Lots of glowing comments in the Café, but has anyone a list of the Chapters?

This book is not in magicref.tripod.com/books.htm Thanks, E


Posted: Mar 12, 2010 7:44am
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Anyone? Chapters listed anywhere?

"Shattering Illusions" by Jamy Ian Swiss was published by Hermetic Press in 2002. Sixteen of the twenty essays were originally published in Genii magazine. They have been slightly modified and updated. The other four articles were written for the book. 275 pages.

Contents
Foreword - Patrick Watson
CANNON FODDER
Why Magic Sucks
Mentalism Grows Up
Odometer Ethics
Decent Exposure
Magic in the Age of Information
YESTERDAYS
Real Secrets
A Brief History of Magic Bar
The Writing on the Wall
A MAGICIAN PREPARES
Audience Members and Other Props
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Sleights, Lies and Videotape
First Do No Harm
Good Trick, Bad Trick
The Too-Perfect Theory in Action
In Defense of Technique
Unnatural Acts: Invoking the Supra-natural
A Commercial Message
Lessons and Learning
The Elements of Style
The Search for Mystery

Great book can't go wrong with this.

Here's a link to the description on the publisher's site: http://www.hermeticpress.com/Books/Shattering.html

-Brian