The special edition provides beginning programmers with a format that simplifies the learning experience, using short chapters, an open and friendly style, icons and illustrations to present technical material, and an introduction to QBasic, language elements, and advanced topics. Original.
The greatest QBASIC book ever! Although it doesn't cover every command or every possible facet of a command, for what it does do right it does it incredibly. Well written and a joy to follow. The complete application at the end inspired me not only to investigate such concepts as binary file structures but also databases. Too bad QBASIC is no longer supported; and that no other PC language (save LabVIEW) gets books as awesome as this.