This is a marvelous ebook on mostly sleight-less card magic. The only skills you will need to bring to these effects are presentational. Pros will tell you the presentational aspect of a trick is more difficult to master than any sleight or move. That probably is true, however, these effects have been selected and re-worked so as to have built-in impact so that your presentation can even be as direct as simply stating exactly what you are doing. This is the most basic form of presentation, but it remains effective for those who do not have the creativity or inherent comedy to develop entertaining or funny presentations. The magic itself, in these routines, entertains. You need only direct the audience in what to watch for.
The ebook is divided into two sections followed by the appendices at the end. The first section deals with mental type self-working tricks. Some will require memory, but absolutely no manual dexterity. The second section contains tricks of a non-mental nature. These are transpositions, assemblies and locations, etc. and are all done without the need for difficult sleight-of-hand. These routines were worked out and then streamlined completely with the help ofJohn Mendoza.
Also included is a "glossary" of terms including brief descriptions of moves that, hopefully, will serve as an incentive to whet your appetite to take the time to learn card sleights. While you will not need them for the routines in this ebook, there are numerous outstanding effects that cannot be accomplished without sleight-of-hand.
The final appendix shows a list of books that Rick Kercher, along with John Mendoza, consider to be the best in print on the subject of card magic.
INTRODUCTIONChapter 1 SIMPLE SIMONChapter 2 THE LIGHT STUFFChapter 3 TWO PILES, NO WEIGHTINGChapter 4 ADDS UP TO MAGIC4.1 THE FOUR ACE COUNTDOWN4.2 HIGHLY UNLIKELY4.3 WHY IT WORKS4.4 ADDENDUMChapter 5 A COINCIDENCE OF NUMBERSChapter 6 THE BIG SWITCHChapter 7 FOUR CARDS SHORT TO MYSTERY7.1 THINK SPELL7.2 SECOND THOUGHTChapter 8 EVOLUTION OF AN EFFECT8.1 Principle of the 21st Card8.2 The Strange 20 Card CoincidenceChapter 9 CHEATINGChapter 10 TAKES A LICKING AND KEEPS ON TICKINGChapter 11 AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY LINE11.1 Vanish #111.2 Vanish #211.3 Vanish #311.4 The Climax: The Queens ReturnChapter 12 MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN SUSPECTS RE-VISITEDChapter 13 THE INSEPARABLE PAIRChapter 14 NO-MOVE OPEN TRAVELLERS14.1 The First Transposition14.2 The Second Transposition14.3 The Last TranspositionChapter 15 THE R.W. FOUR CARD STUNNERChapter 16 POOR MAN'S DARYLChapter 17 BONUS: THE MYSTERIOUS 19 CARD TRICKAppendix A GLOSSARYBottom DealBreakButt ShuffleCharlier PassCrimpCriss Cross ForceCullingDeal and DuckDeck SwitchDouble Facers or Double Faced CardsDouble Lift and Double TurnoverDouble UndercutDown & UnderFalse CutFaro ShuffleFishingGemini CountGilbreath PrincipleInjogInvisible PackKlondike ShuffleMagician's ChoiceOlram SubtletyOutjogOverhand ShufflePalmingPassPeeking CardsPowder FanPressure FanReverse FaroRibbon SpreadRiffle ForceRiffle ShuffleRubaway VanishSlip ForceTabled CutTent VanishThumb CountTime MisdirectionTurnover PassTwenty-First Card PrincipleUp and Down ShuffleUpjogVernon's Add-On SwitchAppendix B DEALERSAppendix C RECOMMENDED READINGCONCLUSION1st edition 1984; digital edition 2020, PDF 94 pages, 96 illustrations.word count: 30656 which is equivalent to 122 standard pages of textPlease Choose: Download Refund Policy
