Harry's "Out of this Universe" remains one of the best bits of close-up mentalism with cards that I perform.

Agreed, Bob. I am obsessed with OOTW plots. I love U.F. Grant's Nu Way Out, Jon Armstrong's Out of This Blah, Blah, Blah and especially Michael Weber's Red & Black.

Bobby

Harry's Impromptu Out of This World is also excellent. I remember seeing Doug Henning perform it on, I believe, the Tonight Show.

Harry's "out of date-ness" is to the mystery arts as Beethoven's 5th Symphony is to music!

Great IS great . . . as evidenced by the artist/creator/writer/script/song/picture/piece REMAINING a staple within its artists' and genres' work THROUGHOUT YEARS.

Harry and his works are GREAT and relevant heretofore . . .

Harry out of date? I don't think so. He's still a legend.

The only thing out of date... is this thread!! And, there's no doubt Harry Lorayne IS a legend. His "Close up Card Magic" is a classic (and one of my favourites), his "Best Ever" series of magic videos are, IMO one of the best values in close up Card Magic. Do I even need to mention his memory systems. I memorized 30 items one day, and they were stuck in my head for almost two months! Richard Osterlind even mentions Harry's memory system on one of his DVD sets.

Thank You, Harry Lorayne!! Because of your memory system, I shall never, ever forget your contribution to magic.


Brian

I believe I myself and many others would not be involved in the Art Of Magic if not for Harry Lorayne.

Let me start of by saying I don't care too much for Mr Lorayne's constant plugs on the green monster forum as the only posts he pops up in is to sell you something as the only answer your looking for is in his book, if that's not the case I must of missed where he mentions someone else's work which may better suit what your looking for and where to find it.

That being said I have a lot of Mr Lorayne's books which are excellent. His Apocalypse is incredible and the amount of work that must of taken up in its 20 year history is astounding and a treasure trove of top notch material. Not to mention CUCM, Personal Collection, Rim-Shots and Afterthoughts.

He is the link that connects the past masters to now and for the future. What he has done for close up magic cannot be down played and everyone who picks up a deck of cards owes a debt of gratitude to Harry Lorayne and the greats of years gone by.

To end Harry is Legend,his body of work that he is putting out and continues to put out proves he is far from out of date.

Just my two cents,

Greig Ewen

Wish you would have made it just your "one - the second - cent"!!

Just for the record - the only posts I pop up in is when I think that something in one of my books WILL HELP THE PERSON ASKING ABOUT IT. That person can or cannot, of course, pay any attention.

And, I can't/won't mention someone else's work that may be "better suited." Know why? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW - I'm not a researcher, etc. I know my own stuff - I can vouch for that. I remember Bill Simon and I having this very same discussion - gotta' be about fifty years ago. He said the same thing - he could recommend his own stuff because he KNEW how it applied to the person's question/problem. (It all started when I ASKED HIM about a sleight, and its application.)He did not know how anyone else's work applied. It was up to the questioner to do the research.

Didn't quite appreciate your first "cent" but thanks very much for your second "cent." Best - Harry L.