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Genii Volume 48 (Jan 1984 - Jun 1985) by William W. Larsen

January 1984 - June 1985
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Executive Editor

918 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 1 - January 1984 - 78 pages
  2. Cover - Le Grand David Spectacular Magic Company
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Dena - The Exibitron
  7. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 23 - Howard Adams
    • Notion's Eleven
  8. Dialogue With The Past - Robert Murphy
    • Part 1
  9. Eight Years of Sundays - Robert Lund
  10. The Original Current Program of Marco the Magi's Production of "Le Grand David and His Own Spectacular Magic Company"
  11. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. For Bridge Players Only - Charlie Miller
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
  12. Cartoon
  13. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Mike Rogers
    2. Trivia Exam for the Magic Buff
    3. Answers to Trivia Exam for the Magic Buff
  14. Cartoon - Tony Dunn
  15. Conventions and Events
    • 10th Annual Winter Carnival of Magic - Gatlinburg, TN
    • Magic Castle Banquet - Beverly Hills, Ca
    • Magischer Kongress Belgien - Brussels, Belgium
    • 7th Las Vegas Magic Seminar - Las Vegas, NV
    • Cavalcade of Magic - Burbank, CA
    • Schweiz National Kongress - Bern Switzerland
    • Jogoslawischer National Kongress Ljubljana Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
    • Florida Magicians State Convention - Fort Laudderdale, FL
    • Close-Up for Connoisseurs - Midland, TX
    • Deutche Meisterschaften - Osnabruck, Germany
    • NMU Congress Noordwijkerhout - Netherlands
    • Magic Empire Magicians - Tulsa, OK
    • Magicruise '84 - Alaska Cruise
    • P.C.A.M. Convention - Fresno, CA
    • I.B.M. Convention - Norfolk, VA
    • S.A.M. Convention - Las Vegas, NV
    • Congresso Magico Internazionale - Saint Vincent, Aosta, Italy
    • Magiales Sarivari - Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia
    • Magic Hand Cruise on The Rhine - West Germany
    • The New York Symposium - San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
    • Texas Association of Magicians - Abilene, TX
    • Tannen's 22nd Magic Jubilee - Browns Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, NY
    • I.B.M. British Ring Congress - Easbourne, England
    • The Magic Hands Fachkongresse - Boblinger, Germany
    • 30th Kongress Osterr. Magier - Gmunder am Traunsee, Austria
    • F.I.S.M. Kongress - Madrid, Spain
  16. Jeanne Vernon - A Rememberance by Frances Marshall
  17. An Englishman's Point of View - Tony Griffith
  18. Magicruise Update
  19. Inez Blackstone Kitchen - Memorial
  20. New To Magic? - Edward D. Hesse
    • Ten Good Tricks
  21. Edward on Radio Devon - Ian Adair
  22. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • Magic from Which Memories Are Made - Ben Harris
    • Dimensional Relativity - Ben Harris
    • Great Halloween Book - Mark Walker
    • Bengel's Best of Spades - Bob Bengel
    • Mystics Quarterly - periodical
    • Morris Costumes -0 catalogs
    • Magic Info - periodical
    • Top Hat - periodical
    • Tops, August
    • Notes on the Attic, #21 & 22 - Bruce Dunn
    • Be-Deviled Egg - Klamm, the Magic Man
    • Yogi Magic Club - activities
    • Dr. Douglas M. Kelley - rememberance
    • Promoting Me and You II - David Ginn
    • Health Research - catalog
    • Mark Wilson Course in Magic
  23. Free Classified Ads
  24. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  25. Letters to the Editor
    • Bruce Walstad

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 2 - February 1984 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - Maurice Rooklyn and Bob Barker
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. The Academy of Magical Arts 16ht Annual Awards Banquet - Max Maven
  7. "Magic Entertainer of the Year" Contest 1984 - Max Maven
  8. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • March of the Toy Soldiers
  9. The Magic Catalogue - An Aid to Detection - Warren M. Wexler
  10. cartoon - Anthony Dunn
  11. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. Jonathan Neal Brown's Routine [Japanese Box]
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
      • Coin Shooter
  12. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Real Magic
  13. Project Magic - Christopher Giordano
  14. Obituaries
    • Joe Berg, Master of Illusion, Dies - from Los Angeles Times
    • Dwight G. Kier - by Gene Anderson
  15. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  16. Dialogue With The Past - Robert Murphy
    • Part II
  17. Letters to the Editor
    • David Price
  18. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 24 - Howard Adams
    • Time Tick
