October Sky is the first memoir in a series of four, by American engineer Homer Hickam Jr. originally published in 1998 as Rocket Boys. ... Rocket Boys was made into a film in 1999, titled October Sky (an anagram of "Rocket Boys"). The book was then re-published as October Sky shortly afterwards.

Is October Sky and Rocket Boys the same book?

From the Author

Rocket Boys and this mass market paperback titled October Sky are the same book. The proper title of the book, however, is and always shall be Rocket Boys.

What story is October Sky based on?

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.