In 1983, Taiwan suffered both the Sunko pesticide disaster and the Lee Chang Yung chemical spill. The next year, the government announced plans to construct 20-some nuclear power plants. These events led to Sung's conception of the "environmental catastrophe novel," and his 1985 publication of Feixu Taiwan, which was selected as one of the year's most influential novels.
1983 年，台灣接連發生了三晃公司的農藥公害及李長榮化工廠污染事件，隔年，政府又宣布將興建二十幾座核電廠，這些事件讓宋澤萊萌生寫「公害小說」的想法，1985 年出版未來小說《廢墟台灣》，獲選當年最具影響力書籍之一。