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Thinking the Impossible
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Thinking the Impossible | |
Author | Ramon Rioboo |
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Editor | Rafael Benatar |
Publisher | Hermetic Press |
Publication Date | 2012 |
Language | English |
Pages | 291 |
Thinking the Impossible: The Birth of Amazement Through Subtlety is a 2011 book by Ramon Rioboo, published by Hermetic Press. It was originally published in Spain as La Magia Pensada in 2002, and translated from the Spanish by Rafael Benatar.
Contents
Contents
- Page V: Dedication (Ramon Rioboo)
- Page VII: Show Them a Trick, Ramon! (Juan Tamariz)
- Page IV: Introduction and a Warning
Some Basic Tools
- Page 3: Close Up and Not So Close
- Page 4: Done with Mirrors?
- Page 6: My Secret Card Addition
- Page 11: The Good-old Crimp
- Page 13: The Principle of Equal Piles
- Page 15: The Memorized Deck
- Page 16: The Biddle Count
- Page 18: The Spread Reversal and Disguised Cut
- Page 20: My Lapping Approach
- Page 27: The Treated Card
No Preparation and Light on Sleights
- Page 31: Misdirection and Psychology
- Page 35: Cards, Math, Brain, Hands
- Page 37: In the Bluff
- Page 47: One in the Side Pocket
- Page 53: Spellinoo
- Page 57: Three Minds with But a Single Thought
- Page 61: The Return of the Twenty-one
- Page 67: In the Long Run
- Page 71: By Any Other Name
- Page 75: Four Weddings and an Impossibility
- Page 81: The Accidental Detective
- Page 85: Arresting Matches
- Page 93: Telepathy, X-rays, and Telekinesis
- Page 97: Moments and Their Types
- Page 103: Finelly Found
- Page 107: The Mystery of Cabala
- Page 117: The World's Smallest Computer
- Page 123: Laptop
- Page 125: You Make Three Piles and I Won't Touch
No Preparation and a Bit More Skill
- Page 133: Moves and Flourishes are Different Things
- Page 135: The Magician and the Prophet
- Page 143: Law and Order
- Page 149: Asmodeus
- Page 155: Time Traveler
- Page 167: My Favorite Timepiece
With Some Simple Preparation
- Page 175: Two, Three, Four
- Page 181: A Bad Mind Reader and a Good Premonition
Mnemonica and Other Stacks
- Page 189: The Five Senses
- Page 195: Control in Chaos
- Page 203: Super Telepathy for Skeptics
- Page 207: The Well-Placed Card
- Page 213: Telepathy to Order
Duplicates, Gimmicks, and Special Cards
- Page 223: My Staple Card
- Page 233: Sympathy for the Devil (That's Me)
- Page 239: Cutting it Close
- Page 245: The Fateful Month
- Page 251: Erased
- Page 257: Cardini Plus
- Page 261: James Bond
Tricks with the Treated Card
- Page 269: James Bonded
- Page 273: Assembled Acehesion
- Page 279: The Three Bets
- Page 287: Name Jumper
References