In Taiwanese literary circles, the name Ho Ching-Pin is synonymous with deep erudition and strange genius. He broke onto the literary scene in 1990, when he won the China Times Literary Award for ‘Story of Speed.’ Though not especially prolific, his stories never fail to explode like a bomb in the imagination. Self-styled as a ‘literary hacker,’ he is continuously attacking the image of the novel, breaking down and rewriting the programming that defines our understanding of literature. His unrestrained, often indulgent prose is a pleasure to read, and entertains just as it asks serious questions.