July 1989 - June 1990
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor
848 pages
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 1 - July 1989 - 76 pages
- Cover - Siegfried and Roy
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Siegfried & Roy World Tour - Bill and Irene Larsen
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Proxy Stab - Phil Goldstein
- Intermission - James Patton
- Absolutely Ogden - Tom Ogden
- The Linking Nightmare - Tom Ogden
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- A Magnetic Servante For Office Use - Frank Chambers
- Color Prediction - Oliver Erens
- Color Changing Thimbles - John Hutsebaut
- MacTrick - Lloyd Walters
- Ting-Ling's Burned and Restored Tissue Strip - Scambini
- "Playing" Cards - John Hutsebaut
- "Lighting" A Cigarette - John Hutsebaut
- Two-Bit Card Discovery - Dan J. Alessini
- Coins Across Into A Small Pail - Dan Alessini
- A Subtle Card Reverse - Joe - Farina
- The Second Golden Age of Magic - Michael T. Pascoe
- The John Nevil Maskelyne Luncheon and Memorial Lecture - delivered by John Gaughan - reported by Eddie Dawes
- The Dream Comes Alive - A Review of Circus Tihany - Scott Wells
- The Reel Works - Pete Biro
- Sid Lorraine Dies
- Variety clipping - 'Snoopy' Live Arena Tour Features Magic
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- My Philosophy About The Artist's Break Through - Dale Salwak
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- Knowing The Chop Cup - Will Ayling - reviewed by William A. Bradford
- Gathering Dust - Geoffrey Williams - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Harry Anderson's "Games You Can't Lose" - Harry Anderson - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Slow Motion Magic - René Lavand reviewed by Dan Strauss
- Twenty Years of Spoof & Bluff - "Carlton" - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Product Review - Phil Goldstein
- Armband Mystery - Hiro Sakai
- Self Service - Ken Kuroki
- Giant ESP Deck - Ton Onosaka
- Poker-size ESP Deck - Ton Onosaka
- Yin-Yang - Ton Onosaka
- Mini-Zag - Shigeru Sugawara
- Lancelot - Hiroshi Kondo
- Knife of the Ninja - Atsushi Fukano
- SuperSpike - Masato Wakabayashi
- ArCane - Hideo Kato
- HyperVision - Tomoyuki Shimomura
- Obituaries
- Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey) - by John A. Daniel
- Desmond (Wilbur Cosby) - by David Charvet
- Sid Lorraine - by Len Vitus
- James Ray Greene - by Philip Morris
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- Genii - Volume 53, Number 2 - August 1989 - 68 pages
- Cover - Irene Larsen
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Keeping the hearth Warm [Irene Larsen] - Amy Stevens
- newspaper clipping - Magic's animal rights' activist
- Irene - My Wife Now And Forever - Bill Larsen
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Sympathetic Sequence - Ray Grismer
- Intermission - James Patton
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Named Card Control - Daniel McCarthy
- One Hand Center Reverse - Daniel McCarthy
- Jokers Forgotten - Daniel McCarthy
- Restreamlined Prediction - Daniel McCarthy
- Card Stab - Daniel McCarthy
- Cartoon - Buns - John Kaplan
- Third Millennium Silks - Amado Narvaez
- Blank Departures - Phil Goldstein
- Stage Mental Epic - Dean A. Montalbano
- The Bear Palm Vanish - Werner Perry
- Tannen's 27th Magic Jubilee
- The Magic of David Copperfield - Pantages Theatre - Dante Larsen
- Variety Legit Reviews - newspaper clipping - David Copperfield
- The Magic Within You - Aubrey Fine & Dale Salwak
- Conference on Magic History - Dante Larsen
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- The Reel Works - Pete Biro
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- My Philosophy about Music and Magic - Dale Salwak
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Pen & Teller Get Killed
- newspaper clipping - No escape for a sad prisoner in the sun
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 3 - September 1989 - 76 pages
- Cover - Charles Penton
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- The Magic of Charles Penton - Special Issue
- What The Pro's Say
- Jack Freedman
- Whoizee? - Karrell Fox
- The Charles Penton I Know - Mike Caldwell
- J.B. Bobo
- Mike Rodgers
