From a 22-year-old author comes an international suspense novel about three Japanese schoolgirls who disappear into Taiwan's largest national park.

Highlights the history, culture, and comtemporary life of the country while offering mapped walking and driving tours and complete visitor information.

From sword-wielding shamans to unique birds an in-depth guide to Taiwan s human and natural attractions."

路跑是深度體驗山林與在地文化的方式之一。台灣一年有上百場次、不同主題的馬拉松賽事，吸引許多外籍人士及遊客前來參加。本期《光華》封面故事將以各種不同類型的馬拉松為報導主軸，如峽谷馬、小鎮馬、越野馬⋯⋯等，除了介紹路線特色，還會帶給大家沿途鄉鎮的歷史、文化與在地人情味，展現出台灣運動觀光的豐厚底蘊。 此外，前兩年因為Covid-19疫情而暫緩的海外採訪計畫，在今（2023）年隨著全球疫情陸續解封而重新啟動，《光華》採訪團隊首站即前進「越南」，帶來第一手的現地報導。台灣為越南第四大投資國，加上在台灣有逾25萬名越南籍移工及逾十萬的新二代，兩國在經濟、文化上的交流十分密切。從本期開始，《光華》將陸續刊出從「經貿」到「醫療」，從「藝術」到「飲食」的台越民間交流情況，以及千百年來雙方相互往來的歷史淵源。

An argument that we must read code for more than what it does—we must consider what it means. Computer source code has become part of popular discourse. Code is read not only by programmers but by lawyers, artists, pundits, reporters, political activists, and literary scholars; it is used in political debate, works of art, popular entertainment, and historical accounts. In this book, Mark Marino argues that code means more than merely what it does; we must also consider what it means. We need to learn to read code critically. Marino presents a series of case studies—ranging from the Climategate scandal to a hactivist art project on the US-Mexico border—as lessons in critical code reading. Marino shows how, in the process of its circulation, the meaning of code changes beyond its functional role to include connotations and implications, opening it up to interpretation and inference—and misinterpretation and reappropriation. The Climategate controversy, for example, stemmed from a misreading of a bit of placeholder code as a “smoking gun” that supposedly proved fabrication of climate data. A poetry generator created by Nick Montfort was remixed and reimagined by other poets, and subject to literary interpretation. Each case study begins by presenting a small and self-contained passage of code—by coders as disparate as programming pioneer Grace Hopper and philosopher Friedrich Kittler—and an accessible explanation of its context and functioning. Marino then explores its extra-functional significance, demonstrating a variety of interpretive approaches.

A book to read when considering a first visit to Asia, covering more than twenty first-time destinations, each profile covering the country's main highlights as well as its more unusual attractions. Suggested itineraries, online resources, embassy and tourist information are included together with the practicalities of life on the road. The final chapter, Basics, covers contact addresses and websites for everything from backpack suppliers to travel health clinics.

Electronic Literature considers new forms and genres of writing that exploit the capabilities of computers and networks – literature that would not be possible without the contemporary digital context. In this book, Rettberg places the most significant genres of electronic literature in historical, technological, and cultural contexts. These include combinatory poetics, hypertext fiction, interactive fiction (and other game-based digital literary work), kinetic and interactive poetry, and networked writing based on our collective experience of the Internet. He argues that electronic literature demands to be read both through the lens of experimental literary practices dating back to the early twentieth century and through the specificities of the technology and software used to produce the work. Considering electronic literature as a subject in totality, this book provides a vital introduction to a dynamic field that both reacts to avant-garde literary and art traditions and generates new forms of narrative and poetic work particular to the twenty-first century. It is essential reading for students and researchers in disciplines including literary studies, media and communications, art, and creative writing.

Winner of the 2017 N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2018 The digital age has had a profound impact on literary culture, with new technologies opening up opportunities for new forms of literary art from hyperfiction to multi-media poetry and narrative-driven games. Bringing together leading scholars and artists from across the world, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature is the first authoritative reference handbook to the field. Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this book explores the foundational theories of the field, contemporary artistic practices, debates and controversies surrounding such key concepts as canonicity, world systems, narrative and the digital humanities, and historical developments and new media contexts of contemporary electronic literature. Including guides to major publications in the field, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Electronic Literature is an essential resource for scholars of contemporary culture in the digital era.