All That We See or Seem (Exclusive OwlCrate Edition)
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In All That We See or Seem, award-winning author Ken Liu confronts the blurred lines between technology, selfhood, and the power of shared dreams.
Julia Z, a young woman who gained notoriety at fourteen as the “orphan hacker,” is trying to live a life of digital obscurity in a quiet Boston suburb.
But when a lawyer named Piers—whose famous artist wife, Elli, has been kidnapped by dangerous criminals—barges into her life, Julia decides to put the solitary life she has painstakingly created at risk. Elli is an oneirofex, a dream artist, who can weave the dreams of an audience together through a shared virtual landscape. While these collective dreams are anonymous, Julia discovers that Elli was also dreaming one-on-one with the head of an international criminal enterprise, and he’s demanding the return of his dreams in exchange for Elli.
Unraveling the real and unreal leads Julia on an adventure that takes her across the country and deep into the shadows of her psyche.
Features for this OwlCrate Edition:
- Signed by Ken Liu
- Exclusive redesigned dust jacket by @heyatlascreative
- Reversible dust jacket designed by @adrian7marc
- Printed hardcover case designed by @ericksongfx
- End pages designed by @_saintdri
- Stenciled edges designed by @heyatlascreative
- Author signature page designed by @stubbornpagemage
- Author letter bound into the book
- Bonus content bound into the book
- Book Size: 6” x 9”
All That We See or Seem is a 1 (Extra Mild) on our Spice Meter.
This book contains:
- Indentured servitude/slavery/control
- Character death (on and off page)
- Racism (specifically Anti-Asian-American)
- Immigration and cultural clashes
- Trauma and abuse
- Explores grief, loss, and isolation
Please note: The content warnings listed above don’t cover all content included in the book.
CONTENT WARNING
Featured in the November 2025 'A Dream Within a Dream' OwlCrate Quarterly Sci-Fi box.
Photos by: @thebookscript (on Instagram)
Graphic by: Hey Atlas Creative
