"Field Research" is a story in the anthology The Furry Future, but it was also distributed as a freebie to Hogarth's newsletter subscribers and Patreon supporters. I subscribe to Hogarth's newsletter.
No read-alikes list for this one.
Review:
This very short story gives some of the background of Kis'eh't, a Glaseah who later becomes a crew member of the Earthrise.
Kis'eh't is a brilliant chemist who had
her pick of high-paying jobs but chose one that offered more
interesting and flexible research opportunities. For her, doing
research and practicing her religion are the same thing. It's all she
wants to do, so it shakes her to her core when she learns that one of
her research assistants has been terminated, and why.
This is a nice little extra for fans of
Hogarth's Pelted Universe, although I wouldn't recommend it to Pelted
Universe newbies. Kis'eh't's issues with academia and her internal
struggle with the ethical issues surrounding her research's funding
wouldn't be all that unfamiliar. However, there were other bits that would
make more sense to those with a better grounding in the overall
Pelted Universe.
I don't know that I'll ever reread this, but it was still nice seeing the Glaseahn religion through the perspective of a Glaseah whose area of study was a hard science, rather than soft.
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