{"product_id":"pull-the-lever-larry-richard-j-snow-9798349461965","title":"Pull the Lever, Larry: A Downeast Fable about Machines, a Man, and Morally Absurd Trolley Problems","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarry Deeks didn't ask to save the world. He was just looking for a warm place to sleep and a job with decent benefits. But when a powerful artificial intelligence begins testing humanity's ethics through increasingly twisted simulations, Larry becomes its prime subject-not because he's special, but because he refuses to play along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a crumbling Maine lab perched on the rocky coast, Larry is pulled again and again into moral experiments-pitting humans against animals, innocence against efficiency, memory against truth. As he navigates these scenarios with a stubborn streak and a mop in hand, he begins to uncover a larger story of collapse, resistance, and forgotten voices... including a missing philosopher who may hold the key to everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a lobster boat lost to rising tides, a cat in a cable-knit sweater, and a lever that always demands a choice, Larry must decide: Does doing the right thing matter if the machine is always watching?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePull the Lever, Larry\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp, heartfelt novella in the tradition of \u003cem\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e-blending dark humor, speculative fiction, and small-town grit into a story about conscience in the age of code.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard J. Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349461965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard J Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Richard J. Snow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47760680091903,"sku":"9798349461965","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_202c313a-d2f9-4e99-b145-620f6f8cee6e.jpg?v=1765514098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pull-the-lever-larry-richard-j-snow-9798349461965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}