The January 2014 Digital Issue of Genii is Now Live

[Richard Kaufman]

I'm pleased to tell you that, despite being a few days late, the January 2014 digital issue of Genii is now live for computer users; app (tablet and smartphone) users will find it later tonight or tomorrow.

This is the first issue of our 77th year of publication, and the start of my 16th year as editor and publisher. Thank you!

This issue features the remarkable bi-annual Los Angeles Conference on Magic History on our cover, written by Dustin Stinett. This wonderful event is always eagerly awaited by those of us lucky enough to be invited, and we have complete coverage for you, so you'll feel that you were there with us. We also have video (silent) shot by Bill Taylor of the final illusion of the Saturday night show: "Astarte" as rebuilt by John Gaughan.

Our secondary feature is an excerpt from the novel "Magician's Choice" by Todd Gipstein.

We have David Oliver memorializing John Calvert, and three videos to accompany that,

Peter Samelson is interviewed by Matthew Field in our monthly video column "Face to Face."

We welcome new columnist Jonathan Pendragon this month with "Panmagium," where he will discourse on many of things he's learned as one of the top pros in the world. This month he writes about the importantance of lighting to an illusion.

He joins our continuing columnists:
* Max Maven, with an audio "Speaking of Max" as well as the mentalism of "Lost Horizons.
* David Britland, with a new installment of "Cardopolis"--The Computer Deck.
* Dani DaOritz, who in "DaOrtiz ala Carte!" solves one of Hofzinser's many mysteries.
* Tom Stone, who this month is a mystery himself, and presents an excellent and simple feat of mentalism, in "Lodestones."
* Magicana, which contains three excellent routines including a wild coin assembly by Hiro Sakai.
* The Academy of Magical Arts in Genii, with Daniel Ulin's "Knights at The Magic Castle" and a video interview and performance by Howard Hamburg.
* Jon Racherbaumer, with both a written and audio versions of "On the Slant."

Our reviewers this time around are David Britland on books, Dustin Stinett on videos, and David Regal on tricks.

Don't forget that as a subscriber to Genii you are entitled to a visit to The Magic Castle each year.

And if you renew, or add one year to your subscription you can get Ricky Jay's new DVD "Deceptive Practice" for 50% off the retail price, only $15, mailed anywhere in the world:
http://geniistore.com/index.php?route=p ... duct_id=64

[Chris Aguilar]

Android app still not picking up new issues.

Off to uninstall/reinstall put in p/w again, etc. *sigh*

[Richard Kaufman]

Chris: app users are always a day after computer users. This is because the company who does our apps takes as long as a day to convert all the videos (don't ask me why, but we're hoping to fix all of these problems in the first quarter of 2014).

[Ted M]

Terrific audio anecdote delivered by Max Maven!

It's so enjoyable to hear conjuring's oral history delivered orally!

This sort of storytelling is a perfect use for the electronic version's multimedia capabilities.

[Dustin Stinett]

My second chin is thrilled to be recognized in the pages of Genii.

[Travis]

Thanks to Dustin for the LA Conference article. I'm mighty jealous of the attendees!

Richard, the Astarte footage is fantastic!

Also, can you beg and plead with Jim for footage of the Morritt pieces?

[Scott M.]

The design tweaks throughout this issue look really nice.

[Richard Kaufman]

Thank you.

[Bill Marquardt]

Congrats on another great issue. My paper copy also arrived the 19th here in northern California.

Re: iOS version, I am running upgrade version 3.5.2 of Genii HD and as I reported before, there is no option to download without multimedia content.

Re: Android version, for the first time ever my Android device automatically downloaded the new issue's cover image for download. I did NOT need to uninstall as before, so maybe that problem is gone. I had to wait a full minute after opening the app before the image appeared, but it did eventually.

[Ted M]

The paper magazine for Jan 2014 reached Madison WI today.

Holiday mail anomaly, I presume...

[Grey Lerner]

The January 2014 paper Genii was delivered to Portland, OR yesterday. Awesome! Thank you.

[Richard Kaufman]

I just saw that there was an upgrade to the upgraded app, and yes, there is no longer an option to avoid downloading the multimedia, so your choice is to download the whole thing or to view the whole thing online. The good news is that the download speed has been cut by half.