Studies in Crap: Letters to E.T.

By ALAN SCHERSTUHL

Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.

Letters to E.T.

Author: Sad kids who never learned their lesson from all those unanswered letters to God.

Publisher: Weekly Reader Books

Date: 1983

Discovered at: 2nd Chance Thrift, 7740 Wornall

The Cover Promises: On Sunday mornings, E.T. slips into his lover’s favorite shirt and lounges with the Sunday Times and a stack of fan mail.

Representative Quotes:

From Jonah:

“I liked when you were riding on the bike, and thanks for not dying.”

From Kirk:

“I am a 13 year old boy who used to be closed off to the world. I didn’t care about grades, I just didn’t care that much about life. About the only things I did care about was God, Drawing, and if my D&D character could get passed 3rd level.”