With the end of martial law in 1987, Taiwanese publishers and readers alike sought to fill the void brought about by past political censorship. Translations of foreign classics poured in and a range of new book categories was introduced to meet the needs of an open society. Seen in a positive light, this was a momentous flowering of knowledge. But in a negative light, it was a case of literary indigestion.
一九八七年台灣解嚴，出版人與讀者貪婪地想在短時間內補足過去政治檢查下失落的知識環節，國外經典不斷譯介，為配合開放社會需求，各類型書種也推陳出新，往好處看是「百花齊放」，另一面卻造成「消化不良」。