  19. Fake Top Change? - Gerald Kosky
  20. Aid for a Double-cut or Under-cut of Cards - Gerald Kosky
  21. BB - Ideal "Cut and Restored Rope" - Dr. Raymond Beebe
  22. Computer Mindreading - Charles W. Simon
  23. Letters to the Editor
    • Pat Failla
  24. Hole in One - El Duco
  25. Cartoon
  26. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
    • Just like magic, Harry Anderson land in 'Court'
    • [Judy] Carter whips up a comic concoction of magic, music
  27. Magic for Love or Money - Peter D. Blanchard
  28. Patter to Accompany Birthday Party Balloon Animals - Dave Fiscus
  29. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
    • Illusionist [Mark Kalin] joins Flamingo's 'City Lites'
  30. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • It's Not Always Wine and Roses but Sometimes You Get a Free Lunch, or, Life on a School Show Tour - Al 'The Only' Ulman and Lori
    • Ross Bertram on Slight of Hand
    • Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram
    • New York Magic Symposium
    • Prime Hole Card - Ben Harris
    • Pyschic Magic - Ormond McGill - six volumes combined
    • Magick, four issues
    • The Australian Magazine, September/October
    • Letter from Hades, November issue
    • Voice of the Attic Notes, Numbers 23 & 24 - Bruce Dunn
    • Magic Chatter, Volume 16, Number 9
    • Magicana [New Zealand], No. 131
    • El Duco's Magic Catalog No. 6
    • Meyerboos Catalog 10
  31. Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
    • Miniature Silver Figures
  32. He Had A Dream [W.J.O.] - Phil Willmarth
  33. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 3 - March 1984 - 76 pages
  2. Cover - Manfred Thumm of The Magic Hands
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. The Magic Hands Fachkongresse - Bill and Irene Larsen
  7. The Magic Hands Organization - Bill Larsen
  8. My Favorite Cut and Restored Rope Trick - Dr. Raymond Beebe
  9. Double Prediction - Pam Drummond & Floyd Shotts
  10. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. Silk Production from a Tube - Jonathan Brown
    2. More on the Japanese Box Trick - Jonathan Brown
    3. Intermission - Charlie Miller
  11. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  12. Desert Magic Seminar VII - Max Maven
  13. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • The Egyptian Table of Death
  14. Lines From Lawton
  15. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Opinionated Review of Finals [Magical Entertainer of the Year]
    2. Most Difficult Card Trick in the World
  16. Thoughts on the 16th Annual Awards Banquet - Terry Seabrooke
  17. Cartoon - Paul Butler
  18. Obituaries
    • Glenn Gravatt - by Lloyd E. Jones
    • Joe Berg
    • Howard Brooks - by Alan Kratish
  19. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
    • Tommy Cooper - obituary
  20. David Copperfield Tour Set
  21. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
    • Siegfried and Roy receive German honor
    • New Cabaret show full of magic [Richiardi]
  22. Conventions and Events
    • Deutche Meisterschaften 1984 - Osnabruck, Germany
    • NMU Congress Noordwijkerhout - Heemstede, Netherlands
    • Magic Empire Magicians - Tulsa, OK
    • Magicruise '84 - Alaska Cruise
    • Big Three Convention - Linthicum, MD
    • P.C.A.M. Convention - Fresno, CA
    • I.B.M. Convention - Norfolk, VA
    • S.A.M. Convention - Las Vegas, NV
    • Congresso Magico Internazionale - Saint Vincent, Aosta, Italy
    • Greenville's 2nd Annual Close-Up Convention - Greenville, SC
    • Magiales Sarivari - Karlov Vary, Czechoslovakia
    • Funvention '84 - Tacoma, WA
    • Magic Hand Cruise on The Rhine - Herrenberg, West Germany
    • The NY Symposium - San Francisco, CA & New York, NY
    • 42nd M.A.E.S. Convention - Carlisle, PA
    • Texas Association of Magicians - Abilene, TX
    • Midwest Magicians Conclave - Milwaukee, WI
    • Magic in the Rockies '84 - Denver, CO
    • Tannen's 22nd Magic Jubilee - Browns Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, NY
    • I.B.M. British Ring Congress - Easbourne, England
    • First Annual Invocational - 84, Chicago, IL
    • NYCAN 84 Convention - Albany, NY
    • The Magic Hands Fachkongresse - Boblinger, West Germany
    • 30th Kongress Osterr. Magier - Gmunder am Traunsee, Austria
    • F.I.S.M. Kongress - Madrid, Spain
  23. Book Review - David Avadon
    • Complete Couse in Pick Pocketing - Pierre Jacques
  24. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
    • The Magic Of David Copperfield VI - CBS - review
    • Copperfield's magicianship on view in spirited CBS offering - review
    • 'David Copperfield VI.' Illusion and Variety Show - review
    • TV listing

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 4 - April 1984 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - Joe Stevens
