Delton T. Horn's books

[KA4HJH]

>Nothing is worse for a beginner than an author who contradicts himself...
>Maybe that it's just that my copy is an early edition, but in light of the
>content, I can't believe they even bothered to print it.

I could say the same thing about at least 90% of all the books published by
Tab. They have absolutely no editorial dept., and while some of the authors
actually seem to know what they're talking about, they have no idea how to
write a book. This is where the publisher is supposed to step in but...

A local book fair had a large number of their books about ten years ago and
finally decided to get rid of them once and for all. They donated them to a
local church and they had a "pay what you don't feel guilty about" sale. My
brother and I filled two big boxes, 1 copy of everything. Most titles were
by Tab. We got home and starting looking through, them and it was quite a
mixed bag. Many of them had useful info but it was so sloppily prepared
that reading it was like walking through a quagmire. My personal favorites
are the partial reprints of schematics and plans from Information
Unlimited, the place with the overpriced plans and kits for Tesla coils and
lasers. The book is just a come-on. There are unlabeled parts on the
schematics! The worst was a "new age" electronics books with things like a
UFO detector, Kirlian photography. Not too long ago I saw this one still
for sale. I doubt if you can build a single functional project from it.

There are a couple of decent ones. Anything by Gordon McComb is
interesting, if a bit dated. Synthesizers?. Haven't seen it.

I also have a nice one on oxyacetylene welding.

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"