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Postal strike or not, the November issue arrived much earlier than expected today. I've been hoping for a Giobbi cover for a while and I was not disappointed.

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Recieved May issue here in the UK. Missed out on April, February and (I've just realised) November so after recieving every issue for almost 4 years I'm beginning to fear I have a dishonest postman.

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Rumour has it cheaters have been using Dustin's shoes as shiners for years.

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It would be brilliant if you opened the box and it was empty...

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That was great. Was the guy with the foil just an ass or was it part of the act? Either way Lennart played it well, very funny with the penknife and the drinking of beer.

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The website looks like a domain placeholder to me, unless it's down or is one of those covers for a piracy website. 000 where did you read about it?

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I heard Byron Walkers is the place to go for the more "hard-to-find" stuff.

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I enjoyed this book, I don't why it wasn't as popular as it should have been. The tools section has some great sleights including Dad Steven's Other Shuffle. The Invisible Palm Aces section is great too.

[size:8pt]Hope to see the two other Jennings books soon [/size];)

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A little off-topic (although I think the question in the original post has been answered), but does anyone know who has the largest magic library? I bet that is a sight to see.

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This is probably a silly question but I assume only members have access to the library, and not (magician) visitors?

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Arrived today in the UK. Thanks for the great issue and also for the Erdnase .pdf file.

I now have access to Erdnase anywhere in the world thanks to the wonders of modern technology!

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The Vernon Chronicles are now all available again from L&L Publishing and are very much worth owning.

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A Dai Vernon cover AND a DVD? We're in for a treat this month. Can't wait.

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No it isn't.

Carneycopia is a play on cornucopia, an ancient greek symbol of abundance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia

I'm not sure where you got your idea from, but I think it's incorrect.

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The coriolis effect has no effect on your toilet water or the spin of your coin gaffs :P

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Borders usually have a bunch of the Self-Working books, I've found.

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Steve Carell's character in the 40 Year Old Virgin does a few magic tricks. Fitting? Incidentally Carell's character in The Office recalls spending $80 of company money at a magic store to help him sell his business: "I put a cigarette through a freaking quarter.....and almost closed the deal!&...

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Thanks Marco, hopefully I'll get mine in the next few days :)

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Got it today in the wet and dismal UK. Still no June issue though, is anyone else in the UK missing theirs?

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Definately no Professors Nightmare in the Almanac, but Guy Hollingworths version is worth a look, it's in the September 1999 Genii.

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Richard Morrell wrote:Anyone in the UK got their June issue? Still waiting on mine, usually arrives pretty quickly via airmail, I see it got to Germany end of May.

Nope, still waiting here as well.

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I don't know how I forgot about GOB when I made this topic. AD is amongst my favourite shows ever. Love all the magic references, especially the Alliance of Magicians and the The Gothic Castle. Just remembered a movie about the Cottingley Faeries, which if I recall had Harvey Keitel as Houdini in it.

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The latest in the popular Metal Gear Solid video games, "Guns of the Patriots" has a character that might interest some of you. Drebin, an "arms launderer" who helps the main character along with his quest, also has a few tricks up his sleeve. So far in playing the game I've seen...

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Here's one:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DB8pUm6_3Yk

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Volume One has 3 notebooks and Volume Two has only 2 notebooks, which is why Volume 2 in thinner. James Patton explains the reasoning behind this in his introduction to Volume Two....basically that they wanted the books to be uniform in size and adding an extra notebook to Vol. 2 would make it too l...

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Thanks for the sources guys, much appreciated, will probably get around to checking them all out. I actually ordered Poker Protection a week or two ago, and apparently I have a package waiting for me at home....looking forward to getting stuck in when I finish work. Jason, I understand that you will...

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Excellent to see a Revelations reprint, thanks for the link.

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Thanks David, it's now on my list. Anyone have any other recommendations? How about Steve Forte's stuff?

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Hello all,

I'm looking for sources for "gambling" moves, such as hand-mucking. There are a bunch of DVDs and books on the market, does anyone have any recommendations?

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Excellent, I tried finding this movie in stores recently just to watch the sleights in the intro. Thanks to the Bucks for editing and uploading this.

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"One thing that Larry Jennings is known for having are titanic balls: Immense, fearless orbs of strength" -RK, in one of the most bad-ass descriptions of a man I have ever read.

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I'm not sure this is the right section to post this thread in.

You can't go wrong with Card College, highly recommended books telling you what you need to know.

Good luck.

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Chris Bailey wrote:I believe the routine where the 6 is turned into a 9 (using Steve Draun's Midnight Shift) is in Eric Martin's booklet if I'm not mistaken.

There is also a version of this in Carneycopia, I think.

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If you are going to repeat a trick, it should be more impossible the second time around. If a spectator has any guesses as to how the trick is done, the repeat should prove these guesses impossible. And to be more specific to your post Mike, I would say your example is a little over the top. Doing a...

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Never before has an article made me want to see a piece of magic as much as I do now. Part of me hopes we won't see another performance for decades, if at all, in order to keep up the mystery surrounding it. Part of me wishes I could be one of the lucky ones who got to see it.

Thank you.

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There is also a seashell trick by Allen Okawa in the Almanac which is worth a look.

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Richard, would I be correct in assuming that you don't have any of his seashell material? It would be great to see in Genii some day, even if there won't be a Sawa Vol 2.

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Arrived today in Wales, UK. Looking forward to reading through it!

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Sadly that video has been removed, so here's another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IueXtzdC6kA

Can't help but love his style, it's a shame he's gone.

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I really loved the five times five idea. It would be great to have a five times five France or Spain.

Obviously RK has more important things on his mind but I'd like to think that perhaps one day the project will be revived.

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