金石堂你是否曾夢想能遇見友善的外星人，搭著超酷的飛碟到外太空探險？故事一開始來自冥王星的外星人Joe不僅讓初次見面的地球人Arnold搭飛碟，甚至帶他到八大行星*探險，體驗宇宙的奧妙。故事中Arnold看到水星上有數不盡的火山口，金星的表面有一層黃色厚厚的大氣覆蓋著，火星上的體重是地球的0.38倍，木星上卻是地球的3倍，那些圍繞在土星外環是如此明亮美麗，天王星的衛星多達15個，海王星的風十分強勁快迅，是唯一不能下去走走的行星。最後一站就是Joe的家──冥王星，Arnold在外星人家中受到熱情款待。
The Impossible Adventure以富想像力的故事、簡易英文為讀者介紹八大行星，同時豐富的天文知識與英文詞彙可累積你的英文閱讀能力。跟著Joe、Arnold一起探險太陽系吧！
*2006年在捷克布拉格舉行的第26屆國際天文學聯會中通過決議，將冥王星降級為矮行星，因此太陽系由原本的九大行星改為八大行星。
Do you know our big hometown----the solar system? The Impossible Adventure is going to take you on a journey through this solar system. We will visit the Sun, nine planets, and numerous moons, meteorites, and asteroids. On this journey you will explore the mysterious universe and learn about astronomy. This book will change forever your view of this world and open your mind and heart to accept others.
作者簡介
Norman Huang 黃金誠
Norman Huang is a doctoral student of Reading and Language Arts at Ohio University. As a graduate student, living alone, he releases his thoughts to travel in outer space. He taught junior high and senior high for seventeen years in Taiwan. He loves his wife, Mei-ying Chen, son, Thomas, and daughter, Mary. He likes science, astronomy and meditation.
