Wu's short story Compound Eyes is his first attempt to blur the line between nature writing and fiction. Included in the collection Old Tiger, Compound Eyes recounts the life of a naturalist who studies butterflies and contemplates the confusion and absurdity that cloud humanity's view of the natural world.
短篇小說＜複眼人＞是吳明益模糊自然書寫與小說創作界線的首度嘗試，收錄於小說集《虎爺》一書，故事描述一位自然學家在追逐蝴蝶的人生中，所觸發人類對自然與生命視野的迷惑與荒謬思維。