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The Effect

Your magic repitouire well extended!

Cost

Get it on Amazon for £10 (i think???)

Difficulty

Choose the tricks that best suit you. The book will last you a lifetime.


Review

Well, i wasnt thrilled when told i should stop buying props and buy books instead but the advice was very true.
I am still working my way though a few tricks in there but to be honest its so good i dont know where to start. (lol)
Packed with card tricks, flourishes, money magic, rope magic, silk and hankerchief magic, impromtu magic, mental magic, betchas, make at home magic, sponge ball magic, billiard ball magic, cups and balls, magical illusions and reputation makers this book is bound to last any kind of magcians a lifetime! Treat it like gold! Its a fab book that has been a guide to many magicians i am told.


Overall

4 words: LARGE, PACKED, MAGICAL, FANTASTIC

Thanks for the review - but it has already been reviewed here.

http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic5390.p ... ark+wilson

It's always worth checking first.

Whoops soz

Thanks for letting me know anyway.

Tom

It's no problem Tom - it's always good to get someonelses view on a product, but if there is a review there already, it helps if you add your thoughts to the existing thread.

I certainly don't want to put you off writing reviews

Ok thanks,

i will check in future! lol

Thanks for your encouragement!

Tom!

This is a good book, though more for the beginner. I think I came to it a bit too late to really be able to appreciate it, but it's got some good stuff in there.

I still make use of 'Sandwiched Aces' - a nice little Ace routine that literally had one spectator going "No, no...it can't be..." as the final revelation approached.

Not bad for such a simple effect .

and what really drives me crazy is that i went to the libary hoping to find some books. found this book without knowing it. and then i bought it a couple weeks later... GAH

This is a good book, though more for the beginner. This is certainly not true. Even the professional can learn quite a lot of fundamentals and unique tricks. Mark Wilson's Cyclopedia of Magic is also top class.

Okay, granted there are a few things a pro might make use of (such as the Billiard Ball routine and a few nice coin and rope effects) but overall one gets the impression that this was written more as a beginner guide. It certainly wasn't written with professionals as it's main target audience - it covers basics sleights and even goes in to describing what it is when a card is face-up or face-down!

So maybe a more seasoned performer will find things of use in here. All I meant was that it was clearly written more for beginners.

I suppose though if you have been in magic for just a few years it is really an essential if you want a good grounding in magic.

And isn't Cyclopedia of Magic pretty similar to the Complete Course?

It is designed to be a COMPLETE course in magic so it does have very basic things in. it doesn't take you to the highest level in magic but it can take you from a beginner to a good intermediate. It takes you further than most books/DVDs do when they say complete course in...

Pitto

Cardza wrote:I still make use of 'Sandwiched Aces' - a nice little Ace routine that literally had one spectator going "No, no...it can't be..." as the final revelation approached.

Not bad for such a simple effect .

Thanks! I've had this book for years and never noticed the Sandwiched Aces, so I just pulled it out and stepped through the routine. Looks like I can get this very fine trick down in an hour or less.

I'm glad I read the review!

That's okay TerryC!

I use a few little subtleties to help the effect along, but they're not really needed...just a way of quickly setting this effect up after going from one four Aces effect to this.

Welcome to the forum, by the way .