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Joe Stevens Magic
    1. Joe Stevens - An intimate conversation with America's graet magical entrepreneur
    2. A Few Words About "Uncle Joe"
      • Carol Roy
      • Dr. Robert Albo
      • Jay Marshall
      • Gene Rump
      • Slydini
      • Mark Wilson
      • Buma Burger
    3. A Tribute to Two Fiends - Roger Crabtree
    4. Pandora's Box (version two)
    5. Invisible Thread?
    6. Coin Through Hank
    7. Just Four Aces (The Open Travellers [sic]) - Peter Kane
    8. My Magic '8'
    9. The Shrinking Card Case
    10. A Final Salute - Bill and Irene Larsen
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. A Novel Silk Streamer Production - Jonathan Neal Brown
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
  8. Cartoon - Tony Dunn
  9. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • The Chicago Fire
  10. "Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company" at the White House - Robert Murphy
  11. Japanese Television in Las Vegas - Max Maven
  12. Cartoon
  13. Dialogue With The Past - Robert Murphy
    • Part III
  14. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Desert Magic Seminar
  15. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 25 - Howard Adams
    • Megattract
  16. Obituaries
    • Tommy Cooper - by Terry Seabrooke
    • Jack Malon - by Bill Andrews
  17. Tricks of the Trade - Product Reviews - Phil Goldstein
    • The Stapled Card - Jim Steinmeyer
    • Paul Fox Miracle Gimmick
    • Palladin Parlor & Playing Cards - Laura Sutherland
    • ESP-3 - Magic Makers [PA]
    • ESP-4 - Magic Makers [PA]
    • Weller Coke Bottle - Norm Nielsen
    • Close-Up Packet Organizer - Klamm the Magic Man
    • Vanishing Torch to Silk - El Duco's Magic
  18. Lines From Lawton
  19. Letters to the Editor
    • Open Letter to Collectors - Barbi Walker
  20. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  21. Magic on the Screen - Brian R. Flora
    • Stephen Tucker - The Spellbinder
  22. Mark Wilson Magic Camp Accepting Registrations
  23. Letters to the Editor
    • James Randi
  24. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
    • William G. Strickland M.B.E. - obituary by Donald Bevan
  25. Symposium
  26. Flosso-Hornmann Magic Shop Moves
  27. The Basics of Magic - Rob Fullmer
  28. Kornfield
  29. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • TALK! - Abbott's
      • Practical Patter - Percy Abbott
      • Patter Punches - Sol Stone
      • Routines in Rhyme - Bill West
      • Merrie Magical Chatter - Don Roger
      • A Short List of Effective Tricks for M.C.'s and Toastmasters
      • 202 Ways to Stop Hecklers - Otis Manning
      • Punch and Judy - Sydney de Hempsey
    • The Harbin Book - Martin Breese Publication
    • book - Stephen Tucker
    • Computer Magic with the ZX-81 - David Hambley
    • Card Sharp on Duty, "please wait to be cheated" - Allan Hayden
    • Allan Hayden's Fancy Ring Routine - Allan Hayden
    • The Magic of God's Word - R. W. Klamm, publisher
    • I Want to Be a Magician - Ken and Roberta Griffin
    • Topics - Tannen's - 2 issues
    • O'Dowd Conjuring Books, List #7
    • Mendoza Portfolio #1 - John Mendoza
    • Al's Magic Shop - newsletter
    • The Magic Touch - catalogue
    • Venture III - catalogue
    • Autumn List #9 - David Ginn
    • La Wains List # 145
    • Ron Allesi - list
    • Letter from Hades - newsletter
    • Milson-Worth - catalog
    • Jose's Studio - catalog
    • Dick Marrel's Magic Studio - catalog list
    • Magic Info - periodical
    • Calliope - periodical
    • Magick - periodical
    • Le Grand David - Souvenir Program
    • Cartellas da Magic [posters]
    • The Trapdoor - new periodical
    • Larry Thornton - films and tapes
  30. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 5 - May 1984 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - Happy 90th Dai Vernon
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. One If By Sea and Two If By Land - Magicruise '84 - Bill and Irene Larsen
  7. I.B.M. Norfolk - Bill and Irene
  8. S.A.M. Las Vegas - Bill and Irene
  9. Doug Henning, World of Magic, To Tour America Prior to Broadway
  10. The Educated Slate = Doug Bennett
  11. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • The Boy And His Car
  12. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 26 - Howard Adams
    • ESP 90
  13. Closure - Phil Goldstein
