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== Notes of Interest == | == Notes of Interest == | ||
*'''Compucard''' was originally slated to appear in the [[Masters of Magic]] series, and features a handful of original sleights, including a false cut called '''The Meir Mix''', | *'''Compucard''' was originally slated to appear in the [[Masters of Magic]] series, and features a handful of original sleights, including a false cut called '''The Meir Mix''', an unusual flourish called '''The Card Sorting Move''', and a revelation called '''The Slingshot Snap-Out''' (first published in [[Richard Kaufman|Richard Kaufman's]] [[Cardworks]]) | ||
*An outgrowth | *An outgrowth of '''Royal Takeover''' appeared more than 25 years later in the [[Genii_2008_January#Magicana|January, 2008 issue of Genii]] under the name '''Radical Hold'em'''. | ||
* This book was the first in a projected series called the Professional Magic Series, which ultimately delivered only one more installment - [[Gary Ouellet|Gary Ouellet's]] [[ProControl]]. | |||
[[Category:Close Up Magic Books]] | [[Category:Close Up Magic Books]] | ||
Revision as of 16:28, 14 March 2008
Meir Yedid's second book of original close-up magic, following his seminal Finger Fantasies, and the first hardcover book published by the Camirand Academy of Magic (1982). 136 pages, photo illustrated, written by Gary Ouellet.
Table of Contents
- Publisher's Foreword by Guy Camirand
- Preface by Meir Yedid
- Compucard
- The Invisible Poker Hand
- Make it Snappy
- Birds of a Feather
- Signa-Fusion
- Royal Takeover
- Calculated Miracle
- Ghostwriter
- The Travelling Thumb
- Thumb Through the Table
Notes of Interest
- Compucard was originally slated to appear in the Masters of Magic series, and features a handful of original sleights, including a false cut called The Meir Mix, an unusual flourish called The Card Sorting Move, and a revelation called The Slingshot Snap-Out (first published in Richard Kaufman's Cardworks)
- An outgrowth of Royal Takeover appeared more than 25 years later in the January, 2008 issue of Genii under the name Radical Hold'em.
- This book was the first in a projected series called the Professional Magic Series, which ultimately delivered only one more installment - Gary Ouellet's ProControl.