Welcome to the Genii Archive of issues from 1936, when Genii was founded by William Larsen, Sr., to 1998, when Erika Larsen, the third generation Larsen editor, ended her editorship and the magazine was sold to The Genii Corporation.

All 61 volumes, from 1936 to 1998, are available in PDF form. The vast treasures within these tens of thousands of pages, thousands of illusions, tricks, and articles, is staggering. It would take you years to read all of Genii.

The entire archive is fully searchable. So, for example, if you wanted to find every instance when Dai Vernon is mentioned in those 61 years of Genii, you would just enter Dai Vernon's name in the window and press the search button. Simple.

In addition, the entire 7 volume run of The Conjuror's Magazine, edited by Walter Gibson, is available. This famous magazine from the 1940s became the property of Genii when it ceased publication and was purchased by William Larsen, Sr.

The system is set up to allow you to print out individual pages.

Prices:
Six-Month Use: $45
One-Year Use: $65
Unlimited Use (for the life of the database): $200

When you sign up and pay, you will be charged within 48 hours. Within a maximum of one week (but usually within 24 hours--it depends upon whether the editor is traveling), you will receive a password. That password will allow you to login to the system. Please keep the password to yourself. We will log all IPs and periodically check that only the logged IP is using the system. Anyone found allowing others to use his or her password will be immediately deleted from the sytem and no refunds will be given for such violations.

Since we have begun offering access to The Genii Archive, several users have tried to use it as a means to simply download an entire file of Genii rather than as a research tool as intended. One person downloaded 13,000 pages. We regularly review the logs of users' activities and if we see huge amounts of pages downloaded with no reasonable amount of research accompanying the downloads, we will cancel your account and you will not receive a refund. Please don't abuse the sytem or attempt to utilize it in a way other than that for which it was created. It is a research database, not an inexpensive way for you to attempt to collect an entire file of Genii.

If you have any questions, please direct them to Richard Kaufman (Do not use the normal Genii e-mail address).

Enjoy the Genii Archive!

Genii Archive Order Form

Type of Use   $ 45 Six-Month Use    $ 65 One-Year Use $ 200 Unlimited Use (for the life of the database)   Your Information First Name Last Name Address City State/Province Country ZIP or Postal Code E-mail Double check that this is correct, your password will be sent to this email address. Telephone   Billing Information Credit Card Type VISA MasterCard Amex Discover Card Number Expiration Date Both Genii and The Conjuror's Magazine are fully protected by the laws governing copyright. By clicking on "Submit," I agree that I will not give the password which will be supplied to me to anyone or in any way allow others to login using that password.

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