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Ged
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Posted: May 31, 2013 6:04pm
The Genii e-archives is a tremedous resource. But you kind of have to know what you are looking for. Otherwise it's information overload. The pages load relatively slowly -- too slowly for true browsing. Its like getting 50+ years of a monthly magazine all at once, one page at a time. BTW, Erdnase is on the site too. The Copyright must have expired.
I think this forum needs to seriously exchange information on our favorites from the past published in Genii to make this resource realize its true value.
I saw one post on this general subject, but only a few replies offered favorites. I'd like to encourage others to pitch in with their favorite effects from Genii through the years. I only recently started subscribing again since I was a kid, so I'm pretty useless for anything other than the last 3 issues. But I (and I'm sure just about every Genii subscriber on this forum) would be very very grateful to anyone who would lend some insight on the best tricks (and if possible the Genii issues in which they appeared) that are worth going back and studying and learning.
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Ged
New user
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Posted: Jun 18, 2013 12:46am
Anyone? Anyone?
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Vlad_77
Inner circle
The Netherlands
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Posted: Jun 18, 2013 3:12am
Hi Ged,
When you reach 50 posts, you will have access to the area of The Café called the Banquet Room. There is a section called Secret Sessions. In that area I started a thread two years ago called "Classic Periodicals." (There is also a Book Gems thread too  ). Anyhow, the idea of Classic Periodicals is for people to share effects and citations - but not actual methods - so that the community can find cool stuff. There are a few there from Genii. The thread has grown and, I hope you'll contribute.
As for the Genii archive, it is part of The Conjuring Arts Research Center which is a GREAT resource. They are working on the search engine, etc., but they don't have a large staff or bottomless pots of money. The page at a time prevents wholesale downloading of complete runs of these periodicals. That said, CARC has made some available as complete downloads, the latest two being Precursor and Hugard's Magic Monthly. I have asked Richard repeatedly if he would consider releasing the Genii archive on DVD. This has been done for other huge collections such as The Gen, The Sphinx, The Magic Wand, The Tops, and The New Tops. He feels however that there is not a market for it. I disagree but, Genii is his baby and it's his right to disseminate it any way he chooses.
Actually, the CARC interface isn't that bad; you just need to learn how to refine your search criteria in the Advanced Search area. Loading times are getting better too. The onky thing that is a glaring problem is the use of frames in the HTML coding as the frame itself is a bit intrusive - it needs to be narrowed a bit. Richard Kaufman stated here recently that they are working with CARC to improve it all.
Even though it's not perfect, it's really a hell of a resource and I am overjoyed that Kaufman and Co. and CARC have Genii available.
Lastly, in Secret Sessions is a splendid thread by Hideo Kato called Today's Finding. You will find a mountain of Genii references there. So, get posting Ged!
Namaste,
Vlad
PS: Erdnase has been in public domain for quite awhile.
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