  14. Astradamus' (Bill Hartley's) Version of the Houdini Padlock Penetration
  15. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. A Novel Mystery With An Umbrella and Some Playing Cards - Charlie Miller
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
      • Ten Budding Conjurors - poem - Laurence W. Spitari
  16. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Trivia Quiz Number Two
  17. Lines From Lawton
  18. Chicago Collectors Meeting, 1084 - Hugh Riley
  19. Another Brain Wave - Charles W. Nyquist
  20. Color Changing Pips - Glenn Gravatt
  21. Letters to the Editor
    • Red Baker
  22. The Jargon of Magic Ads - Mike Rogers
  23. The F.I.S.M. Scoring System
  24. Fechter's Finger Flickging Frolic, 1984 - Max Maven
  25. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  26. Obituaries
    • Milbourne Christopher - by Mark Walker
    • William G. Strickland, M.B.E. - by Edwin Hooper
  27. Conventions and Events
    • Congress Francais de I'llusion - Versailles, France
    • I.B.M. Esatbourne Convention - Eastbourne, England
    • First Annual Invocational - 84, Chicago, IL
    • NYCAN 84 Convention - Albany, NY
    • 31st "It's Magic" Show - Los Angeles, CA
    • I.B.M. "Back to Eureka Springs Funtastic Magic Convention" - Eureka Springs AR
    • The Magic Hands Fachkongresse - Boblinger, West Germany
    • 54th Columbus Magi-Fest - Columbus, OH
    • Desert Magic Seminar VIII - Las Vegas, NV
    • S.A.M. Salute to Magic - New York, NY
    • I.B.M. Convention - Kansas City, MO
    • F.I.S.M. World Congress - Madrid, Spain
    • S.A.M. Convention - Boston, MA
    • Continuing Events
      • Marco the Magi's Production of "Le Grand David and His Own Spectatular Magic Company" - Beverly, MA
      • Magician's Table - Los Angeles, CA
      • The New York Magic Table - New York, NY
  28. Magi-Clips - newspaper clippings
    • Penn and Teller pull a good show out of their bag of tricks
    • Harry Blackstone III - obituary
    • Magician [Jeff Rayburn Hopper] Drowns in Winona Lake
  29. Light from the Lamp - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    • tape of Burling Hull lecture - Samuel Patrick Smith
    • Miracle Platform Power: The Psychology of Successful Speechmaking - Tate Topper
    • Schalk and Associates - bookers/advertising
    • Marco the Magi - Wise Man of Magic - William V. Raucher
    • Reflections and Meanings of the Magic Production - Le Grand David - William V. Raucher
    • The Wand in Story and Symbol - William V. Raucher
    • Impromptu Magic of 1982 - Bill Severn
    • Self-Working Number Magic - Karl Fulves
    • Entertaining Mathematical Teasers - J. A. H. Hunter
    • Sticks and Stones - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Magic everyone Isn't Doing - George Dean
    • Illusions Illustrated - James W. Baker
    • Blackstone's Tricks Anyone Can Do - Walter B. Gibson - reprint
    • Ring of Enchantment - Jimmy Vines
    • Mindspa #1 - Dungeon of Deception - Howard Adams
    • Mindspa #2 - Cavern of Cremation - Howard Adams
    • Precursor III - periodical
    • Magic Info - periodical
    • Escapism - periodical
    • Magicana (New Zealand) - periodical
    • Top Hat - periodical
    • Magick - periodical
    • Lee Jacobs Productions - list 7
    • O'Dowd Conjuring Books - list 18
    • Ron Allesi - list 33
    • Perennial Mystics #2
    • Mehron Inc. - clown material
    • Le Grand David - publicity
    • Dicky Dean and wife - publicity
    • Robinson Mysteries - brochure
    • The Wizard's Eye - newsletter
    • The Gimmick - newsletter
    • Yogi-Gram - newsletter
    • Silent Messenger - newsletter
    • Letter from Hades - newsletter
    • Mid-America Magic - catalog
    • Emile Clifton dies
    • Glenn Gravatt ill
  30. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 6 - June 1984 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - S.H. Sharpe - A Special Issue
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. S.H. Sharpe - A Special Issue
    1. S.H. Sharpe ... The Man and His Work - Eric C. Lewis
    2. A Checklist Of Conjuring Articles By S.H. Sharpe
    3. Thoughts On Art And Magic - S.H. Sharpe
    4. The Mystery Of Time - S.H. Sharpe
    5. Sharpe's Influence On Fitzkee - Todd Karr
    6. My Friend Sam Sharpe - Peter Warlock
    7. A Modern Apostle of Magic - Enrique Jimenez Martinez
    8. Sam Shape, The Hocus Pocus Society, and the "Midget Magician" - John Henry Grossman, MD
    9. In Friendship's Name - Eddie Dawes
