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74, Number 11 (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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Features 48 The Card Magic of Dani DaOrtiz
by David Britland
64 Card Magic by Dani DaOrtiz 64 Twin Prediction 65 Hofzinser’s Remember and Forget 66 Out of this World in Two Piles 74 Before Allakazam by Paul Osborne
Columns 10 12 14 18
Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Now Performing The Genii Session
How to Read Erdnase by Roberto Giobbi 25 Memoirs of a Magic Dealer The Moorehouse Effect by Al Cohen 30 Conjuring The Most Mysterious Case by Jim Steinmeyer 32 The Chamber of Secrets Joseffy’s Rapping Hand by John Gaughan 40 Lodestones Vision and Velocity Vectors by Tom Stone
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Light from the Lamp
78 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal
78 78 79 79 80 80 80 81 81
Science Friction by Alexander Kolle Epic Wonder by Chad Wonder Humbug by Angelo Carbone Transcendence by Leon Deo Scott Photographic Memory by Christian Knudsen Ultimate Brainwave by Christian Schenk The Prism Deck by Joshua Jay Magication by Max Krause Timegate by Bob Klase X
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81 Video Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
81 82 82 83 84
Howard Hamburg Sessions by Howard Hamburg Jump by Frank Zheng The Ringmaster by David Jay Notion by Harry Monk (with Paul Romhany) The Newsletter Tricks by Mathieu Bich
84 Books Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
84 Jinx Companion by Craig Conley, Gordon Meyer, Fredrick Turner 85 Urban Illusions: Ten Cutting Edge Illusions & Presentations by J.C. Sum 86 Silent Magic: Biographies of Deaf Magicians in the United States from the 19th to 21st Centuries by Dr. Simon J. Carmel
88 Subscription Information /Advertisers Index
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