- Invaluable Advice Shared by Charles Penton
- Routining Patter - Jay Marshall
- Making a Reputation - Charlie Miller
- Advice for Balloon People - Dick Mainetti
- Thumb Tip Gems - Charles Penton
- Balancing A Dollar Bill On Nose - Charles Penton
- Ring On Knife - Charles Penton
- Coin Roll - Coin Thru Table - Charles Penton
- Simplex Oil And Water - Charles Penton
- Double Whammy Follow The Leader - Charles Penton
- Cold Deck Stacking Demo - Charles Penton
- Cold Deck Stacking And Dealing Royal Flush In Sequence - Charles Penton
- Cutting To Four Aces - Charles Penton
- Think-A-Card Block Buster - Charles Penton
- One Card Three Coin Kill - Charles Penton
- Instant Coin Switch - Charles Penton
- Stretched Finger - Charles Penton
- Card In Match Box - Charles Penton
- Instant One Hand Card Switch - Charles Penton
- Penton Coin Switch Variation - Charles Penton
- Penton One Hand Multiple Palm - Charles Penton
- Coin Fan Steal - Charles Penton
- Reverse Fan Steal (Coins) - Charles Penton
- Coins Across - Charles Penton
- Placement Card Switch - Charles Penton
- Miracle Switch (Cards) - Charles Penton
- One Hand False Cut - Charles Penton
- Flip Flop Card Switch - Charles Penton
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Michael Vincent Louis's Wild Card
- Intermission - James Patton
- Spellmaster - Erik Braaten
- The Magnetic Cards - Philip Hamer
- Advice From An Amateur - Frank Chambers
- For Whom Was This Article Written?
- Entertainment
- A Matter of Time
- Dexterity
- Card Tricks: No One Likes Them
- Wallet Si, Dove Pan No!
- Sucker Tricks
- Contest for Dullest Trick
- Use Visible Magic
- Conclusion
- Do's and Dont's
- Cartoon - Paul Butler
- Magic Secrets - Bill McLaury
- Psychology of Deception - A performance by Theo Doré - Benjamin J. Kleinman
- To My Friend: Bill Larsen - poem - Benjamin J. Kleinman
- Letters
- Irving Desfor on Le Grand David and His Spectacular Company
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- Knowing The Chop Cup - Will Ayling - reviewed by William A. Bradford
- The Five Points in Magic - Juan Tamariz - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
- P.T. Selbit, Innovator - Eric Lewis & Peter Warlock - reviewed by Billy McComb
- The Secrets of Brother John Hamman - Richard Kaufman - reviewed by Dan Strauss
- Take a Stroll with Me - Paul Green's Lecture Notes - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Product Review - Phil Goldstein
- Little Black Box - John Kennedy
- Genesis - Jay Scott Berry
- The Genesis Scrolls - Jay Scott Berry
- The Unconquered Card - Mike Rogers
- 4th DIEmension - Tony Baronio
- The Wilting Rose - C & M Productions
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow with The Wizard & Oz - Erik Gerard
- Letters
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Obituaries
- Sammie McKay
- Gilbert L. (Larry) West - by Arthur Emerson
- Ken Gross - by Gary R. Frank
- Alan Milan Cracknell - by Harold F. Puff
- Aldini {Alex Weiner] - by Tommy Garbin
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- Professor Harry Hockmann on Magic With Tigers - Paul Butler
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 4 - October 1989 - 64 pages
- Cover - Box Impossible by Jerry Andrus
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Special Jerry Andrus Section - From the "Castle of Chaos" Magic and random thoughts By Jerry Andrus
- Dollar Delusion - Jerry Andrus
- Card Surprise - Jerry Andrus
- Just in Case - Jerry Andrus
- Some random, Biased, irreverent, opinionated, comments on Magic from Jerry Andrus at the "Castle of Chaos"
- Andrus Under The Dome - A Special Announcement by David Harkey
- Cartoon - Buns - John Kaplan
- Tokyo Awards Party 1990 - Max Maven
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Acupressure - Jerry Andrus at the "Castle of Chaos"
- Intermission - James Patton
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Throw That Slider - Dan Alessini
- A No-gimmick Book Test Using A Current Magazine - Frank Chambers
- Oh What Crazy Things We Do! - Dean A. Montalbano
- Don't Take the Towels - Dean A. Montalbano
- Adrianna - A Short Story By Gene Poinc
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- It's Magic - Stanley M. Cazneaux
