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Space horses from Tor.com · 10:36pm Jan 3rd, 2020

Apparently, there is someone who tries to write about various realistic, fantasy, and sci-fi horses:

Judith Tarr is a lifelong horse person. She supports her habit by writing works of fantasy and science fiction as well as historical novels, many of which have been published as ebooks by Book View Cafe. Her most recent short novel, Dragons in the Earth, features a herd of magical horses, and her space opera, Forgotten Suns, features both terrestrial horses and an alien horselike species (and space whales!). She lives near Tucson, Arizona with a herd of Lipizzans, a clowder of cats, and a blue-eyed spirit dog.

src: https://www.tor.com/2017/02/06/genre-runs-on-horsepower-introducing-the-sff-equine/

I can say I fully agree with sentences like A horse is not a motorcycle. or A horse is not a “dumb animal”. I still dislike whole acceptance of riding and other ..exploitation (but may be this part changed since 2017?), but still title like

Imagining Space Horse Culture: Stallion Security Forces and Badass Mares

wins me enough for continue reading

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