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Jean-Luc.R. Inner circle QUEBEC - CANADA 1488 Posts |
RANDOM ACTS OF MAGIC
By David Acer Prepare to be intrigued, delighted, elated – Random Acts of Magic is an inspired and inspiring collection of more than 60 brand new, bread-and-butter goodies, tightened and refined over thousands of shows, lectures and television appearances! You’ll find astonishing tricks with cards, coins, markers, cell phones, matchbooks, matches, receipts, elastics, bottles, balls, bills, wallets, ties, spoons and finger rings, plus anecdotes, road stories, and the first 12 hilarious, thought-provoking essays from David’s column in Genii magazine! • Misguided Angel: The angel on the back of a signed, selected Bicycle card visibly rotates 180 degrees, whereupon every angel in the deck follows suit! The selection can then be handed out as a souvenir, and the deck can be examined! • New Millennium Tenkai Pennies: A coin initialed by a spectator travels invisibly to join a coin initialed by the magician, then, during a second attempt, only the initials travel, leaving one coin blank and the other coin with both sets of initials! v Mad Card Disease: The four quarters of a torn card (destroyed because it had contracted Mad Card Disease) transpose with each other in impossible ways! • Take A Seat: Your next volunteer is chosen randomly by a spectator in the theater, but when every member of the audience is asked to check under their seats, only the chosen spectator finds an envelope that says, “You will be the chosen one!” • Open Time Traveller: The magician offers disturbingly convincing proof of having travelled back in time during a card trick and changed something in the past. • Party of Six: Six people each choose a card from a shuffled deck, then line up on stage, whereupon the people are shuffled! An audience-member who was holding a prediction from the start is asked to choose one of the people. The chosen person shows his chosen card, which matches the prediction! And so much more! Ringworm, The Flipwiches of Eastwick, Time Boards, Unburnt, Seedling, High Invisibility, Cap In Hand, Plop, Assimilation, Under Foot, Lucky Day, Unlawful Entry, Twice Removed, The Painted Deck, and the list goes on and on, PLUS stellar contributions from Jay Sankey, Simon Lovell, Richard Sanders, Patrik Kuffs, Michel Huot, Joshua Jay, Barry Julien, Torkova and Max Maven! Random Acts of Magic is overflowing with new plots, new tricks, new sleights, new utilities, and definitive versions of previously published work, all written in the clear, concise, immensely entertaining style for which David has become known. |
Doug Peters Special user I have a life, so I only have 591 Posts |
Uh - you seem to have reproduced the advertising blurb. Could anyone review this book?
"if you have any answers, it's time to ask harder questions!"
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saturnin Special user Montreal, Canada 964 Posts |
Hi Doug,
I have the book and I like it. if you want I can bring it to our next club meeting so you can have a look at it. I will also show you a trick David showed me but that he did not put in the book!!! Ronnie Lemieux Montreal Canada
There is no road to happiness,
happiness is the road! |
owen.daniel Inner circle England 1048 Posts |
Wow, when did this come out...I was told that this book was coming but have been waiting for ages...at last!!!
Can't wait to get it. owen |
Brian Roberts Regular user Georgia 200 Posts |
I really like this book. "Overtime" on Pg. 68 is worth the price of the book alone. Stuff from Jay Sankey and Josh Jays "Over Easy Scrambled" ... very cool!!
I'm just getting started with this book and I'm sure it will take up a lot of my time and be well worth it. Congrats to David on a great book! Brian |
owen.daniel Inner circle England 1048 Posts |
If you can get your hands on a copy of Natural Selections 1 and 2.
I only have the second, but the material in here is great...along with Acer's funny writing style, the book is brilliant. I also picked up his "This is A Circle" lecture notes when he was lecturing in Blackpool 2 years ago. He performed Party of 6 in the lecture, and I think this has to be one of the best stage, cabaret effects I have seen. I think this is in the new book. Owen |
tuffnavyrn Inner circle San Diego, CA 1238 Posts |
I'm definitely getting this one....have been told by a few that it's got some great stuff in there!
Brian-
"That smart thing that somebody else said". |
alexhui Inner circle Hong Kong 1956 Posts |
I second to tuffnavyrm. I will get it too!
Alex Hui
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cfleming New user Chris Fleming Long Beach, Ca. 81 Posts |
Michael Close reviews this book in the February issue of MAGIC. Great Review. I got the book, but have yet to walk through it's pages. Close ends his review stating that there is a hidden joke on the back dustjacket of the book it took him an hour to find it. I'm still searching, three days later. (Gotta get a life!) Please someone, let me know if you find the hidden joke so I can go back to
work
I don't have a solution, but I admire the problem.
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cfleming New user Chris Fleming Long Beach, Ca. 81 Posts |
Michael Close reviews this book in the February issue of MAGIC. Great Review. I got the book, but have yet to walk through it's pages. Close ends his review stating that there is a hidden joke on the back dustjacket of the book it took him an hour to find it. I'm still searching, three days later. (Gotta get a life!) Please someone, let me know if you find the hidden joke so I can go back to
work
I don't have a solution, but I admire the problem.
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Curmudgeon Loyal user Iowa 245 Posts |
I just wanted to add that I found a review on MyLovelyAssistant.com done by David Parr, here is a link if anyone is interested.
http://www.mylovelyassistant.com/index.p......;rid=763 |
Mitch Schneiter Special user West Linn, Oregon 672 Posts |
Got it and love it. The previous mentioned reviews say it all. Now I'll have to track down his other writings.
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