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- Knowing the Chop Cup - Will Ayling - reviewed by William A. Bradford
- Automata - John Nevil Maskelyne
- Nearly Unpublished - David Ginn - reviewed by Gerry Hart
- The Solomon Principle - Brett McCarron - reviewed by Don Schilling
- The Klutz Book of Magic - John Cassidy & Michael Stroud - reviewed by T. A. Waters
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Conventions & Events
- Basel Magic - Basel, Switzerland
- Cape Cod Magic Conclave - Sea Crest in Falmouth, MA
- 1990 CSICOP Conference - Washington, DC
- Louisiana Magic Weekend - Kenner {New Orleans}, LA
- 50th Annual Boston Magicale - Boston, MA
- MzvD Kongress Oz - Wolfsburg, West Germany
- Wizard's Weekend VI - Bloomington, MN
- 62nd I.B.M. Convention - St. Louis, MO
- S.A.M. Convention - Stamford, CT
- T.A.O.M. Convention - Dallas, TX
- 35th Österr. Nationlkongress - Graz, Austria
- Magic Hands Day "De Kern" - Antwerp, Belgium
- 21st New Zealand Convention - Auckland, New Zealand
- F.I.S.M. World Congress 1991 - Rome, Italy
- MZvD Jahreskongress - Bruhl u. Phantasialand, West Germany
- Obituaries
- Thomas R. Auburn "Magic Tom" - by Blair Marshall
- Patrick H. Doolin - by Darlene Bull
- Gene Devoe - Mike O'Dowd
- Harold L. Martin - by Fran Bloch
- Douglas Geoffrey
- Darwin Ortiz (Card Shark!) Itinerary
- Free Classified Ads
- Cartoon - To Miss Daisy White - T.L.H. 1925
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 5 - November 1989 - 60 pages
- Cover - Princess Tenko
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- The International Magic of Princess Tenko - Kabukiza Theater - Bill and Irene Larsen
- The Story of Tenko Hikita - Max Maven
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Marked Changes - Edward Marlo
- Intermission - James Patton
- The Bend Over Backwards - John A. Rigg
- A Little Cardiology - Allan Izen
- Copper/Silver Transposition in the Spectators' Hands - Terry Schaplow
- Chromix - Phil Goldstein
- Order out of Chaos - David Altman
- Cartoon - Paul Butler
- The 20th Century Silk Cabby - Vince Thomas
- Card Metamorphosis - John Hutaebaut
- Hockmann's Home Decorating - Paul Butler
- Once a Magician Always a Magician - Fonda Zenofon
- The Meeting - Marcom
- Paul Daniels at the Savoy Theatre - Nick Driver
- The Story Behind Magical Youths International
- My Philosophy about Professionalism - Dale Salwak
- Letters
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow with The Wizard and Oz - Erik Gerard
- Color Changing Marbles in the Spectators' Hands - Terry Schaplow
- Cartoon - Buns - John Kaplan
- Product Review - Phil Goldstein
- Automatic Color Changing Silk - Nielsen Magic
- Professional 3-D Multiplying Rabbits - George Murray
- The Return Of The Magnificent Seven - John Bannon
- Headhunter - Bob Farmer
- Dollar Monte - John Kennedy
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- Candles - Michael P. Lair - reviewed by Billy McComb
- A Touch of Magic - Fiction - Ruth M. Myers - reviewed by Katlyn Ward
- New Magic of Japan - Hiroyuki Sakai - reviewed by William Bradford
- Predicting Time - Bev Bergeron - reviewed by Douglas Hoover
- Sawa's Library of Magic, Volume One - Richard Kaufman - reviewed by Dick Newton
- Small Magical Ideas - Rhett Bryson, editor - reviewed by William Bradford
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Obituaries
- Dany Ray - by Ted Lealey
- Joseph Barnett
- Free Classified Ads
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 6 - December 1989 - 68 pages
- Cover - The Pendragons
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- The Pendragons
- Perspective
- An Opening Thought - Jonathan Pendragon
- Moments - Jonathan Pendragon
- Fundamentals - Jonathan Pendragon
- 1 - Power and Puzzle
- Aldo Richiardi
- Robert Harbin
- Doug Henning
- 2 - Prop Choice
- 3 - You
- The Body and Grand Illusion - Charlotte Pendragon
- Flexibility
- Strength
- Cardio-Vascular
- Coordination
- Mind, Soul and Body
- Illusion Presentation - Jonathan Pendragon
- The Basket
- The Broom Suspension
- Metamorphosis
- A Closing Thought - Jonathan Pendragon
- A Few Cliches about the Pendragons - Jim Steinmeyer
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Tribute to Dai Vernon - David Solomon
- Intermission - James Patton
