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Shane Wiker Inner circle Las Vegas 1199 Posts |
The Collected Almanac by Richard Kaufman.
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Socalesq Regular user 189 Posts |
Any of the following would do: The Jinx series, Roy Walton's The Complete Walton, Tommy Wonder's Books of Wonder, John Carney's Secrets, Aronson's Try the Impossible, Paul Harris's Art of Astonishment, Regal's Up Close and Personal, Paul Curry's Out of this World and Juan Tamariz's Mnemonica.
icuryy
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saturnin Special user Montreal, Canada 964 Posts |
"if you were stranded on a deserted island and had only ONE book about magic with you, which one would it be?"
A book about Fire magic!!!!! (or a book on how to make food, booze and women appear!!!) Then, who would wish to be rescued??? Ronnie Lemieux Montreal Canada
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David Franklin New user Jonesborough, TN 76 Posts |
Well, if I'm going to be rescued eventually I'd choose the Card College series.
If I'm doomed to remain there forever then there wouldn't be much need for moves or effects. I'd probably go with The Illustrated History of Magic by Christopher in that case. |
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Chris Thibault Elite user Massachusetts 469 Posts |
I'd have to say Carneycopia.
-Chris
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sifo New user brazil 36 Posts |
I say Expert at the card table
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Jaybs Special user 560 Posts |
Some that come to mind are:
-John Bannon's Smoke and Mirrors -Classic Magic of Larry Jennings -Phantoms of the Card Table |
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Bizarrist Loyal user The Man of Mystery 236 Posts |
The Annotated Erdnase.
The Most Beautiful Experience We Can Have is the Mysterious.
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PapaG Special user 851 Posts |
Expert At The Card Table - the book that started it all.
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mike gallo Inner circle 1341 Posts |
Greater Magic, Bobo's Modern Coin Magic, The Dai Vernon Book of Magic, The Art Of Close-up Magic!
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Werner G. Seitz Inner circle 3131 Posts |
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On 2002-08-18 00:09, densming wrote: I'm afraid, it's not that easy..
Learn a few things well.....this life is not long enough to do everything.....
( Words of wisdom from Albert Goshman ...it paid off for him - it might as well for YOU!!!- My own magic is styled after that motto... ) |
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willrob999 Regular user UK 106 Posts |
The Art of astonishment and the Card College series
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Chris Thibault Elite user Massachusetts 469 Posts |
Another good one would be Ed Marlo's "Revolutionary Card Technique." That alone could keep one busy for a long, long time.
-Chris
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Jeff M. Gray New user Oklahoma City, OK 78 Posts |
"The royal road to card magic", if I HAD to choose just one. Great book.
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markhammagi Regular user 135 Posts |
There seems to be some creative interpretation on what constitutes a (single) favorite magic book ! The Books of Wonder would be near the top of my list, but that is two books, so it doesn't count.
My recommendation would be "Stewart James in Print - The First Fifty Years". This massive book would take anyone years to do justice to its material. As well, I would hope that some of Stewart James' incredible creativity would wear off on me, and thus would help me create my own material for the remaining time I had on the island.
Andy
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swiftshifter New user Philippines 94 Posts |
Expert at the Card Table. I've had a copy for a year now and I am yet to perfect everything. I swear, I'll never get over that book.
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Open Traveller Inner circle 1087 Posts |
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On 2002-08-18 00:09, densming wrote: I would take a really big rubber inflatable book. Perhaps with a small motor attached, some fuel, and a cache of food and suntan lotion in the appendix. |
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Open Traveller Inner circle 1087 Posts |
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On 2004-10-18 22:38, David Nelson wrote: I think a variety of articles for Genii and Magic magazines, some of which were cover stories. I've also seen a couple of relatively underground manuscripts that he wrote for others, such as Roger Klause's original booklet for his Himber Ring routine. He also wrote Bill Malone's first set of lecture notes, and I'm told there was a very limited edition of a book that he wrote for some convention somewhere (only a few copies were made for those who were there). I've come across entries in The Magic Menu and various books (like Darwin Ortiz's The Annotated Erdnase) that he seems to have contributed, too. Lastly, I recently picked up one of Eric DeCamps' "Jokers R Wild" routines, and noticed that he wrote the instruction booklet for that as well. The kid gets around. |
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Dali New user 25 Posts |
I think Erdnase gets my vote for desert island card book.
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jezza Elite user 469 Posts |
Art of astonishment 1 2 3 bound as one
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