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Michael Close's Workers series contains some of the most commercial, entertaining, and powerful magic ever published, a repertoire that spans almost 30 years of professional performing in real-world conditions. Michael has held nothing back. You’ll learn the how and the why behind every routine.
This is a complete revitalization of the Workers books, including an improved and expanded layout, corrected text, larger illustrations, and extensive annotations that cover insights and innovations that have been discovered since the books were first published.
This ebook contains updated comments, bonus material, and a new and improved layout and two bonus tricks.
revised edition 2005; 655 pages.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction to the Ebook
Workers 1
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Unbelievably Useful Comedy Prop
- The Origami Bunny
- Dr. Strangetrick
- The Pothole Trick
Workers 2
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Rubik's Dollar Bill
- The El Cheepo Magic Club
- The Ring, Shoelace & Straw Routine
- Dancers at the End of Time
- Twenty-Six Cents Worth of Change
- The MC Spread Double Lift
- The Frog Prince
Workers 3
- Table of Contents
- The Big Surprise
- Presentation (Essay)
- A Visit From Rocco
- You Axed For It
- Patter (Essay)
- Patter for Pavel's Fantastic Knot
- Technique (Essay)
- On Palming
- Take A Letter
- The Incredible Peeked Prediction
- Naturalness and Motivation (Essay)
- The Ooh-Ah Bird
- Origami Bill Production
- The Too Perfect Theory (Essay)
- Chicken Teryaki
- Analysis and Conviction (Essay)
- The Incredible Growing Toothpick
- Ethics (Sermon)
- We're All B*z*s on this Bus
- Down for the Count
- Audience Management (Essay)
- The Card, The Forehead and the Salt Shaker
- The Double Bar
Workers 4
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Coda Chrome
- Erma La Fource
- The Imagination Tester
- Ruthless Peephole
- Bloom on Your Hand
- Copper/Silver/Sugar
- No Sleeves, No Topit
- Flying Home
- Butte Ox? Two Butte Ox!
- The Double Bar
Workers 5
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Assumptions (Essay)
- The Lie Detector
- You Hue
- A Trick for O'Brien
- Fortune Sugar
- Venue (Essay)
- Reverse Logic
- Too Ahead
- Personality (Essay)
- On Sleights
- Renaldo the Great
- Pink Floyd
- The Tamariz Rabbits
- Red Blue Mama Fooler
- Rocco Returns
- Ring Fright
- Flourishes (Essay)
- The Unreality Machine
- Stupid Travelers
- To Jay (Essay)
- On the Memorized Deck
- The Wishing Trick
- Two for Simon
- Myopia
- Memorized Standards
- Jazzin'
- Magic and Meaning (Essay)
- Goodbye
Bonus Tricks
- Close's Dungeon
- Arise Sweet Prince
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Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] Date Added: Friday 27 January, 2006I have long and impatiently awaited a single volume Workers collection, and I have said many times that had these works first been released as a single book they would have been instantly hailed as one of the two or three most important texts of the decade, right along side Tommy Wonder's The Books of Wonder. I love the Workers series, and I can't wait to read them again.
Reviewed by Simon Aronson
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] Date Added: Friday 27 January, 2006Michael Close's Workers series has it all: deceptive tricks, strong technique, audience-tested material, sound psychology and theory, structured routines, practical tips and touches, original commerical presentations - and more. It's like taking private lessons from a master. Workers is a must-have for any thoughtful magic library.
Reviewed by Max Maven
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] Date Added: Friday 27 January, 2006I've seen Michael do this stuff for real audiences, so I know these routines truly are workers: Effective, commercial and smart.
Reviewed by Gordon Bean
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] Date Added: Friday 27 January, 2006These are books I turn to again and again. I can't imagine any serious close-up library that is without its Workers.
Reviewed by Stephen Minch
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] Date Added: Friday 27 January, 2006Rarely, but every once and a while, you start reading a book and suddenly it makes you realize how shallow everything else you've been reading is. Among those rare enlightenments is Michael Close's Workers series. Even if you never perform a single one of these routines just reading them will give countless insights into making your magic better.
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