    10. Sam Sharpe - Idealist - Stanley Collins (1951)
    11. The Aristotle of Hocus Pocus - Robert Lund
    12. Consider The Audience - S.H. Sharpe
    13. Cutting A Handkerchief In Two - S.H. Sharpe
    14. Magic Of The Moment - S.H. Sharpe
    15. Edwin A. Dawes Interviews S.H. Sharpe
    16. S.H. Sharpe - And A Hofzinser Coin Transposition - Richard Hatch
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. Ten Chosen Cards - Charlie Miller
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
      • card trick from Frank Holmes
  8. Obituaries
    • Bill P. Chapman
    • Willard K. Denton
    • John Rock
  9. Amazing Paul Svengari and Company
  10. Parent Assembly Exhibit
  11. Osborne Show Renewed
  12. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • The Decapatarium
  13. Lines From Lawton
  14. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. 1984 IBM Convention
    2. Show Time
    3. Second Show
    4. Show Three ... Contest Finals
    5. Final Night
    6. Other Shows
    7. Wild Stunt
  15. Letters to the Editor
    • Edward G. Hacker
    • Red Baker
  16. F.I.S.M. International Contests - Rules and Procedures
  17. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 7 - July 1984 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - Ross Bertram - A Special Issue
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Ross Bertram - A Special Issue
    1. Tributes to Ross Bertram
      • Introduction - Sid Lorraine
      • Danny Dew
      • Sam and June Horowitz
      • Faucett W. Ross
    2. Man, Myth and Magic - David Ben
    3. Doing What Comes Naturally - Peter Layne
    4. The Spirit of Improvisation - David Ben
    5. Fist Full O' Washers - Michael Close
    6. Paper Money - Sid Lorraine
    7. Bad Habits - David Ben
  7. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 27 - Howard Adams
    • Live At Five
  8. Dorfay's Crystal Ball Levitation
  9. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. Four Coins Into Purse - Armando Gutierrez
    2. Size, Weight and Color - Armando Gutierrez
    3. Intermission - Charlie Miller
  10. New Owen Supreme Catalog - WWL
  11. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Home for the Holidays
  12. Marvyn Roy and Carol Win Second Annual Dragon Award
  13. About J. Marberger Stuart
  14. Columbian Magic Show Huge Success - Norm Nielsen
  15. Lines From Lawton
  16. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Lloyd Jones is Gone
    2. OK, Here's Some Magic
    3. World Champion Trick
    4. It's Las Vegas Now
    5. Desert Seminar Plans
  17. Mr. T and Max Maven - photo
  18. Trust Me - poem - David B. Arnold
  19. Obituaries
    • Lloyd E. Jones - by Byron Walker
    • Zati Sungur
  20. Conventions and Events
    • The Magic Hands Fachkongresse - Boblinger, West Germany
    • Magic Day '85 - Denver, CO
    • 54th Columbus Magi-Fest - Columbus, OH
    • Desert Magic Seminar VIII - Las Vegas, NV
    • IBM Congress - Bad Mergentheim, West Germany
    • Salute to Magic - New York, NY
    • Austrian Magician Congress - Gmunden am Traunsee
    • Magic Meeting of Costa Brava - Spain
    • Magic Circle of Germany Congress in Koln - West Germany
    • Funhouse 4th Annual Big 3 Convention - Baltimore, MD
    • Magic Alive in '85! PCAM Convention - Salinas, CA
    • I.B.M. Convention - Kansas City, MO
    • F.I.S.M. Kongress - Madrid, Spain
    • S.A.M. Convention - Boston, MA
    • Midwest Magic Jubilee - St. Louis, MO
    • Abbott's Get-Together - Colon, MI
    • TAOM Convention - San Antonio, TX
  21. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  22. Free Classified Ads
  23. Letters to the Editor
    • Judson S. Brown
  24. Siegfried and Roy Take Hiatus
  25. Biro F.I.S.M. Tour Planned

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 8 - August 1984 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - Paul Osborne - Illusion Issue
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Paul Osborne - Illusion Issue
    1. Paul Osborne talks about Himself, Illusions, Life, Design, Success & ... Creativity
    2. Paul Osborne on Paint
    3. Paul Osborne Tips
    4. The Paul Osborne Illusion Section
    5. The World's Greatest Magicians
    6. Paul Osborne's Spirit Post
    7. The Lady from the Light
    8. Out of Thin Air
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. Clipped Transposition - Jim Vines
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
  8. H. Adrian Smith Award
  9. Cartoon - Paul Butler
