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Assignment Earth\\nComics.

At the end of its second season, the return of The Original\\nSeries was in doubt and creator Gene Roddenberry wanted to find\\nsomething to replace his imperilled show. In 1966 he pitched a\\npilot script to Desilu studios entitled \\u201cAssignment: Earth,\\u201d hoping\\nthat this would be his next project. But the studio passed, and so\\nhe slipped lead characters Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln\\u2014along\\nwith their cat Isis\\u2014into an episode of TOS in hopes that Kirk and\\nSpock would give the extra push needed to get the new series on the\\nair. It failed, but nearly 40 years later comic legend John Byrne\\nresurrected the idea. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts\\nMatthew Rushing and Christopher Jones take a close look at Byrne\'s\\nfive-part series that delivers (mostly) all-new adventures for\\nSeven, Lincoln, and Isis, and how these stories do more justice to\\nRoddenberry\'s concept than "Assignment: Earth" ever did.

In our news segment we take cover as Kor wields his bat\'leth in\\nnew art from Keith R. A. DeCandido\'s The Klingon Art of War, look\\nat the beautiful cover for James Swallow\'s The Poisoned Chalice,\\nand get another peek at John Byrne\'s upcoming photo comic. Plus,\\nChris becomes confused about a classic TV sitcom.\\xa0