Genii 1999 January

Genii January 1999 - Volume 62, Number 1

Cover: Bill Larsen in the guise of Dante

• Genii Speaks Where We've Been and Where We're Going (Editorial) by Richard Kaufman 6
• Michael Skinner and the Death of the Art (Obituaries) by Richard Kaufman 7
• Messages What If A Deck... (Mail) by Bob Neale 8
• Messages The Rumors Were Flying... (Mail) by Bev Bergeron 8
• Messages I Know That... (Mail) by Matthew Field 8
• Messages Decisions, Decisions... (Mail) by Steve Bryant 8
• Bagdad Hooray ! Tasteful Magic Greeting Cards Now Available (News) by Richard Kaufman 10
• Bagdad Bond Kills by Card Tricks, Sands of the Desert (News) by Richard Kaufman 10
• Bagdad Interactions and Influences (News) by Richard Kaufman 10
• A Report from the World Alliance of Magicians (Article) by W.A.M. 13
• Mr Burger Takes to the Stage (Article) by Max Maven 20
• Accidental Collector The Clock without a Cuckoo (Article) by Richard Kaufman 24
• Accidental Collector The Expanding Die, the Appearing Vase (Article) by Richard Kaufman 25
• Accidental Collector Arnold de Biere's Billiard Ball Production Fake (Article) by Richard Kaufman 25
• Accidental Collector Maskelyne's Escape Trunk (Article) by Richard Kaufman 25
• Accidental Collector The Appearing Model Car, Mandarin Automaton (Article) by Richard Kaufman 26
• Accidental Collector The Chung Ling Soo Posters, Devil on Staircase Automaton (Article) by Richard Kaufman 26
• Accidental Collector Devil Bust, Small Wood-Turned & Metal Pieces (Article) by Richard Kaufman 27
• Accidental Collector Joke Set of Matchboxes, One Shelf in the Collection (Article) by Richard Kaufman 27
• Dracula and the Handmaidens Brother John Hamman (Cards) by Richard Kaufman 36
• The Jennings Tapes MacJennings Aces by Larry Jennings (Cards) by Richard Kaufman 39
• The Unseen Side of Dai Vernon Sub Rosa Crimp (Cards) by Richard Kaufman 42
• Hawaiian Pop-up move Curtis Kam (Coins) by Richard Kaufman 43
• Looking Back to Look Ahead From a House of Cards (Genii, Vol. 1, No. 2, Oct 1936) (Cards) by Judson Brown & Charlie Miller 43
• The Maximum Dimension (Mentalism) by Max Maven 45
• Light from the lamp Card College 3 by Roberto Giobbi (Book review) by Jamy Ian Swiss 56
• Light from the lamp Magic for Dummies by David Pogue (Book review) by Jamy Ian Swiss 57
• Light from the lamp Down Under Deals by Andrew Wimhurst (Book review) by Jamy Ian Swiss 58
• Light from the lamp The Color Blind Deck by Gordon Bean (Trick Review) by Danny Orleans 59
• Light from the lamp Thanks to Zarrow by Jerry Sadowitz (Book review) by Jamy Ian Swiss 59
• Light from the lamp The Golden Shells by Whit Haydn & Chef Anton (Trick Review) by Danny Orleans 60
• Light from the lamp Very Very Close, Vol 1-3 by Mike Close (Video review) by Gordon Bean 62
• Strange Tricks of Yesteryear Sid Lorraine's Moon Rock (Article) by Richard Kaufman 64
• Light from the lamp Who's Afraid of Invisible Thread ? by Jon LeClair (Video review) by Gordon Bean 64