deal with Hari Seldon's establishment of the Second Foundation.[2]
David Langford who commented briefly on the anthology Foundation's Friends, praised Orson Scott Card's work as the best story in the anthology and "the best Foundation/Empire story ever written".[3] Similar sentiment was expressed by the reviewer for asimovreviews.net.[4]