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Apollo.
With the five-year mission finally underway, IDW's Star Trek
Ongoing comics are set to deliver strange new worlds that harken
back to the true flavor of The Original Series. Lost Apollo tells
the story of an American astronaut from NASA's Apollo program who
the Enterprise crew discovers on an alien world nearly 300 years
after he lifted off from the moon. (Yes, from the moon… turns out
NASA was up to more than the public knew.)
In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and
Christopher Jones take you through the two-parter, penned by Mike
Johnson with art by Erfan Fajar, and discuss how it captures the
spirit of the original television series so well that it can almost
be read as part of the Prime Universe, not just the Abramsverse. We
also share our thoughts on the story, imagine the tourism campaign
for this distant and colorful world, and try to avoid the details
of what Captain Kirk and Carol Marcus are doing in the decon
chamber.
In our news segment we run down the 2015 Star Trek books release
schedule, ponder why we aren't getting more dedicated Deep Space
Nine novels, and take a sneak peak at Fun with Kirk and Spock.
News
2015 Star Trek Books Release Schedule (3:35)
Sneak Peak at Fun with Kirk and Spock (21:08)
Sponsor: Audible (26:43)
Feature: Lost Apollo
Part 1 (29:53)
Part 2 (50:06)
Closing (1:08:57)
# Lost ApolloA two-part comic story set in the Star Trek universe, featuring an astronaut from the Apollo program discovered by the Enterprise crew.