Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius by Lance Pierce

Details: The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius. There is no hyperbole in the title of this book, as much of the magic contained here gained its John not only accolades from his peers, but one him one of magic’s highest honors-a world prize at F.I.S.M.-as well as being the only American to win the World Championship in Magic in two different categories and the only person to win the International Brotherhood of Magicians Creativity Award three times! Thomas Edison, who knew a thing or two about the subject, said that genius was “one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

In The Award Winning Magic of John Cornelius, genius is apparent at every turn of the page. John Cornelius is one of magic’s most innovative performers and inspired inventors and his effects and routines are in use by magicians the world over. In this long-anticipated book, author Lance Pierce explains John’s magic in meticulous detail, covering everything from legendary effects such as “Marked For Life,” “The Fickle Nickel” and the ingenious “Shrinking Card Case” to every last nuance of John’s world-championship winning card act, “Every Card Trick In The World In Ten Minutes.

More than just a magic book, The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius is a journey into the mind of one of the foremost magical thinkers of our time, a man many have hailed as a creative genius. Hardbound with Dust Jacket, 192 pages, fully photo-illustrated.

Contents:

1 Bits
3 Baby Boom
5 Prints Valiant
7 Roughly Mental
9 MoonShine Locations
13 Passages:
13 – On the Tip of My Tongue
14 – A Toast
15 – Instant Travelers
17 KnotSoTuff 

21 Moves
23 The Fan Steal
27 Flicker
29 Fold-A-Card
31 Peeping Tom
33 The Master Cut
33 – The Charlier Cut..
34 – The Circle and Roll Cut
37 The Apprentice Cut
39 The Oh, Calcutta! Shuffle.
41 Spring Set
43 The Winter Change
47 Go for Go Switch

49 Casual Interfaces
51 Armed and Ready
53 D’Artagnan’s Release
55 Dial-A-Trick
57 Lines of Flux
59 Impromptu Ghost Trap
63 Arisen!
67 An Assemblage of Silver
71 Bluff Poker
75 Marked for Life

79 The John Cornelius Card System

87 More Bits
89 Hanky
90 – Deck in the Round (Pocket Rocket Aces)
93 SmokeFree
95 Trying to Quit
95 – Ephemeral
96 – Chain Smoker
96 – Lip Service
99 Flashes
99 – A Smoke for Old Scratch
100 My Card, Sir
101 Hot Silver
102 Fanning the Flames
105 – The Pendulum Principle

107 Formal Miracles
109 Super (Ball) Card Rise
111 Meta-Fusion
113 MoneyTalk
115 Shrinkage
119 Slow Motion Fadeaway
123 The Jawbreakers
129 The IncrediBill Routine
129 The $100 Bill Change
137 Change of Mind
139 My Lady’s Ring
143 The Fickle Nickel
147 The Ball, The Bowl, and the Big, Big Cake

155 The F.I.S.M. ACT

• Publisher: L&L Publishing
• Pages: 181
• Location: Tahoma, CA, USA
• Dimensions: 9″x11″
• Date: 2001
• Binding: hardbound

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