- Pounding A Selected Card Through The Table - Terry Schaplow
- Pounding A Selected Card Through The Table - Part Two - Terry Schaplow
- The Merlin Deck - John Hutsebaut
- Card Metamorphosis - John Hutsebaut
- The Ambitious Card Revisited - John Hutsebaut
- The Lucky Pick Bill Trick - John Hutsebaut
- Almost Alchemy - John Hutsebaut
- Fabian's Knotty Ring - Aldo Colombini
- Crayfish - Aldo Colombini
- Wrong Trick - Dan Allesini
- Cartoon - [Professor Hockman's] Cage Escape - Paul Butler
- The P.C.A.M. Convention - Bill and Irene Larsen
- 1990 Magic Hands Fachkongresse - Bob Klase
- From the Mailbox
- Father Stephen A. Fernandes
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- 52 Lovers - Jose Carroll - reviewed by Billy McComb
- The Trick Brain - Dariel Fitzkee - reviewed by Billy McComb
- The Magic Way - Juan Tamariz - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
- Stewart James in Print - The First Fifty Years - Howard Lyons & Allan Slaight - reviewed by Max Maven
- Do You Remember Dante?
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
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- Genii - Volume 53, Number 7 - January 1990 - 64 pages
- Cover - Paul Kerr
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Paul Kerr - by Jon Lucke
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Kaiser Roll - William P. Miesel
- Intermission - James Patton
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- The Academy of Magical Arts 22nd Annual Awards - Bill and Irene Larsen
- Desert Magic Seminar XIII - Bill and Irene Larsen
- Pansophical Production - An Eleven Part Series - Ray Pierce
- Part Nine - Trouping & Packing
- Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
- Scrabble! - Dean A. Montalbano
- Of Spice and Men - Dean A. Montalbano
- The Ring of Doom - Dean A. Montalbano
- Mind Over Matter - Dean A. Montalbano
- Protracted Silver Extraction - Terry Schaplow
- Let's Play "Spin the Bottle" - Dan Alessini
- Magic for Jugglers - Jim Gerrish
- My Philosophy About Magic Contests - Dale Salwak
- OOPS! - correction to "Spellmaster" in the September issue
- Siegfried & Roy Performance Schedule 1990
- The Theory of Magic - Michael T. Pascoe
- Part One
- Cartoon - [Professor Hockman's] Lesson I: Unimpressive Patter - Paul Butler
- The Magic of David Copperfield XII - The Niagara Falls Challenge - CBS - Dante Larsen
- Abracadaver - a play by Allan Scott and David Ambrose - reviewed by Howard Peters
- Magie Montreal 1990 - David Acer
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Professor Hockmann's Famous Blindfolded Knife Throwing Act! - Paul Butler
- Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
- Henry Hilton's Dove Caskets
- Conventions & Events
- 50th Annual Boston Magicale - Boston, MA
- MzvD Kongress Oz - Wolfsburg, West Germany
- 1990 Meeting of the Minds - Scottsdale, AZ
- Wizard's Weekend VI - Bloomington, MN
- 62nd I.B.M. Convention - St. Louis, MO
- S.A.M. Convention - Stamford, CT
- Funhouse Magic Big 3 - Gaithersburg, MD
- SEAM '90 - Charlotte, NC
- T.A.O.M. Convention - Dallas, TX
- 35th Österr. Nationlkongress - Graz, Austria
- XXIV Congress Francais de Illusion - Annecy, France
- The Inn Event - Ontario, Canada
- Magic Hands Day "De Kern" - Antwerp, Belgium
- 21st New Zealand Convention - Auckland, New Zealand
- F.I.S.M. World Congress 1991 - Switzerland
- MZvD Jahreskongress - Bruhl u. Phantasialand, West Germany
- P.C.A.M. 91 - Concord, CA
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- Our Life of Magic - Howard Thurston and Jane Thurston Shepard - reviewed by Billy McComb
- The Magic Castle Souvenir Book - The Magic Castle - reviewed by Eric C. Lewis
- Television for the Mentalist - Scott Davis - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Magically Meting Women - Sergio Malini Xanth, Inc. - reviewed by Dick Newton
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Obituaries
- Free Class Ads
- Letters to the Editor
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 8 - February 1990 - 80 pages
- Cover - Vaudeville 2000
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Vaudeville 2000
- An Introduction - Rudy Coby
- Vaudeville - One More Time - Milt Larsen
- Vaudeville 2000 - Rudy Coby
- New Vaudeville
- Unclassifiable
- Art vs. Craft
