This is a totally unique book. 52 reader supplied questions. 52 opinionated, informed, expert answers by Roberto Giobbi. Roberto spent often several days to thoroughly answer each of the 52 questions. It is no wonder that this book has more than 330 regular sized pages. It is a publication unlike any other, where the readers gave the direction which the author followed.
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The 52 questions asked and answered:
- Injog Overhand Shuffle
- Presentation Ideas
- How to Study
- Staystack
- Fear of starting to perform
- Three Card Monte
- Memorized version of Out of Sight Out of Mind
- Think Of A Card Routines
- Magician is only an actor playing the role of a magician
- Gilbreath Principle
- Too Perfect Theory
- How many effects?
- Creative Process
- Bottom Deal Applications
- Philosophy of Magic
- Trick That Can't Be Explained
- Origin of Display Pass
- In Spectator's Hands
- Vernon's Travellers
- Effect Categories for Cards
- Why do Magic?
- Ten Best Card Effects
- Practice
- Best Self-Working Card Trick
- Starting with Card Magic
- Tabled Faro/Riffle Shuffle
- Delayed Setup
- Program Construction of an Act
- How to Prepare for a Competition
- Dirty Cards
- Constructivism
- Favorite Card Routine
- Favorite ESP Card Trick
- Secret Setup
- Zarrow Shuffle
- Escuela Magica de Madrid
- How to Navigate Information
- Favorite Non-Card Effects and Books
- Magician Fooler
- Notebook and Journal
- Repertoire Books
- How to Archive Tricks
- General Card
- Deck Switches
- Stand-up Deck Switch
- Best Si Stebbins Trick
- Magic Pizza
- Audience's Reality
- Clocking the Deck
- Performing Opportunities
- Alternative Sleights
- Kolossal Killer
Additionally to Roberto's thoughtful answer on the
Too Perfect Theory you are also getting
Jon Racherbaumer's 60 page essay collection on this subject with contributions by Rick Johnsson, Tomas Blomberg, Magic Christian, Robert Neale, Bob Fitch,
Jamy Ian Swiss, John Carney,
Michael Close,
Darwin Ortiz,
Harry Lorayne,
Martin Lewis, Patrick Watson and Simon Aronson.
started in April 2009; finalized 2013, 331 pages.