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Jan 1, 1998 · Rate this book. Based on the book Rocket Boys, this feature film by Universal Pictures premieres in theaters in February and stars Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. Originally published as Rocket Boys, this novelization is the official movie tie-in to the movie. Available now.
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- Homer Hickam
October Sky is the first memoir in a series of four, by American engineer Homer Hickam Jr. originally published in 1998 as Rocket Boys. Later editions were published under the title October Sky as a tie-in to the 1999 film adaptation.
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Apr 24, 2017 · Homer Hickam was no exception. Like many American scientists, as a teenager he dreamed about exploring the cosmos. Hickam’s memoir, October Sky, describes the action, suspense, and even humor...
Feb 16, 1999 · This is the true story that inspired the feature film October Sky. It was 1957, and the small mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia, was slowly dying. Faced with an uncertain future, Homer Hickam nurtured a dream: to send rockets into outer space.
Sep 10, 2013 · 581 ratings73 reviews. Since the publication of the #1 best-seller Rocket A Memoir in 1998 and the premiere of the movie October Sky in 1999, many Homer Hickam readers and fans have wondered how and why he wrote the book, and how the movie was made.
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Homer Hickam. Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky.
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May 8, 2021 · October Sky – Homer H Hickam jr. This heart warming and utterly satisfying memoir was crafted by Homer Hadley Hickam jr, Former NASA engineer and war veteran.
