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The Conjurors’ Magazine
FEBRUARY 2011
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74, Number 2 (ISSN 0016-6855 USPS 216060) Printed in the U.S.A. Genii is published monthly. Subscription rates, one year $56; two years $108; three years $153. Copyright © 2011, The Genii Corporation, 4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, PMB 106-384, Washington, D.C. 20016. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing by the copyright owner. Periodical postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional entry offices. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for service to start. No refunds will be given on subscriptions once placed. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to GENII: The Conjurors’ Magazine —Attn: Circulation Dept., 4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 106-384, Washington, D.C. 20016. Phone: 301-652-5800. Fax: 301-652-8035. Email: genii@geniimagazine.com
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FEBRUARY 2011
Features 52 Decoding Thurston by Jim Steinmeyer 58 Excerpt from The Last Greatest Magician In the World 70 Stylometry and the Search for S.W. Erdnase by Richard Wiseman and David Holmes 77 Tenyo 2011 by Richard Kaufman
Columns 10 12 13 14
Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman Now Performing On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer In Memoriam
14 15 16
by Harry Anderson
22 23 25 93
by David Britland
by John Gaughan
by De’vo Vom Schattenreich 44 Hot Dogging It With Relish by Jerry Cestkowski 46 The Cross Cut by SeVyrn
Bob Elliott by David Oliver Ron Wilson by Paul Wilson David Alexander by Tom Baxter
18 Fast and Loose You Go Yaweh, and I’ll Go Maui 20 Magicana by David Acer 20 No Assembly Required by David Neighbors
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Erdnase2 by Richard Hucko See It Slant by Robert E. Neale Movin’ On Up Redux by Ryan Pilling and David Acer Mind Stunts: Drawing a Blank by Patrik Kuffs
26 Conjuring The Three Book Experiment by Jim Steinmeyer 33 Lost Horizons Con-Test by Max Maven 36 Cardopolis The Trick That Cannot Be Explained 39 The Chamber of Secrets The French Money Maker
44 XCM: The Art of Extreme Card Manipulation
Light from the Lamp 82 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal
82 82 82 82 83 83 83 83 84 84 84 84 84 84 85 85
Double Back by Jon Allen Flexion by Jon Allen Psypher by Robert Smith Impossible Envelope by Paul Stockman Fasten by J.P. Vallarino Signed Card Thru Window by J.P. Vallarino Nothing in Transit by Dave Forrest Sub Zero by Spidey & Amir Latif Flight Case by Peter Eggink Kyoto Deck by Yuji Murakami Gion Deck by Yuji Murakami Phantasm by Jamie Daws The Key by Andrew Mayne Trick Photography by Steve Gore Biokinesis by Berk Eratay Kartis Visible Bill Change by Kartis
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85 Videos Reviewed by Joe M. Turner 85 87 88 88
Opening Minds by Colin McLeod Magic at the Bar and Chris Randall Live at the Magic Castle by Chris Randall Animate Me by Losander World XCM Champions, Vol. 1(2-DVD set) by Max Vlassenko, J.S. Lin, Jerry Cestkowski
88 Books Reviewed by David Britland 88 89 89 90 90 91
Classic Correspondence from Egyptian Hall Museum by Mike Caveney Subsequent Impuzzibilities by Jim Steinmeyer Above the Fold by Rich Aviles Magic Shows by Ian Keable Destroyers by Troy Hooser and Joshua Jay Moments by Troy Hooser and Joshua Jay
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