- Vaudeville 2000
- Air Jazz
- Avner the Eccentric
- Les Bubb
- Rudy Coby
- Kevin James
- Vito Lupo
- Milt Larsen
- The Hollywood Archives of Variety Entertainment - Milt Larsen
- Magic & Mime!!! - Vito Lupo
- The Bianca Feather Transposition - Vito Lupo
- Show Program
- Credits
- Cartoon - J. Bonestell
- Three Arm gags - Rudy Coby
- Armed and Dangerous
- Encore Gag
- Face Hugger
- Avner Eisenburg's Baby's Breath - Kevin James
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- The Kevin James Newspaper Tear - Kevin James
- Intermission - James Patton
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Pansophical Production - An Eleven Part Series - Ray Pierce
- Part Ten - Video Recording
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Team Location - Phil Goldstein
- Spellereveal - Phil Goldstein
- Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
- The Tarot Thought - Dean A. Montalbano
- The End Of The Rainbow - Dean A. Montalbano
- A Fool And His Gold - Dean A. Montalbano
- Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
- My Philosophy About Simplicity - Dale Salwak
- From the Mailbox
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- The Experience of Magic - Eugene Burger - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Skullduggery - Leo Boudreau - reviewed by Max Abrams
- Body Language - David Harkey - reviewed by Don Beach
- Confidential Booking Report #1 - Dick Ryan - reviewed by Dan Strauss
- Three Ball Digest - Dick Franco - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Cape Cod Conclave - Father Steve Fernandes
- The Third International Deaf Magicians Festival - Leipzig - Simon J. Carmel
- Bill Larsen Receives "The Gold Medal of Merit" [Vienna] - Dr. Klaus Sypal
- The Theory of Magic - Michael T. Pascoe
- Part Two
- Cartoon - [Professor Hockmann's] Lesson II: Adding Romance to the act - Paul Butler
- Product Review - Phil Goldstein
- Squaring - Terri Rogers & Ton Onosaka
- Holiday Dream Prediction - Richard Mark
- Chameleon Kool-Aid - Steve Michael
- Chroma-Deck - Doug Canning
- Mars Likes Max [Maven] - newspaper clipping from Variety
- Cartoon - Buns - John Kaplan
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Free Classified Ads
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 9 - March 1990 - 72 pages
- Cover - Ben Harris
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Narrative of Fawcett W. Ross - from a tape made on March 20, 1980
- Ben Harris - Genii Special
- Liz Shore Visits BHM Industries
- Cry Wolf - Mark Kriewaldt
- Hi-Ho Poltergeist - Marc Michel
- Clean Submarine - Sixten Beme
- Sëan Asks Ben: Ten??? - Sëan Tretheway
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- In the Twinkling of an Eye
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Hummeracle! - Max Abrams
- Intermission - James Patton
- Cartoon - J. Bonestell
- MagiCruise '90 - Bill and Irene Larsen
- Pansophical Production - An Eleven Part Series - Ray Pierce
- Part Eleven - Video Editing
- Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
- The Genii and The Checker - Julie Sobanski
- Ashes To Ashes - Julie Sobanski
- Forearm Reading - Julie Sobanski
- Just Passing Through - Julie Sobanski
- The Five Success Traits of a Successful Magician - Michael Jeffreys
- Part One
- Success Trait #1: Originality
- Diamond Shines in Anaheim - L. L. Carpenter & L. M. Mills
- Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
- Reality - Aldo Colombini
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Vanity - license plates - Milt Larsen
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- M.I.N.T. - Edward Marlo - reviewed by Max Abrams
- Professional Close-Up - Leo Behnke - reviewed by William A. Bradford
- Find the Stuff That's You! - Chris Carey - reviewed by Don Beach
- Modern Miracles - Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson - reviewed by Stanley J. Terebinski
- Williamson's Wonders - Richard Kaufman - reviewed by Dick Newton
- Magic on Tape - Brian R. Flora
- Making Magic Memorable - Michael Ammar
- Greater Magic Video Library
- Bizarre! - Tony Andruzzi
- The Shiels Effect - Tony "Doc" Shiels
- Letters to the Editor
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- The Magic of Wal-Mart - Bill Pitts
- Meet Me on Magic!
