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jbadman Special user London 984 Posts |
It also seems a bit unfair to be comparing the overall production quality of a hardback book with lecture notes... in such a review, surely it's reasonable to compare like with like ?
I don't have the notes yet but I intend to order them. What I don't expect is anything approaching the quality of a well produced hardback book so I'll not be disappointed in that respect. I doubt many people would be either. Jamie.
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Svengali Regular user USA 138 Posts |
The NMDD routine is worth the price of those lecture notes...
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7th_Son Elite user Australia 437 Posts |
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On 2004-06-11 10:53, Harvey Nerzof wrote: Harvey, please note that all you're really buying is information. I think you're judging a book by it's cover. As an experienced reviewer, you should know better.
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Harvey Nerzof Regular user 193 Posts |
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On 2004-06-21 00:29, 7th_Son wrote: You are probably right, 7th Son, information is what really matters. On the other hand, I really enjoy those big, heavy, classy, fragrant hardbound books. Quote:
I think you're judging a book by it's cover. As an experienced reviewer, you should know better. I obviously didn’t judge it by its cover – otherwise the notes would have been placed in the “Junk” category… As I said, if we ignore for a moment the exposure/photocopying issues, it is IMO a good booklet.
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Neil Elite user 486 Posts |
I don't see the problem with Harvey's opinion.
If all lecture notes are basic A4 sheets from a laser printer in black and white held together with a plastic comb binder then surely he’s still correct but one could add that most lecture notes ALSO have poor production values. Just because lecture notes are usually cheaply produced doesn’t make any difference. As for the quality of the actual effects….I was a BIT disappointed. I don’t really see much new or terribly exciting. The drawing dupe was definitely interesting but the gimmicked notepad thing was a bit basic. I would have thought any spec might well consider the idea that different answers could have been pre-written on the pad. I thin if one has read Corrinda then the notes don’t add a tremendous amount to the body of thinking on mentalism. I’m not a Rowland basher. I love my Cold Reading notes and use SOT principles but I thought the notes were average. |
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calexa Inner circle Germany 1635 Posts |
It is really strange to compare the production quality of lecture notes with those of books.....
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wayno Veteran user Canada 323 Posts |
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On 2005-10-10 19:01, calexa wrote: Quite so. The discussion is "notes" vs. "books". Some try to qualify the product vs. price. However, in magic, it is content vs. price. |
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