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Your three favorite books ?
Doug Conn@doug-conn
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#1 · June 29, 2024, 1:34 am
Quote from Doug Conn on June 29, 2024, 1:34 amLet's get this space rolling with some recommendations
On behalf of EVERYONE I"m gonna list:
Tarbell
Mark Wilson Course
Books of Wonder
(& if these aren't near the top of your list, I think they should be!)My personal faves beyond that are:
Books of Wonder Art of Astonishment Mead/Harris
Collected Works of Alex Elmsley (Minch)
Totally Out of Control (Kenner)Would LOVE to see hear what YOUR besties are & maybe we can all grow a lil
Let's get this space rolling with some recommendations
On behalf of EVERYONE I"m gonna list:
Tarbell
Mark Wilson Course
Books of Wonder
(& if these aren't near the top of your list, I think they should be!)
My personal faves beyond that are:
Books of Wonder Art of Astonishment Mead/Harris
Collected Works of Alex Elmsley (Minch)
Totally Out of Control (Kenner)
Would LOVE to see hear what YOUR besties are & maybe we can all grow a lil
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Ron@ronwochgmail-com
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#2 · June 30, 2024, 11:36 pm
Quote from Ron on June 30, 2024, 11:36 pmModern Magic by Professor Hoffman
Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo
Eddie Joseph on Cups and Balls
Modern Magic by Professor Hoffman
Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo
Eddie Joseph on Cups and Balls
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Josh Logan@josh-logan
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#3 · July 2, 2024, 9:54 pm
Quote from Josh Logan on July 2, 2024, 9:54 pmNeato, some of my favorites are already listed like; AoA, Books of Wonder, and Mark Wilson’s. Here is few more of my favorites to add to the list;
Coins and Other Fables by Luis Piedrahita
Game Changer by Jason Ladanye
The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi by Kaufman
Neato, some of my favorites are already listed like; AoA, Books of Wonder, and Mark Wilson’s. Here is few more of my favorites to add to the list;
Coins and Other Fables by Luis Piedrahita
Game Changer by Jason Ladanye
The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi by Kaufman
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Mike Kaminski@michaellkaminskigmail-com
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#4 · July 3, 2024, 9:01 am
Quote from Mike Kaminski on July 3, 2024, 9:01 amMy favorites are:
To Lure With Spectacle -Jimmy Talksalot (most influential)
Modern Coin Magic -J.B. Bobo (my backbone)
Stars of Magic
If I could have my hands on Cellini:The Royal Touch for more than a couple hours, it would probably rank top 3
My favorites are:
To Lure With Spectacle -Jimmy Talksalot (most influential)
Modern Coin Magic -J.B. Bobo (my backbone)
Stars of Magic
If I could have my hands on Cellini:The Royal Touch for more than a couple hours, it would probably rank top 3
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#5 · July 12, 2024, 9:05 pm
Quote from Dante on July 12, 2024, 9:05 pmI'm new so the list of books that I've read is pretty short. Out of my top 3 my favorite is
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Sandra Blakeslee. This was more of a theory book explaining why and how magic works on spectators. In addition to learning why magic works, I also liked that I learned about different performers and different types of magic which sent me down quite the rabbit hole to learn more about the different magicians mentioned.
In a similar vein to Sleights of Mind, I also like How Magicians Think by Joshua Jay.
And to finish the trio, AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek DelGaudio. There are some pretty significant differences and I might be way off but AMORALMAN reminded me a bit of The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist by Karl Johnson.
I was able to borrow all three of these books from the public library.
I do have a few books of tricks. I'm currently working through The Royal Road to Card Magic which I'm having a lot of fun with but, so far, I'll say the other 3 have really captured my imagination and inspired me to keep going deeper into this craft.
I like that some of the books mentioned so far are either already in my collection or on my list to read, makes me feel I'm at least somewhat headed in the right direction. And of course I'll look into the other books listed that I'm not yet familiar with.
I'm new so the list of books that I've read is pretty short. Out of my top 3 my favorite is
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Sandra Blakeslee. This was more of a theory book explaining why and how magic works on spectators. In addition to learning why magic works, I also liked that I learned about different performers and different types of magic which sent me down quite the rabbit hole to learn more about the different magicians mentioned.
In a similar vein to Sleights of Mind, I also like How Magicians Think by Joshua Jay.
And to finish the trio, AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies by Derek DelGaudio. There are some pretty significant differences and I might be way off but AMORALMAN reminded me a bit of The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist by Karl Johnson.
I was able to borrow all three of these books from the public library.
I do have a few books of tricks. I'm currently working through The Royal Road to Card Magic which I'm having a lot of fun with but, so far, I'll say the other 3 have really captured my imagination and inspired me to keep going deeper into this craft.
I like that some of the books mentioned so far are either already in my collection or on my list to read, makes me feel I'm at least somewhat headed in the right direction. And of course I'll look into the other books listed that I'm not yet familiar with.
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Jordan Linker@jordanl
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#6 · September 26, 2024, 12:48 am
Quote from Jordan Linker on September 26, 2024, 12:48 amLots of great books already listed. Some of the books I continually refer back to are:
Kaufmans the Complete Almanac
Kaufman/Roth Expert Coin Technique
And Harry Lorayne's Close up Card Magic
Lots of great books already listed. Some of the books I continually refer back to are:
Kaufmans the Complete Almanac
Kaufman/Roth Expert Coin Technique
And Harry Lorayne's Close up Card Magic
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