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Up_in_smoke Regular user England 143 Posts 
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I've been studying card magic for about 10 years and I'm tired of looking for the latest and greatest card magic DVD so...
What do you think is essential reading for the serious card technician? I currently have: Card College Royal Road to Card Mgic Annotated Expert at the Card Table I know there are others out there, but don't know much about them such as Revolutionary Card Technique or Expert Card Technique. What would you recommend or what would you want in your magic library? Thanks Sean |
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tomsk192 Inner circle 3894 Posts
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The two you mentioned are well worth the study. I'd recommend looking at The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings. Others will have great suggestions too.
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Bulla Special user Honolulu, HI 673 Posts
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Card Finesse 1 & 2 by Jon Racherbaumer. Revolutionary Card Technique is an excellent book. That book will keep you busy for awhile.
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RS1963 Inner circle 2723 Posts
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If you don't have any of the Books that Lewis Ganson wrote on Vernon's magic get them. But after being in magic for ten years I would imagine that you have them. If not stop what you are doing and work on obtaining those.
Other than that, the works that have already been mentioned are all very good recommendations. Others to look into would be Jack Carpenter's work. Allan Ackerman |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27251 Posts
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On 2013-08-07 15:37, Up_in_smoke wrote: Technician or performer?
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Up_in_smoke Regular user England 143 Posts
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On 2013-08-07 17:07, RS1963 wrote: I do not have these, I will certainly look into them. I have nothing of the professor. Quote:
On 2013-08-07 17:16, Jonathan Townsend wrote: I am a performer, by technician I mean I want to hone my craft to the best of my ability |
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts
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Everything you can possibly get your hands on by Harry Lorayne.
Best, Vlad |
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Merc Man.jpg "View Profile") Inner circle NUNEATON, Warwickshire 2496 Posts
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On 2013-08-07 20:39, Vlad_77 wrote: Unreservedly seconded! 
In fact, it's ALL that you will ever need.
Barry Allen
14 years have passed - and still missing Abra Magazine arriving every Saturday morning. |
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Harry Lorayne V.I.P. New York City 8557 Posts
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Nah, stay away from my books!!
[email]harrylorayne@earthlink.net[/email]
http://www.harrylorayne.com http://www.harryloraynemagic.com |
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Chris Westfall Loyal user Toronto, Canada 252 Posts
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Of course classics are a must and everything noted is a great study and read!!!
There are a lot of newer books that are great with some outstanding card material, not sure if this is what you are looking for but: -ONE DEGREE by John G. -PAPER ENGINE by Aaron Fisher - Anything John Bannon but they are not all cards Just to name a few!! |
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rklew64 Inner circle 1263 Posts
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That's easy - here you go:
http://www.google.com/search?q=best+card......i&rls=en That should more than enough reference reading. Anything else written on your thread will be purely redundant. And pick the books based on your skill level, getting a book that teaches advanced difficult card magic can be discouraging and unwise - remember you are building your library over time, not in 30 days. Please note to self about subjectivity otherwise you will end up wasting a lot of money. |
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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts
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Anything by Harry
Anything by Vernon, (start with Inner Card Trilogy) Most things by Marlo Classic Magic of Larry Jennings Jennings '67 |
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Atom3339 Inner circle Spokane, WA 3242 Posts
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^ This.
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Occupy Your Dream |
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Kjellstrom Inner circle Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe 5160 Posts
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I can recommend books by:
Darwin Ortiz Ed Marlo Allan Ackerman Martin Nash Simon Aronson Juan Tamariz John Bannon Harry Lorayne Aldo Colombini Alex Elmsley Bernard Bilis Michael Close Dai Vernon David Berglas Derek Dingle Guy Hollingworth Jon Racherbaumer Max Maven Michael Skinner Nick Trost Peter Duffie Roberto Giobbi Rusduck Stephen Tucker Karl Fulves Martin Joyal - Joyal Stack - memorized card magic. All of them produce excellent cardmagic books. I have over 500 magic books, so the list can go on forever... |
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts
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On 2013-08-07 23:24, Chris Westfall wrote: Hi Chris, I certainly agree! I am really aching for the new John Bannon book - who isn't? Aaron Fisher is an excellent writer, magician and he is a Beatles fan which makes him even better in my book. One Degree is - and yes I know we hate this word - one the BEST books I have have bought. Best, Vlad |
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Vlad_77 Inner circle The Netherlands 5829 Posts
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On 2013-08-07 23:04, Harry Lorayne wrote: Well, it is wise advice if the potential reader has a deep phobia of learning great magic from magic's best teacher. |
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Up_in_smoke Regular user England 143 Posts
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On 2013-08-07 23:04, Harry Lorayne wrote: Sorry Harry, embarrassingly I forgot to include Classic Collection volume 1 in the list of essential books I already have, I also have One Degree by John Guastaferro |
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magicalmilton Regular user London/Mallorca 173 Posts
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For essential reading I would also add some theoretical texts Arthur F. MacTier's Card Concepts as well as some of Ascanio's works. If you are hardcore then I would also recommend the two volumes of "The best pf Slydini... and more" by Karl Fulves, if you can find it.
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fonda57 Inner circle chicago 2979 Posts
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Close Up Card Magic by Harry Lorayne will give you plenty of great magic
And I agree about John Bannon, any of his will give you some great, magical effects that are not too difficult to learn, most of which are downright fun.
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tomsk192 Inner circle 3894 Posts
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"Card Control", by Arthur H. Buckley.
I think this may even be in the public domain... |
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