  10. The First Annual Japanese Grand Prix Close-Up Award - Bill and Irene Larsen
  11. Up Close With Lance Burton - Fred Gomez
  12. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  13. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Best Cup Load I've Ever Known - Emile Clifton
    2. Charles and Regina Reynolds
  14. Lines From Lawton
  15. Project Magic Update
  16. The Magic of David Copperfield Route Update
  17. Lloyd Jones Estate
  18. Letters to the Editor
    • Rev. Canon William V. Raucher
  19. Obituaries
    • Marvin "Buma" Burger - by Paul
    • George C. Thurston - by W. E. Black
  20. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 9 - September 1984 - 76 pages
  2. Cover - Bill Wisch - A Special Issue
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Cartoon - Gunther Wegener
  7. Bill Wisch - A Special Issue
    1. A Bill Wisch Bio - Karl Fulves
    2. Handy Triumph - Bill Wisch
    3. Quarter and Half Transposition - Bill Wisch
    4. A Close-Up Trick - Bill Wisch
    5. Grabber Vanish - Bill Wisch
    6. Pennies to Dimes Variation - Bill Wisch
    7. The "Phan" Pass - Bill Wisch
    8. Loop Dupe - Bill Wisch
    9. A Wand Tip - Bill Wisch
    10. My Two Cents - Bill Wisch
    11. The No Nonsense Knot - Bill Wisch
    12. Audible Coins Through the Table - Bill Wisch
    13. Five Coins Variation - Bill Wisch
  8. The Magic Hands Fachkongresse, Böblingen - Bill and Irene Larsen
  9. The Lecture Schedule of Manfred Thumm
  10. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • The Dreadful Little Dreamhouse
  11. The Magic Fantasia - Bill and Irene Larsen
  12. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. Smoke Vanish - Bill Dodson
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
      • card trick - Armando Gutierrez
  13. Siegfried & Roy Open 1985 Season with Benefit Premiere
  14. Las Vegas Entertainment Directors Speak Out on Magic
    • Part 1 - Fred Gomez
  15. Cartoon - Schmidt
  16. The Million Pound Heist - Dick Zimmerman
  17. The New York Symposium - San Francisco - Bill and Irene Larsen
  18. Le Grand David at the White House - Robert D. Murphy
  19. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Penn and Teller
    2. The Champ
  20. Lines From Lawton
  21. Tricks of the Trade - Product Reviews - Phil Goldstein
    • The Michael Ammar Coin Clip
    • Egg Bags - Lynn Busby
      • Malini
      • Sterling
    • Rainbow Miracle - Nick Trost
    • The Mis-Made Bill - Jim Lewis
  22. Scottsdale Magic Show - Bill and Irene Larsen
  23. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Psychic Paradoxes - John Booth - reviewed by Martin Gardner
    • Spirit Cloth Book - Algonquin McDuff - reviewed by Larry Clark
    • The Ultimate Floating Deck - Ben Harris - reviewed by Gerald R. Blount, Jr.
    • 2400 Jokes to Brighten Your Speeches - Robert Orben - reviewed by Carl Martinez
    • The Magician - Robert A. Stebbins - reviewed by Leo Behnke
    • The Wand in Story and Symbol - William V. Rauscher - reviewed by Annabel Gray
    • The Master Illusionists - Mark Walker - reviewed by Mark Nelson
  24. Conventions and Events
    • Desert Magic Seminar VIII - Las Vegas, NV
    • IBM Congress - Bad Mergentheim, West Germany
    • Salute to Magic - New York, NY
    • Orange County Mystics Magic Get-Together - Garden Grove, CA
    • Fechter's Finger Flickging Frolic - Forks Hotel, Buffalo, NY
    • Fantastic Magical Flea Market - Eureka Spring, AR
    • Austrian Magician Congress - Gmunden am Traunsee, Austria
    • Magicland Presents Magic 1985 - Dallas, TX
    • Florida State Magic Convention - Daytona Beach, FL
    • Magic Meeting of Costa Brava - Platja d'Aro, Spain
    • Magic Circle of Germany Congress in Koln - West Germany
    • Funhouse 4th Annual Big 3 Convention - Baltimore, MD
    • Magic Alive in '85! PCAM Convention - Salinas, CA
    • I.B.M. Convention - Kansas City, MO
    • F.I.S.M. Congress - Madrid, Spain
    • Magiales Sarivari - Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
    • Midwest Magic Jubilee - St. Louis, MO
    • Abbott's Get-Together - Colon, MI
    • Mark Wilson's Magic Camp - Thompson, PA
    • TAOM Convention - San Antonio, TX
    • Magic in the Rockies '85 - Estes Park, CO
    • Tannen's 23rd Magic Jubilee - Browns Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, NY
  25. Obituaries
    • Danny Rouzer
    • Ralph Mayer - by Will Desmond
  26. Free Classified Ads
  27. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  28. New To Magic? - Edward D. Hesse
