Genii Volume 61 (Nov 1997 - Sep 1998)
by William W. Larsen

November 1997 - September 1998
Irene Larsen, Publisher and Erika Larsen, Editor This Volume has only 5 Issues

372 pages

1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 1 - November 1997 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Jack Kodell
5. Contents
11. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
14. Letters
    • Exposure Blues - John Holveck
    • Pete C. Matsuka
    • Hand it to You - Bob Loomis
    • An Ex"swain"ation - James Swain
    • Attention Readers!
15. Guide to Advertisers
18. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
    • Greetings, Friends - poem - Steve Bryant
22. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Round & About
26. It's Magic - Erika Larsen
30. The Fourth Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Jim Krenz
36. Jack Kodell - Cover Feature
    36. Jack Kodell: A Magical Pioneer - Max Maven
    39. Words to Jack Kodell from Lance Burton
    41. Jack Kodell: A Fantasy in Birds - Dr. John Booth
    43. Atomization of a Parakeet - Jack Kodell
46. Cave of Wonders - Jay Scott Berry
    • Stretching the Truth
47. In Other Words - Mayr
48. USO Detector - Hideo Kato
50. Brainwave, Just in Case - David Regal
51. Snowball Aces - Phil Goldstein
52. Salt Exchange - Tom Stone
53. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Light Meeter
54. An Experiment in Black and White - Pepe Monfort & Martin Kaplan
58. Impure Thoughts from a "Royal Town" - Roy Walton
59. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Hideous Verbalisms
60. Tips & Bits - T.C. Tahoe and Friends
61. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
    • Oops!
62. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
64. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • Todd Theman's Hard 8
    • Russell Niedzwiecki's Switch*A*Roo
    • Bob Miller's Wild Hand
67. Pink-Oh! - from: Card Party - Ned Rutledge
68. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • Magic of the Sideshow - Stevens Magic Emporium
71. Free Classified Ads
71. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover

1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 2 - December 1997 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Siegfried
5. Contents
9. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
11. Letters
    • Uncovered - David P. Vujevich
    • Rick Kramer
    • Weighty Advice - Paul Daniels
    • Academy Fights Back! - Bruce Cervon
    • on the internet - Bruce Cervon
14. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
18. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Notes from All Over
    • Breaking News
22. Siegfried - Genii Interview - Max Maven
32. [Brett] Daniels in Dixie - review by Steve Bryant
36. Three Magic Cities: Wandering Where the Wizards Are - Richard Steven Cohn
41. Hairband Mystery - Hiro Sakai
44. Sympathetic Decks - Nikolai Friedrich
46. Grey Matter - Phil Goldstein
49. Collective Count - Hideo Kato
51. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • A Conversation with Iiro [Seppanen]
52. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
    • It's a Theme
53. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
54. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Sale Bout
55. Light from the Lamp - Jamy Ian Swiss
    • Arcade Dreams - Jon Racherbaumer & Ed Marlo
    • Jennings '67 - Richard Kaufman
    • The Coney Island Fakir: The Magical Life of Al Flosso - Gary R. Brown
    • The Art of Invisible Thread - John LeClair
    • Breslaw's Last Legacy
    • The Chronicles - Karl Fulves
    • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Volumes XIV, XV, and XVI
    • Tommy Middleton: Bottoms Up - David Harkey
63. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • Larry Becker and Ray Piatt's The Gravity Glass
    • David Garrard's Sketch-O-Matic - Magic, Inc.
    • John Cornelius' Signed Bill to Pen
    • El Duco's Hotel Mystery
66. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
68. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • Dingle's Deceptions The Video
    • WOW It's Ray Kosby!
71. Free Classified Ads

1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 3 - January 1998 - 84 pages
1. Cover - Brett Daniels
7. Contents
11. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
16. Letters
    • Missing Member - John M. Scanlan
    • Majoke? - Bob Farmer
    • WAM Against Sham - World Alliance of Magicians, Inc.
    • Forklift Misfortune - Jay Marshall
    • No News is Good News - Daniel Clark
17. Guide to Advertisers
18. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
    • Attention Subscribers - From: Genii Magazine - Re: Date Change
24. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • TV Tales
    • Fit to Print
    • This 'n' That
29. Letter from S.A.M. - Exposure is Immoral
30. Karrell Fox - Remembered by Max Maven
36. Brett Daniels - Beyond the Magic - Interview by Steve Bryant
    41. Brett Daniels: Up Close and Personal
42. The Academy of Magical Arts 30th Annual Awards Show - Jim Krenz
46. Desert Magic Seminar 1998 - Steve Bryant
50. Women in Magic Conference - Jenny Adams
52. G4G3 Convention [Martin Gardner] - Dan Garrett
54. Grandma's Coin Trick - Joshua Jay
56. Preprovider - Phil Goldstein
58. I Do As You Do - Hideo Kato
59. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Dollar Scholar
61. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Talking with Lance Burton
63. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
64. My Side of the Table - Jim Sisti
    • The Exposure Problem
65. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
67. Light from the Lamp - Jamy Ian Swiss
    • The Genius of Robert Harbin - Eric Lewis (et.al.)
    • Trephine - Richard Bertram, Jr.
    • Mainly Mental - C.L. Boarde
    • The Magic Book - Harry Lorayne
    • Magic Tricks, Card Shuffling and Dynamic Computer Memories - S. Brent Morris
    • Nocturnal Creations - The Impromptu Card Illusions of Paul Gordon - Paul Gordon
    • Close-Up Classics - Michael Vincent
    • From a Shuffled Deck in Use - Paul Cummins
    • Thayer Quality Magic - Catalog Instruction Sheets Vol. 4
    • Milt Larsen's Magic Castle Tour - Carol Marie
    • Selling Your Specialty Act to Hollywood - Shaunnery Steevans
    • The Magical Writings of Edwin A. Dawes
    • Houdini Souvenir Program
    • It's Not Fun to be Fooled - Bill Nagler, M.D.
73. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • Watch & Wear
    • Eugene Burger's Shotglass Surprise
    • Doc Wayne's The Art of Public Squeeking
75. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
76. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • Gregory Wilson - Double Take
    • Magic of the Sideshow - Stevens Magic Emporium
79. Free Classified Ads

