The famous introduction to Star Trek lays out the mission of the Starship Enterprise:  to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before! Later on, they changed it to be more inclusive—where no one has gone before. But the fundamental problem remains—if no one has gone there, what exactly are all those new civilizations? Could science fiction and fantasy have a colonialism problem? With us to discuss this thorny issue and the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers challenging Eurocentric assumptions is Suzan Palumbo, author of Countess and co-founder of the Ignyte Awards.

• Show notes:
• Suzan's Bluesky
• Suzan's Instagram
• 2024 Nebula Awards shortlist
• Stelliform Press
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• Reading list:
• “The Butcher of the Forest” by Premee Mohamed
• “The Tusks of Extinction” by Ray Nayler
• “Lost Ark Dreaming” by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
• “Countess” by Suzan Palumbo
• “The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain” by Sofia Samatar
• “The Dragonfly Gambit” by A. D. Sui
• “Green Fuse Burning” by Tiffany Morris
• “We Speak Through the Mountain and “Annual Migration of Clouds” by Premee Mohamed
• “Blackheart Man” by Nalo Hopkinson
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