    • Ten Good Books for Under Ten Bucks
  29. Cruise News with Peter & Carol [Gensemer]
  30. The Lighter Side - Tommy Tucker
  31. A Novel Way to Distribute Your Card - Larry M. Krams

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 10 - October 1984 - 64 pages
  2. Cover - Magic Christian - A Special Issue
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Magic Christian - A Special Issue
    1. Magic Christian - by Bill Larsen
    2. The Magic of Christian - Magic Christian
    3. Christian's Packet Switch - Magic Christian
    4. Seven Coins - Magic Christian
    5. Face-Up Forcing - Magic Christian
    6. Impromptu Cigarette Routine - Magic Christian
    7. Cards and Currency - Magic Christian
    8. Chink A Chink Climax - Magic Christian
    9. The Walking Corks - Magic Christian
    10. Special Service for Flick-Knife - Magic Christian
    11. The Standing Card Gag - Magic Christian
    12. Card Deal Flourish - Magic Christian
    13. Coins and Cards - Magic Christian
    14. A Quickie with the "Squeakie" - Magic Christian
    15. Another Quickie with the "Squeakie" - Magic Christian
    16. Addresses of the Austrian Magic Societies
    17. Showpictures
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. The Great Mystery of the Umbrella and the Borrowed Handkerchief - attributed to Richard Buffum
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
  8. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Clean Desk Time
    2. She's Gone
    3. FISM Lives
    4. Koornwinder and His Car
    5. Still Going - MacGregor's No-Frills Vanishing Wine Glass - Jerry MacGregor
  9. The V.P. [George Bush] and Al [Cohen] - photo
  10. Magic on TV and Film - Brian R. Flora
    • Patrick Page's Trick-a-Tapes on Video
  11. Cartoon - Schmidt
  12. Las Vegas Entertainment Directors Speak Out on Magic
    • Part II - Fred Gomez
  13. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Hinduspension
  14. "It Ain't All Glamour" Or, I Finally Went to a Magic Convention - Carol Roy (aka "Mrs. Electric")
  15. Cruise News with Peter & Carol [Gensemer]
  16. An Englishman's Point of View - Tony Griffith
    • Silk on Rope - Tony Griffith
  17. A Magic Photo From The Past
  18. The Genii Knows All - Magic News From Around the World - Bill Larsen
  19. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  20. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Ideas - Mike Caveney - reviewed by Don Lawton
    • The Crowning Miracles - Eric C. Lewis - reviewed by Clark Wirthlin
    • Jarrett - Jim Steinmeyer - reviewed by Max Abrams
    • How to Operate a Financially Successful Haunted House - Phillip Morris & Dennis Morris - reviewed by Sammie McKay
    • The Annals of Conjuring - Sidney W. Clarke - reviewed by Sammie McKay
    • Words on Wonder - S.H. Sharpe - reviewed by Max Abrams
    • Magicomedy - Mike Caveney - reviewed by Carl Martinez
  21. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 11 - November 1984 - 64 pages
  2. Cover - Eric Lewis and Buddy Ebson
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  7. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Dove Cannon
  8. Houdini's Escape - Dr. Raymond Beebe
  9. The Vanishing Soda Straw - Bill Ragsdale
  10. The Sequel - Sam Berland
  11. Olympic Card Trick - Stanley Blumenthal
  12. A Spirit(ual) Experiment - Vince Thomas
  13. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. Not Again - A. Berkeley Davis
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
    3. Drawings for "Size, Weight and Color" by Armando Gutierrez in the July Issue
  14. Free Classified Ads
  15. The Academy of Magical Arts 17th Annual Awards Banquet and Show - Bill Larsen
  16. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
  17. The Magic of David Copperfield VII - NBC - Bill Larsen
  18. Absolutely Ogden - Tom Ogden
  19. The Lighter Side - Tommy Tucker
  20. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Versatile Card Magic - Frank Simon - reviewed by Stuart
    • The Barrister in the Circle - Edwin A. Dawes - reviewed by Max Abrams
    • Carney Knowledge - John Carney - reviewed by Roy Pelletier
    • Mind Melds - A Precognitive Hexamiron - Stephen Minch - reviewed by Bill Pol
    • Magic and Monsters - David Ginn - reviewed by John Fedko
    • Theatrical Close-Up - Peter Samelson - reviewed by Hiram Strait
    • The World's Greatest Magician - Robert E. Olsen - reviewed by Gerald R. Blount, Jr.
