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The Originist

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 First published in Foundations Friends: Stories in Honor of Isaac Asimov (1989), by Orson Scott Card. This Science Fiction novella is an Interquel, taking place just after the end of "The Psychohistorians" (Forward the Foundation had not yet been written, but events would also overlap with it). Leyel Forska is a scientist trying to uncover the origin of humanity, and he wishes to join Hari's Encyclopedia Foundation on Terminus, but Seldon has other plans...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Leyel is quickly established as an egocentric scientist who finds only two people in the galaxy to be his equal; his wife Deet and Hari Seldon. Seldon is preparing to send thousands of scientists to Terminus, in an empire-funded project intended to save the galactic civilization from collapsing. He invented psychohistory and has set a plan in motion that will affect the future of the entire galaxy. Deet is working with the Imperial Library, trying to teach the librarians how to form a community through a number of techniques, especially story-telling. Leyel, on the other hand, is an Originist; an historian who is trying to find evidence of the origin of humanity. He has spent enormous funds trying to restore decayed archives.Having been rejected by Seldon, Leyel finds himself lost and frustrated. Seldon has refused him, and his wife spends all her time at the library. His research has produced almost no results, even as he refocuses onto the question of humanity, rather than the homeworld. When Seldon dies, he tries one last grand gesture to his old friend, but the government, who feared Seldon's popularity amoung the galactic citizens, subtly punishes him, taking away the Forska family fortune. Leyel is driven to new depths of depression, until he turns to Deet for her help, and she recommends her new friends within the Library, the indexers.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })"The Originist" has been republished in Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card (1990).
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 Clarke's Third Law: When Chandrakar Matt and Hari Seldon are discussing his recent dismissal of Leyel, she directly calls him an "old wizard", based on his dramatic scripts for the Time Vault Holograms. Hari waves away Chanda's comparison and insists on calling himself a scientist. They end the exchange by tossing friendly insults to each other.
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 Culture Police: A week after the funeral Leyel Forska threw for Hari Seldon, a representative from the Commission of Public Safety appears to explain to Leyel how concerned they are for his old age. Through subtext (which Leyel's inner narration explains for the reader's benefit), we learn that Leyel (and his wife) will have to submit their scientific research for approval first.
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