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Hi guys,

I'm 19 year old(well in a few days) male from england.

Brand new to magic but always had an interest in it. Just lacked the time to learn!

Anyhow as with anything new i always find a forum and then get recommended books. I just purchased:

Modern Coin Magic: 116 Coin Sleights and 236 Coin Tricks"
J.B. Bobo; Paperback; £9.95
AND
1 "The Royal Road to Card Magic"
Michael Bailey; Paperback; £6.59


Will get reading them when they arrive, Cant wait!!!!

Now im off to google for basic card tricks :p
Right now i just want to pull cool tricks off in the pub or at partys in quiet times.

Cheers all
Look forward to being part of community - Learning and teaching!

Welcome to TM. You have a good selection of books there. I started off with the Royal Road all those years ago

Ah good stuff,

I wondered (Forgot to add to original post so sorry for spam) - What other books are "Classics".

For example if someone asked me how to learn Poker - I'd suggest 2-3 books i consider "Bibles".

I assume their are some for magic?

I really want to learn Mentalism - Derren brown type things? They absolute amaze me!!! Anyone know any books? I understand 13 steps to mentalism is good however amazon dont seem to sell it NEW.

Thanks in advanced

http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic11429.php

That was written by Our Craig Browning, a professional mentalist / bizarre magician / author and very nice guy

I started with 13 steps to mentalism

Oh awesome!

Does anyone have MSN? Anyone experience want to "coach" or talk occasionally to a newbie (me) ?

Im on msn if you want too or care to offer your experience via MSN or AIM.


Just PM me your mail address, will be much appreciated

Well i am a professional magician (that's what CP stands for in my profile). Feel free to PM me at any time and i will get back to you as soon possible.

I don't use MSN due to bad experiences in the past

Welcome

Ah ok cool!

Whats the Number mean?

Im interested in mentalism also however i cant find a popular shop which sells 13 steps.... hmm!

That PDF was fairly strange read, although i didnt understand 90% of the concepts/words it used(names for tricks etc)

Live and learn hey ?

Alright guv'nor! Welcome aboard the good ship TM...

Hi and welcome

NewMagic19 wrote:Whats the Number mean?

Age and Status in your Profile
To help other members form a more visual picture, it would be nice to include your age and 'magic status' as a small signoff in your profile.

We're standardising this to an additional bit of info in the Location panel in your profile... and the format is

(??A : ??S) where as the ??A = your age, and the ??S = your status, chosen from the list below...

EN = Eager Newbie
AH = Amateur Hobbyist
SH = Skilled Hobbyist
WP = Working Professional
CP = Career Professional

So, for example - your Location could be

"Kent, UK, (30:WP)", meaning you're a 30 year old working pro...

This information and loads more can be found hear.

http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic1219.php

and also check out

http://www.talkmagic.co.uk/ftopic3632.php

Enjoy your stay with TM

Alex

Ok excellent guys, seems a pretty helpfull (and popular) forum so far. Looking forward to getting my books!!!

Sounds like a perfect hobby to do at pubs or partys in quiet moments!

Although Mentalism is also very interesting, however finding Corindas 13 steps book for purchase is a challenge in itself....

Location changed - London UK, 19:EN

hi, I'm new here too and started in the same way, books (royal road and coin magic also first on my shopping list). if you are looking for a selection of books, new and second hand old books, try http://www.abebooks.co.uk/ i found quite a few sourced here and overseas much cheaper than stores and amazon, worth a look. i also got a couple of sankey's DVDs Razors Edge is a good starting point ( http://www.sankeymagic.com/ ) as he can offer a beginers routine or a series of advanced options.

hope this helps.

ddraig

Cheers for like mate, ill check those out now.

One major question guys - On magic forums, it is bad form to question and put up the solutions to how YOU THINK a trick was performed?

i.e. levitation or slight of hand etc?

or is this encouraged?

Welcome

Disscussing a trick is okay but that is only for critisum (constructive mainly), and you can talk about some basic sleight of hand (Double Lifts, Pass, Some basic controls - ie. over hand shuffle control).

But DO NOT post asking things like 'oooooo can anyone please tell me how thats done' because you will get a lot of people annoyed at you.

Also do not give the trick away, because afterall anyone can view this forum (except the restricted parts ), however you can comment on parts of the trick (ie. 'you took a little too long to square up the deck, and you exposed the break',).

Well hope this has cleared some things up for you

Understood - Cheers,
Dont want to get banned accidently

Also - Does anyone have interesting links i can read before my books arrive ? Probably wont be here till mid week