The Originist
| "The Originist" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Orson Scott Card | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Foundation's Friends |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Publication date | 1989 |
| Series | Foundation series |
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"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. It was voted 8th in the category Best Novella at the 1990 Locus Awards.[2]
Plot summary
[edit ]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.[3]
Reception
[edit ]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".[4] Similar sentiment was expressed by the reviewer for asimovreviews.net.[5]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Martin Harry Greenberg; Isaac Asimov (1990). Foundation's Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov . Tom Doherty Associates. ISBN 978-0-8125-0980-9.
- ^ "Locus Awards 1990". Science Fiction Awards Database. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^ Orson Scott Card (30 November 2009). Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card. Tom Doherty Associates. ISBN 978-1-4299-6615-3.
- ^ Langford, David (2002年10月01日). Complete Critical Assembly: The Collected White Dwarf (And Gm, and Gmi) Sf Review Columns. Wildside Press LLC. p. 299. ISBN 978-1-58715-330-3.
- ^ "Foundation's Friends: In Honor of Isaac Asimov". www.asimovreviews.net. Retrieved 2022年11月27日.
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