1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 4 - August 1998 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Roy Walton
5. Contents
9. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
12. Letters
    • Mental Disturbance - Ed Fowler
    • Jamy Ian Swiss responds
    • Tears of a Clown - Herbert L. Becker
    • excerpt - Maskelyne & Devant, "Our Magic"
    • excerpt - Robert Anton Wilson "The Illuminatus"
    • excerpt - Punx "Farewell Performance"
    • excerpt - Robert Anton Wilson "The Illuminatus"
13. Guide to Advertisers
14. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
18. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
22. Roy Walton - The Quiet Guru of Glasgow
    23. photo - a young Roy Walton
    24. Roy Walton: A Major Influence - Peter Duffie
    25. Chain of Events - Peter Duffie
    26. Guidance in Glasgow - R. Paul Wilson
    27. Welcome to the Plant - R. Paul Wilson
    28. The Contrarian - Phil Goldstein
    31. Play Ladies - Gordon Bean & Bill Goodwin
    32. Ladies Play - Gordon Bean & Bill Goodwin
    34. Nom Sequitur - Phil Goldstein
    36. Treasure Hunt - Roy Walton
38. Remembering Bert Allerton - Russell T. Barnhart
44. S.A.M. Convention '98 - Don Desfor
46. Mystery School - Just Alan
48. Formosa Convention '98 - Max Maven
51. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Talking with Lance Burton (Part Two)
52. My Side of the Table - Jim Sisti
    • #34 Psyching Up
53. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
54. Tips & Bits - T.C. Tahoe and Friends
55. Light from the Lamp - Jamy Ian Swiss
    • Clever and Pleasant Inventions - J. Prevost
    • Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries of David Solomon - Eugene Burger
    • Street Magic - Edward Claflin & Jeff Sheridan
    • Vis A Vis - Jack Avis & John Derris
    • Tales from the Road: Confessions of a Fulltime Family Entertainer - Tom Lilly
    • The Reparation - John Lovick
    • Private Studies, Numbers 1 Through 6 - Ron Bauer
    • Wit and Wizardry: The Magic of Norm Houghton
    • Brain Food - David Parr
    • Stand Up Coin Power - Eivind Lowig
    • The Art of Magic - Joe Layden, Carl Waldman & Jamy Ian Swiss
63. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • El Duco's Dice Stack
    • Chris Larson's Slapped Flat
    • Crystal Mirror Goblet - Bob James Magic Shop
66. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • The Art of Dice Stacking - Jim Zachary
    • Pit Hartling's Little Green Lecture
68. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Double Your Fun
69. Free Classified Ads

1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 5 - September 1998 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Farwell from the Larsen Family
5. Contents
8. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
10. Geri Larsen Jaffe - Obituary
    11. photo - a young Geraldine Larsen
14. Letters
    • Here's to Good Friends - Peter and Carol Reveen
    • Shimada & Deanna
    • Billy McComb
    • No Down Payment - Mole Queen
16. A Final Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
17. Dante Speaks - Dante Larsen
18. photo - The Larsen Family
19. Genii - Act One - Milt Larsen
23. Thoughts In Transition - Max Maven
25. It Ain't All Glamour - Carol Roy
26. A Letter to Gerrie - from Marvyn Roy
27. The Genii and Me - Peter Pit
    • Cartoon - Pete the Sneak - Mickey O'Malley '74
28. Obituaries
    • Ralph Adams
    • Chappy Brazil
    • Donald Crombie
    • David Drake
    • Freddy Fah
    • Michael Hatte
    • Wilbur Kattner
    • Leon Leon
    • Shari Lewis
    • Bob McAllister
    • David Price
    • Charlie Schulien
    • Michael Skinner
    • Phil Thomas
    • T.A. Waters
30. Illusions - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Total Eclipse of the Heart
32. I Do As You Do - Hideo Kato
33. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Working for Scale
34. A Strange Development - Kenichi Kuroki
37. The Thing of Shapes to Come - Phil Goldatein
39. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
41. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Looking Back, Looking Ahead
42. Light from the Lamp - Jamy Ian Swiss
    • A Look Back Before Going Forward - commentary
    • The Magic Business - Michael Bailey
    • The Cruise Magician's Handbook - Fred Becker
    • Making Contact: The Real Secrets of Contact Mindreading - Satori
    • The Magician's Yearbook 1998 - Anthony Owen
    • Manacles of the World - T. L. Gross
    • The Milbourne Christopher Library II - Maurine Brooks Christopher & George P. Hansen
47. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • commentary
    • Ted Karmelovich's Vision in Black
    • Dave's 16 Digit Deception - David Landry
    • Danny Archer's Birthday Banner
50. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Ask Not what Magic can do for You
51. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 1
52. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 2
53. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 3
54. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 4