The Spam Letters

NO STARCH PRESS
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“Very funny. The author has an odd but admirable sense of what I like to think of as appropriate absurdity.”
—Oakland Perl Mongers, August 2005 (Full review)

"Those who like reading humor books will enjoy this one, it's one-of-a-kind."
—Blogcritics.org, May 16, 2005 (Full review)

Interview with Jonathan Land
—NPR Sunday Edition, Dec. 5, 2004 (Full interview)

"This guy's fevered imagination addressing e-mail spam puts even the likes of Hunter Thompson and the late Ken Kesey to shame. Reading this is a real trip."
—The Chicago Tribune, Nov. 13, 2004 (Full review)

"Those who remember Don Novello (a.k.a. Father Santucci; a.k.a. Lazlo Toth) will be delighted with Land's Spam Letters. The 'Toth Letters' have delighted me since 1977. The Spam Letters will still be read in 27 years, too. Several made me laugh aloud. And it's under $15!"
—Peter H. Salus, ;login: October 2004

"For once, spam is fun instead of an aggravation...one-of-a-kind."
—Lockergnome, Aug. 17, 2004 (Full review)

"Spam...has become the cockroach of the modern digital experience. Who among us hasn't wished for some kind of revenge against the perpetrators of this scourge? One who has found such a mode of retaliation is Jonathan Land. In this humorous collection of e-mails, the reader is invited to share a bit of his payback vicariously. Land, an occasional collaborator with collage-music mainstay Negativland, brings an incisive wit and acerbic irony to the task of actually responding to common spam e-mails."
—Orlando Weekly, Aug. 12, 2004 (Read article)

"deliciously mean-spirited toward people who deserve every bit of it! [...] The letters from the spammers are reproduced in all their cockamamie glory, mangled English and all. Land's replies are in turn scathing, loony, nutso, and just plain weird - and almost invariably fun to browse. So for that brother-in-law who likes to complain about all his nasty email, or that cousin who keeps sending her SSN in reply to emails from 'CittyBank,' this one's a perfect gift. Just make certain you read it first!"
—epinions.com, Aug. 9, 2004 (Read article)

"I've been in stitches all week, because I'm reading The Spam Letters, a new book by a very funny guy named Jonathan Land. The book is a compilation of Land's correspondence with Web spammers and scammers... a 232-page paperback that is the first funny thing I've ever found about spam."
—Mike Wendland, Detroit Free Press, Aug. 6, 2004 (Read article)

"The prankish responses to junk e-mail he's parlayed into a popular Web site and a just released book, make great bathroom reading."
—InfoSecurity Mag, August 2004 (Full review)

"After reading this book and picking yourself up off the floor, you'll never look at your spam as an annoyance again, but rather as an incredible creative opportunity. Way too much fun."
—Netsurfer Digest (Read article)

"Land is clearly a witty and clever man, and his replies do throw a spotlight on spammers and the wares they peddle."
—Dr. Neale Monks, Applelust.com (Read article)

"Spam can be pretty funny - as long as it's in someone else's inbox. That's why The Spam Letters by Jonathan Land is an amusing read."
—NetworkWorldFusion (Read article)

"When most of us receive annoying unsolicited email, we're quick to tap delete. But not Jonathan Land. Not only does he read the offal in his inbox, he responds to it, often with rollicking results."
—Jobfind (Read article)

"Web developer Jonathan Land believes the prankish responses to junk e-mail he's parlayed into a popular Web site (www.thespamletters.com) and a just released book, The Spam Letters, make great bathroom reading."
—InfoSecurity Magazine, August 2004

"For those who dream of exacting revenge against those evil e-mail spammers but can't find the time, you can live vicariously through Jonathan Land in his book The Spam Letters (No Starch Press)[...] Land's missives display wit and style, and there are a few belly-laugh moments."
—Jonathan Krim, The Washington Post, July 24, 2004 (Read article)

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