Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield draws from time in orbit to pen 'The Apollo Murders'

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Writers have long looked to the stars for literary inspiration. But retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield figures he may be among the first authors of a space novel who can say he's actually been there.

Hadfield says he drew on his own time in orbit to lend verisimilitude to "The Apollo Murders," a Cold War-era cosmic thriller inspired by the real-life intrigue that propelled the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

"People tell you the old saw, 'Write what you know,"' Hadfield said in an interview from his cottage near Sarnia, Ont. "For almost everything in the book, I already knew the answer. I didn't have to ask or look it up." But in "The Apollo Murders," the mission blasts off with orders from the U.S. military to scope out an armed Soviet spy space station.

He said he's also asked Canadian filmmaker James Cameron and actor Ryan Reynolds for their thoughts on the possibility of adapting "The Apollo Murders" for the big screen.

 

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