- Obituaries
- John Joseph "Johnny" Platt - by Billy McComb
- William Schneider
- Dona Eister Stull - by John Osborne & Milt Larsen
- Free Classified Ads
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 10 - April 1990 - 76 pages
- Cover - Magic's First Cultural Exchange with Russia
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Narrative of Fawcett W. Ross - The McGuire Letters - continued
- Magic's First Cultural Exchange with Russia
- Welcome To "Club Red" - Mike Maxwell
- Repression/Expression - Michael Ammar
- I.B.M. Extends to Russia - Tony Shelley
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Dan Harlan's Traveling Cash - Michael Ammar
- Intermission - James Patton
- The "Holey" Coin Routine - Terry Schaplow
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
- Good Golly! Great Graphite! - Dean A. Montalbano
- Sands and Snails and Sunburned Whales - Julie Sobanski
- Production of Golf Balls With Fingers Interlocked - Amado Narvaez
- Pulling Off Your Thumb - Mark Garvey (Mr. Mercy)
- Torn and Restored Bill #378 - Jonathan Cooke
- A New (?) Stand up Flase Cut - Dan Alessini
- Cartoon - J. Bonestell
- The Five Success Traits of a Successful Magician - Michael Jeffreys
- Part II
- Success Trait #2: Expertise
- Success Trait #3: Charisma
- Success Trait #4: Showmanship
- Success Trait #5: Success Mindedness
- Cut Un-Restored Rope - Stuart Heisler
- What are these two smiling about? [Jeff McBride & H. W. Bush] - Free Subscription Offer
- A Letter to Bill Larsen from Bob Weill
- The 20th Anniversary of the Original Close-Up Convention [FFFF] - Ron Zollweg
- Vaudeville 2000 - An Observation - Dante Larsen
- Giving Introductions and Being a Master of Ceremonies - Lon Mandrake
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- Astro Disks I - Jim Magus - reviewed by Douglas Hoover
- The Amazing Zorak's Professional Face Painting For Clowns and Magicians - Bill Steinacker - reviewed by "D.C." the Clown (Don Schilling)
- The Genesis Scrolls - Jay Scott Berry - reviewed by Dan Strauss
- Magic Yellow Pages International, Sixth Edition - Wittus Witt - reviewed by Ed Thomas
- It's Magic - Henry Gordon - reviewed by Don Schilling
- Your Number Is Up - Harrison Smith - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Practical Streetmagic - John Anders - reviewed by Dan Strauss
- Product Review - Phil Goldstein
- The Key - Terri Rogers
- Hand O' Doom - Bob Farmer
- Pyramid Power - Ben Harris
- Haunted Die - John Kennedy
- Missing Spots - El Duco
- Sponge Ball Foam - Terry Wong
- Vanishing Ketchup Bottle - Norm Nielsen
- Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
- Michael Ammar Live at The Magic Castle
- Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
- Bartl's Tambourine to Alarm Clock
- Conventions & Events
- S.E.A.M. '90 - Charlotte, NC
- T.A.O.M. Convention - Dallas, TX
- Magic in the Mountains - Haines Falls, NY
- 35th Österr. Nationlkongress - Graz, Austria
- XXIVe Congress Francais de Illusion - Annecy, France
- The Inn Event - Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
- 1st Annual Bideford Weekend - Bideford, Devon, England
- Magic Hands Day "De Kern" - Antwerp, Belgium
- Tannen's 28th Jubilee - Monticello, NY
- 21st New Zealand Convention - Auckland, New Zealand
- Desert Magic Seminar XIV - Las Vegas, NV
- Cape Cod Conclave - Cape Cod, MA
- Louisiana Magic Weekend - New Iberia, LA
- MagiCruise '91 - from England
- MZvD Jahreskongress - Bruhl u. Phantasialand, West Germany
- P.C.A.M. '91 - Concord, CA
- F.I.S.M. World Congress 1991 - Lausanne, Switzerland
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
- Free Class Ads
- Genii - Volume 53, Number 11 - May 1990 - 76 pages
- Cover - Bruce Cervon
- In This Issue - contents
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- L & L Publishing Presents A Special Bruce Cervon Issue
- Ultra Cervon Will Strike You Like a Bolt of Lightning - Jim Patton
- Letter from the President - Louis Falanga
- Introduction to Ultra Cervon - Bruce Cervon
- Bruce Cervon - Sleight of Hand Expert - James Patton
- Cervon 1990 - review by a Youthful Curmudgeon
- Nowhere and Everywhere - Bruce Cervon
