You might have even watched the movie adaptation, “October Sky,” in eighth grade West Virginia history class. The movie, which was released in 1999 and starred Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer Hickam ...

Despite its size, West Virginia has its fair share of bestselling authors, but only a small handful of them have been lucky enough to see their books adapted to the big screen.

Why the name of Homer Hickam’s ‘Rocket Boys’ was changed to ‘October Sky’ for movie Six years later in 2000, Bezos founded a new company: Blue Origin. The company is most well-known ...