    • Mendoza Presents The Excellence of Danny Fleshman - John F. Mendoza - reviewed by Brian K. Cooper
  21. "It Ain't All Glamour" Or, More Summer Magic '83 - Carol Roy (aka "Mrs. Electric")
  22. David Copperfield Route
  23. Obituaries
    • Madeleine RossKam
  24. New To Magic? - Edward D. Hesse
    • Routining Your Magic
  25. The Magicians Carl Jones Relied On - J. Marberger Stewart
  26. After 900 Performances: Beginning Again - An Interview with Marco the Magi
    • Part 1
  27. Letters to the Editor
    • Roy Green
  28. Harold Taylor [Lecture]
  29. Tricks of the Trade - Magic Castle Members
    • Harries Deluxe Passe Bottle - reviewed by Peter Pit
    • Rub-On-Card Pips - reviewed by Gerald Kosky
  30. Mark Wilson Magic Camp
  31. Project Magic Update
  32. Letters to the Editor
    • Peter Mennie
    • Attention Female Magicians!!!! - Lisa Menna & Kathryn Bales
  33. Amos Levkovitch - photo
  34. Cruise News with Peter & Carol [Gensemer]

  1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 12 - June 1985 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - Joseph
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Cartoon - Paul Butler
  7. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • The Bride of the Blades
  8. Comedy Cards Across - Doug Bennett
  9. The Semaphore Revealment - Gerald Kosky
  10. A Trick With A Kick - Glenn Gravatt
  11. Exchange of Fire - Paul Curry
  12. Point of Arrival - Phil Goldstein
  13. Joseph - An Act That Really Flys! - Fred Gomez
  14. Desert Magic Seminar VIII - Bill and Irene Larsen
  15. Jungle Palace in the Desert - photos
  16. Magicruise '85 - Bill and Irene Larsen
  17. Cartoon - Paul Butler
  18. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Read Woodfield, editors
    1. The Alchemists Beaker - as presented by Richard Buffum
    2. Intermission - Charlie Miller
  19. Free Classified Ads
  20. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
  21. Conventions and Events
    • Magic Alive in '85! PCAM Convention - Salinas, CA
    • I.B.M. Convention - Kansas City, MO
    • F.I.S.M. Congress - Madrid, Spain
    • S.A.M. Convention - Boston, MA
    • Midwest Magic Jubilee - St. Louis, MO
    • Abbott's Get-Together - Colon, MI
    • Mark Wilson's Magic Camp - Thompson, PA
    • TAOM Convention - San Antonio, TX
    • Nordischer Magischer Kongress - Helsinki, Finland
    • Tannen's 23rd Magic Jubilee - Browns Hotel, Loch Sheldrake, NY
    • Magic in the Rockies '85 - Estes Park, CO
    • Mephisto's Magic Weekend '85 - Ostende, Belgium
    • I.B.M. British Ring Convention - Southport, England
    • Wizard's Conclave - Cleveland, OH
    • International Day of Magic - London, England
  22. Magic, Mentalism, and the Legitimate Lie - David F. Ashton
  23. Fitzkee Was Wrong - James D. Robinson
  24. The Future of Restaurant Magic - Eugene Burger
  25. Cruise News with Peter & Carol [Gensemer]
  26. After 900 Performances: Beginning Again - An Interview with Marco the Magi
    • Part 2
  27. An Englishman's Point of View - Tony Griffith
  28. Magic News from Japan - Max Maven
  29. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Epoptica Yearbook - All Trick Special - Jeff Busby - reviewed by Brian K. Cooper
    • Magic with Finger Rings - Jerry Mentzer - reviewed by Daryl
    • Great Magicians in Great Moments - Irving Desfor - reviewed by Don Lawton
    • The Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion - Harry Blackstone, Jr. with Charles and Regina Reynolds - reviewed by Richard Buffum
    • Mendoza Presents the Excellence of Danny Fleshman - John Mendoza - reviewed by Siroco
    • Psych-Out - Bruce Bernstein - reviewed by Clark Wirthlin
    • Intermezzo - Kevin Kelly - reviewed by Carl Martinez
    • The Art & Humor of Levin's Eleven Balloon Menagerie - Richard W. Levin - reviewed by Joe T. Diggle
  30. The Reel Works - Pete Biro
    1. Side One
    2. Side Two
    3. Side Three. Three? Why Not?
  31. Absolutely Ogden - Tom Ogden
    • Lucky Charms - Tom Ogden
  32. Tricks of the Trade - Product Reviews - Phil Goldstein
    • Mind-Scan - Ray Piatt's Magic Makers
    • Rhine 2000 - Ray Piatt's Magic Makers
    • Omega - Ray Piatt & Dick Stride
    • Milk to Silk - Fukai
    • Magic Signs - El Duco
    • Trivial Masterpieces - Hopwood
  33. Obituaries
    • Anna Belle Riley - by Hugh Riley
    • Phil Calhoun
  34. Greater Magic Video Library - tony Devine

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