- No Discrepancy Prediction - Several Methods - Bruce Cervon
- Hany Panky - Chapter Six: Thanks to Koran - Bruce Cervon
- Award Ace Assembly - Bruce Cervon
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Bruce Cervon's Blasted Routine - Bruce Cervon
- Intermission - James Patton
- International Brotherhood of Magicians - 62nd Annual Convention - St. Louis - Bill and Irene Larsen
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- The Mysterious Death of Harry Houdini - Manny Weltman
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
- Balloonacy 2 - Dennis Forel
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
- The Presti-Octi-Oleograph
- Passe-Passe Card Castle
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- M.C. Routines #3 - Ed Dunhill - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Ned and Fred - Frederick Barlow - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Jim Ravel's Theatrical Pick-Pocketing - Paul Butler - reviewed by David Avadon
- Randy Wakeman Presents - Mike Maxwell - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
- Be A Clown! - Turk Pipkin - reviewed by Don "D.C." Schilling
- My Philosophy About Magic Conventions - Dale Salwak
- Obituaries
- Jack Sutherland - by Pat Holcombe
- James "Jimmy" Ravel - by Paul Butler
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- Genii - Volume 53, Number 12 - June 1990 - 68 pages
- Cover - Magic Castle Juniors: where are they now?
- In This Issue - contents
- Attention Subscribers - Next Volume begins with November rather than July
- The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
- The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
- Narrative of Fawcett W. Ross - The McGuire Letters - conclusion
- The Magic Castle Junior Program
- Introduction - David Doyle
- A History of the Magic Castle Junior Program: 1974- Present - Bob Dorian
- 10 Commandments of Rehearsal - Adam Christings
- Aristotle on Magic: Why Most Routines Suck - Benjamin Garth
- Comedy Clubs - The Larry Clark
- The Trap Door - Scott Tokar
- A Few Thoughts on Cruising - Larry Clark
- The Card Plunge - David Doyle
- Tranzo Bozo - Steve J. Barnes
- Cartoon - Paul Butler
- Air-Tight Steel Lined Coffin Escape - Geoffrey Williams
- The Magic of Promotional Giveaways - Geoffrey Williams
- Sideshows and The Black Death - Geoffrey Williams
- Biographies
- Ed Alonzo
- Dirk Arthur
- Jay Scott Berry
- Scott Cervine
- Rick Gerber
- Christopher Hart
- Kevin James
- Mark Kalin
- Kerry Ross
- Danny Scott
- Mark Van Buren
- Michael Weber
- Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
- Stretching a Good Thing Too Far
- Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
- Chicago Re-Opener - T.A. Waters
- Intermission - James Patton
- Hummer Long A' Max - Stephen Tucker
- Letter from Gordon L. Jeppesen
- Floating Through Space - Harry Houdini (from the Manny Weltman Collection)
- The Pop/Corny Effect - Steven Baker
- Tannen's Magic Camp 1990 - Tom Ogden
- Make The Children Scream - Terry Schaplow
- Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
- Looking for a Few Good Bozos
- 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
- Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
- Daryl's Award Winning "Magic Castle" Lecture Video Tape - Daryl
- Product Review - Phil Goldstein
- Pen-Ultimate - Collector's Workshop
- ESPecially Wild - Paul Hallas
- B. S. Board - Jeff Stewart
- Magic Color Changing Boomerangs - George Murray & Tom Jorgenson
- Treasure Chest - Maurice Fogel
- Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
- An Automatic Card Dealing Apparatus
- Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
- Devant's Delightful Delusions - S.H. Sharpe - reviewed by Billy McComb
- Cortini - Hans Holler - reviewed by Billy McComb
- How to Teach Close Up Magic to Beginners - Zalman P. Puchkoff - reviewed by Tony Bradford
- Easy-To-Do Card Tricks for Children - Karl Fulves - reviewed by Max Abrams
- The Bill In Lemon Book - David Charvet - reviewed by John Booth
- Stand-Up Comedy: The Book - Judy Carter - reviewed by Erik Gerard
- Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
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