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bumbleface Elite user 434 Posts |
Which of all the close-up magazine compilations would be, in your opinions, the best to spend money on? What are the differences?
Thanks, Greg |
Schaden Inner circle Purgatory 1253 Posts |
All.... if you can get the dough.
Trust Me Lee |
stevenamills Veteran user 397 Posts |
Bang for the Buck - Richard's Almanac
Cost No Object - Apocalypse Later.... Steve |
wert Regular user 164 Posts |
Richard's Almanac is just peachy.
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GeorgeG Special user Thousand Oaks, CA 977 Posts |
Ah...all such great books! I am fortunate to have them all in my library. It's difficult to decide on one. Apocalypse would be my choice but it is 4 volumes so, if price is an issue, Richard's Almanac wins hands down.
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Ozer4 Veteran user NYC 329 Posts |
Richard's Almanac is great!
-Oz |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Gee, If you want to see some early things by Curtis Kam, David Neighbors, Ed Marlo, Doug Edwards, David Roth and yours truly have a look in Apocalypse. It is aimed at the intermediate close up worker circa 1980. Great stuff there. As time went on, the technique went up a bit, as well as the interest in technical variations. From the other side of the spectrum, the Ibidem gang was always way ahead on reinterpreting classics and adding fundamental insight into magic and presentation. So much to learn. So much to read. Enjoy it all! -Jonathan
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Steve Hook Inner circle Raleigh, NC, USA 1266 Posts |
All great and in my library. IBIDEM is the most esoteric and unusual book. APOCALYPSE has tons of good stuff (to be weeded out due to the sheer numbers).
But my favorite is RICHARD'S ALMANAC. It's always been on my "If I had to pick 5 books to take to a desert island" list. I think it's the combination of the writing style, the cutting edge material, the contributor list, the artwork, and the "feel". It's my pick. In order: ALMANAC APOCALYPSE HIEROPHANT IBIDEM Steve H
Like Bonnie Raitt said, "I miss Little Feat more than I miss being 8 years old." Thanks for the concerts + recordings, Lowell, Richie, and Paul!
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ixnay66 Inner circle Denver 1525 Posts |
The Almanac!!!
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Mark Ennis Inner circle Raleigh, NC 1031 Posts |
I like:
1. Richard's Almanac (Collected Almanac) 2. Pallbearer's Review 3. Apocalypse 4. Hugard's Magic Monthly
ME
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David Neighbors V.I.P. 4910 Posts |
Marlo had a lot of good stuff In HIEROPHANT!
Best, David Neighbors The Coinjurer |
Curtis Kam V.I.P. same as you, plus 3 and enough to make 3498 Posts |
The first appearance of the "Too Perfect Theory", and still some of the best magic-based satire ever are also selling points for the Hierophant. Beware, there is an eighth(?) volume published well after the first ones, and the "Last Hierophant" too. Part of the fun is making sure you have 'em all.
Here's a question for you collectors, which was more "special"; an all-cards issue of Apocalypse, or an all-Marlo issue of the Hierophant?
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LordPH Regular user Suomi 189 Posts |
(Late) Vote for Collected Almanac!!
Lucas Ace
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Rennie Inner circle I think I have about 1826 Posts |
Another late vote,
1 - Apocalypse 2 - Richard's Almanac Apocalypse could keep you busy for years. Four volumes and each very thick and all kinds of magic.. Rennie
The effect is the important thing, how you achieve it is not.......
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Magiguy Inner circle Seattle, WA 5467 Posts |
Another late vote...
1. Apocalypse 2. Apocalypse (C'mon... it's four volumes of gold, and deserves a second vote) 3. Ibidem 4. Almanac 5. Hierophant (but I must say, this may be the bottom of my list of these particular choices, but it is by no means the bottom of any barrel -- Phenomenal material edited by the genius that is Racherbaumer). Seriously, you have a tough decision ahead of you, and no matter what initial choice you make I urge you to keep the remaining items at the top of your wish list. These will keep you busy for years and years. |
Peo Olsson Inner circle Stockholm, Sweden 3260 Posts |
Richarsd's Almanac
Pictured to the left my hero and me during FISM 2006 in Stockholm.
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts |
Before I cast my vote, I wonder why Kabbala was not included? And of course The Jinx, The Phoenix, Sphinx, Wizard, Magic Wand, Pallbearer's Review, Chronicles, Epilogue, Pentagram, Pabular, Spellbinder, The Gen, and so on and ......
1. Apocalypse: A complete library unto itself represent the BEST close up magic from the late 70's to the later 90's 2. Richard's Almanac: Great stuff, a bit more hard core sleight wise than Apocalypse was at the time, although as Jonathan Townsend stated, Apocalyspse did ramp up. 3. Ibidem: Don't let the "experimental" approach fool you. MANY great principles began in Howard Lyons's Gestetner produced classic 4. Pallbearer's Review: Great range of great magic; the perfect gap filler between Hugard's Magic Monthly and Apocalypse. 5. Spellbinder: Stephen Tucker's quirky and cool mag from 79-82. 6. Kabbala/Hierophant: These made me a LOT less afraid of Marlo and Kabbala was my first exposure to Simon Aronson 7. The Wizard: 3000+ pages and 900+ effects from Britain's best. 8. Hugard's Magic Monthly: Simply amazing. There SO many more and all equally great. I just want to plug two more: The Jinx: This magazine is so incredibly influential. It is cheaply avalable in hard copy and also on CD (along with the Don Tanner/Karl Fulves published "New Phoenix). And the big surprise: Stanyon's Magic. Not only a glimpse into the magic scene as it was in the early years of the 20th century, this 1500 page compilation contains MANY hidden gems. You would be surprised to see MANY MANY of todays "new" effects with its pages. I have the beautifully produced L&L reprint, but, Martin Breese has the CD version for considerably less. ANY of the periodicals will give the buyer untold YEARS of material from which to draw. Can you say THAT about the latest one trick DVD that lasts 20 minutes and had its roots in one of the above periodicals? Spellbinder, Kabbala, the Almanac, and The Jinx were the smallest in terms of total page count, being dwarfed by the Magic Wand, The Sphinx, and Apocalypse, and The Gen. But even the "smallest" four will give you more to study than you could handle in two lifetimes. I wish that more American mags would take the same route as the British. Imagine how COOL it would be to have a complete run of the Tops, or Genii complete with searchable index. It drives me NUTS to be working on a routine and read that a cool handling was offered by Charlie Miller in some older issue of Genii and I do not have access to it! When Chris Wasshuber put out the Digital Sphinx I jumped on it right away. Yes, it cost a h**l of a lot at the time (I was working as a demonstrator in a new shop) but to have this legendary magazine to me is SO much better than any ten DVD SETS I could name. There is an effect in Hugard's that has been released as a new and revolutionary concept in mentalism. I think it is selling for about 35.00 US. Just think of how much is spent on these new products when you just might already have them!! |
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