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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]From Chris Hadfield ([URL=https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/1714246914294554637]via X[/URL]): <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Big News! Working with Sylvester Stallone to bring "The Apollo Murders" to the screen — very exciting new launch for this astronaut author. And Sly is a lot of fun.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> From Altitude Films: ([URL=https://twitter.com/AltitudeFilms/status/1714238037935218729]via X[/URL]): <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]"The Apollo Murders." An adaptation of the nail-biting Cold War space thriller from multiple best-selling author and one of the world's most accomplished astronauts, Chris Hadfield. Altitude Television will co-produce with Sly Stallone's Balboa Productions (Tulsa King, Samaritan).[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/altitutude_films_apollo_murders01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/altitutude_films_apollo_murders01.jpg" width="400" height="400" border="0"></a></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD><A HREF="https://amzn.to/3jyNRjQ" TARGET=_blank>The Apollo Murders</A> by Chris Hadfield <BLOCKQUOTE>The far side of the Moon, 1973. Three astronauts are trapped in a tiny Apollo module, and one of them has murder on the mind... From internationally bestselling astronaut Chris Hadfield comes an exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the Moon's surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to breaking point back on Earth. Houston flight controller Kazimieras 'Kaz' Zemeckis must do all he can to keep the NASA crew together, while staying one step ahead of his Soviet rivals. But not everyone on board Apollo 18 is quite who they appear to be. Full of the fascinating technical detail that fans of The Martian loved, and reminiscent of the thrilling claustrophobia, twists and tension of The Hunt for Red October, The Apollo Murders puts you right there in the moment, a quarter of a million miles from home – a quarter of a million miles from help. Experience the fierce G-forces of launch, the frozen loneliness of Space and the fear of holding on to the outside of a spacecraft orbiting the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, as told by a former Commander of the International Space Station who has done all of those things in real life. Strap in and count down for the ride of a lifetime.</BLOCKQUOTE> <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Hardcover, 336 pages <LI><A HREF="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/670311/the-apollo-murders-by-chris-hadfield/9780735282360" TARGET=_blank>Mulholland Books</A> (October 12, 2021) <LI>ISBN-10: 0316264539 <LI>ISBN-13: 978-0316264532</UL></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>cspg</TD><TD>As good as The Hunt for Red October (I'm guessing the novel not the movie)? hmmmm.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Altidude</TD><TD>This sounds strangely similar to the concept of the famous TV movie “Murder in Space” which starred the indomitable Wilford Brimley.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Jacques van Oene</TD><TD>From Chris Hadfield (<A HREF="https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/1388557101660770306" TARGET=_blank>via Twitter</A>): <BLOCKQUOTE>Very cool mail today! It’s real!</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAstronautChrisHadfield%2Fvideos%2F211368853822880%2F&width=400&show_text=false&height=553&appI d" width="400" height="553" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowFullScreen="true">

Robert Pearlman

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield found space for 'The Apollo Murders' in real history
Many writers have looked back at the events surrounding the first moon landings and found opportunities to explore "what if?"
What if the Soviet Union had landed a cosmonaut first? What if President John F. Kennedy had never been assassinated, would humans still have made it to the moon in the 1960s? What if astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had really been launched to the moon on a clandestine mission to investigate the crash site of an alien spacecraft?
For Chris Hadfield, though, when he looked back, he saw the makings for a nail-biting Cold War thriller set within the real events of 1973. "The Apollo Murders," Hadfield's first novel, is now out from Mulholland Books.

OLDIE

I've just started reading my copy and it's a real page turner, and difficult to put down. It's the sort of book that grabs your attention in the first few seconds.

Chris has the ability to paint pictures with words, and can set a scene for you in a few sentences. The ground is being prepared and the plot has yet to develop...

OLDIE

I'm nearing the end of this book now, and what a journey it's been! This is the Space Race with a dark side. There have been many "cliff-hanging" moments, but I'm still no closer to working out the finale.

It would make an ideal Christmas gift for a space aficionado, or someone who has little knowledge of spaceflight (but likes a good thriller) alike. If you can still find signed copies, so much the better.

Robert Pearlman

From Chris Hadfield (via X):

Big News! Working with Sylvester Stallone to bring "The Apollo Murders" to the screen — very exciting new launch for this astronaut author. And Sly is a lot of fun.

From Altitude Films: (via X):

"The Apollo Murders." An adaptation of the nail-biting Cold War space thriller from multiple best-selling author and one of the world's most accomplished astronauts, Chris Hadfield. Altitude Television will co-produce with Sly Stallone's Balboa Productions (Tulsa King, Samaritan).

p51

While I liked the novel, there were a few key historical details that were off.

I was born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida and found the reference to driving in a short while between Houston and Cape Canaveral to be quite funny. I-10 wasn't finished then and the ONLY way to get across the Gulf states was to take very rural roads with slow speed limits (with county sheriffs and their speed traps), stop signs and little towns all the way. It's not a very quick trip now with I-10 in place but it was quite an epic journey during the Apollo era.

Gilbert

I have asked my wife to get this as a Christmas present for me.

Robert Pearlman

The second book in the series is also out now, "The Defector."

Blackarrow

I get the impression this book is an exciting and well-written work of fiction. But "Capricorn 1" was an exciting and well-produced film, and look at all the trouble it caused.

Robert Pearlman

I think the difference today is readers' familiarity with the concept of alternate universes. "The Apollo Murders" reads more like what could have happened in a different reality than what actually happened in our own.

GoesTo11

I literally just finished this book yesterday. It's a fun, well-constructed work of speculative fiction.

And it's an excellent "beach read." I know this, because I read it on the beach at NAS North Island

If the screen production happens, we presumably get yet another "Apollo 18" patch...

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