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Linking Cards
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Revision as of 22:11, 14 July 2009 by David Acer (Talk | contribs) (Expanded description and list of published versions)
A plot created by Paul Harris wherein the centers of two or more cards are torn out, then the resulting card rings are made to link and unlink à la Linking Rings.
Published Versions
- (1977) Cardboard Connection by Paul Harris. The world's first linking-card routine. Uses two cards, one gaffed, and was originally published by Chuck Martinez as a one-trick manuscript. Reprinted in The Art of Astonishment, Book 2 (Harris, 1996).
- (1978) The Crabtree Connection by Roger Crabtree. A gaffed variation (and variation on the gaff) published by Supreme Magic as a one-trick manuscript.
- (1979) The Best Gosh-Darn Impromptu Linking Card Effect You'll Ever See, by Harry Lorayne. Published in Quantum Leaps ((Lorayne, 1979).
- (1983) The Immaculate Connection, by Paul Harris, published in the New Stars of Magic series (Vol. 2, #1). An impromptu method using three cards, thus allowing for a wider variety of "links," and performed by David Copperfield on national television shortly after its publication. Reprinted in The Art of Astonishment, Book 2 (Harris, 1996).
- (1983) Chain of Thought by Michael Weber, a one-card linking effect published in Genii 1983 March.
- (1986) Boromian Link, by Terri Rogers. A version of The Immaculate Connection published as a one-trick manuscript (sold with sample cards) by Martin Breese. Does not require gaffs but isn't impromptu due to an exacting procedure for cutting out the centers of the cards. The advantage is (to some) more aesthetically pleasing linking and unlinking sequences.
- (1988) Linking Cardboard by Toru Suzuki. Published in New Magic of Japan (Richard Kaufman, 1988).
- (1993) Osmosis by Sylvain Mirouf. A four-phase linking-card routine based on The Immaculate Connection but using only two cards. Reprinted in The Art of Astonishment, Book 2 (Harris, 1996).
- (1996) One Card Link by Sixten Beme, distributed by El Duco. The center of one card is torn out and disposed of, then, from the remaining card frame, a new inner frame is torn out, whereupon the resulting card ring is linked to the card frame.
Other Variations
- DVD One Card Link by Ben Williams
- DVD Klink by Kris Nevling
- DVD The Linkage by Sean Fields
- DVD Hypercards by Andrew Mayne. Impromptu two-card method released as a one-trick DVD.
- Smoke Rings by David Forrest (uses one card)
- Complete Card Link by Sixten Beme (mid-1980s)
