The Big Idea: Jo Miles

How many weeds do you have to whack before the weeds tell you to knock it off? In author Jo Miles new sci-fi novel, there might be more than meets the eye to a stubborn, vegetation filled planet. Grab a machete and hack your way through the Big Idea for The Final Chronicle of Yeneh. JO MILES: The Final Chronicle of Yeneh is a science fiction story that’s a love letter to portal fantasies, for all of us cynical grownups who secretly miss that sense of wonder in our lives. When you were a kid, did you ever go looking for portals to other worlds in your home, in old wardrobes and little-used closets? I did. At a certain age, after tearing through the Narnia series, I searched every corner of my (extremely normal, suburban) house. Spoiler: I didn’t find anything. But that daydream of finding my way into a more magical world never fully left me. A little older, I fell in love with Star Trek, and started to dream about traveling the stars to discover strange new worlds and new forms of…