It's only recently that packages have been trickling from software houses for the Dragon 32, so Load And Go With Your Dragon is particularly welcome. It is just what you need if you want to get stuck straight in to your machine.

Although it's pricey at £5.50, John Phipps and Trevor Toms have mapped out a fun way to learn about the Dragon.

After reading the introduction, you can start tapping in the games programs it lists.

Most are about 50 lines long - so are fairly easy to run. If you hit trouble the section on debugging programs might help. The book also contains details about Dragon graphics, and hints and tips.

For instance, what can be more annoying to a user than spending hours typing in a long program, saving it on cassette, trying to run it only to find it won't appear on the screen?

Load And Go With Your Dragon gives some sensible advice here. First, you should type a couple of lines, save it on cassette, then try and run it. At least you won't feel too bad if a few lines are lost.

And to make humdrum tasks more enjoyable, this book has a Vocabulary Tester and Sums Galore.

The ideas of this book are well executed. Playing Hangman, Pairs or Computermind (a version of Mastermind) is certainly an enjoyable way to get acquainted with the Dragon.

But for the more adventurous, some programs in this book could be tedious.