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Genii Volume 61 (Nov 1997 - Sep 1998)
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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
  2. Cover - Jack Kodell
  3. Contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
  5. Letters
    • Exposure Blues - John Holveck
    • Pete C. Matsuka
    • Hand it to You - Bob Loomis
    • An Ex"swain"ation - James Swain
    • Attention Readers!
  6. Guide to Advertisers
  7. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
    • Greetings, Friends - poem - Steve Bryant
  8. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Round & About
  9. It's Magic - Erika Larsen
  10. The Fourth Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Jim Krenz
  11. Jack Kodell - Cover Feature
    1. Jack Kodell: A Magical Pioneer - Max Maven
    2. Words to Jack Kodell from Lance Burton
    3. Jack Kodell: A Fantasy in Birds - Dr. John Booth
    4. Atomization of a Parakeet - Jack Kodell
  12. Cave of Wonders - Jay Scott Berry
    • Stretching the Truth
  13. In Other Words - Mayr
  14. USO Detector - Hideo Kato
  15. Brainwave, Just in Case - David Regal
  16. Snowball Aces - Phil Goldstein
  17. Salt Exchange - Tom Stone
  18. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Light Meeter
  19. An Experiment in Black and White - Pepe Monfort & Martin Kaplan
  20. Impure Thoughts from a "Royal Town" - Roy Walton
  21. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Hideous Verbalisms
  22. Tips & Bits - T.C. Tahoe and Friends
  23. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
    • Oops!
  24. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
  25. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • Todd Theman's Hard 8
    • Russell Niedzwiecki's Switch*A*Roo
    • Bob Miller's Wild Hand
  26. Pink-Oh! - from: Card Party - Ned Rutledge
  27. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • Magic of the Sideshow - Stevens Magic Emporium
  28. Free Classified Ads
  29. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover

  1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 2 - December 1997 - 76 pages
  2. Cover - Siegfried
  3. Contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
  5. Letters
    • Uncovered - David P. Vujevich
    • Rick Kramer
    • Weighty Advice - Paul Daniels
    • Academy Fights Back! - Bruce Cervon
    • on the internet - Bruce Cervon
  6. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
  7. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • Notes from All Over
    • Breaking News
  8. Siegfried - Genii Interview - Max Maven
  9. [Brett] Daniels in Dixie - review by Steve Bryant
  10. Three Magic Cities: Wandering Where the Wizards Are - Richard Steven Cohn
  11. Hairband Mystery - Hiro Sakai
  12. Sympathetic Decks - Nikolai Friedrich
  13. Grey Matter - Phil Goldstein
  14. Collective Count - Hideo Kato
  15. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • A Conversation with Iiro [Seppanen]
  16. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
    • It's a Theme
  17. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
  18. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Sale Bout
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
  22. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • Dingle's Deceptions The Video
    • WOW It's Ray Kosby!
  23. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 3 - January 1998 - 84 pages
  2. Cover - Brett Daniels
  3. Contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
  5. 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
  6. Guide to Advertisers
  7. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
    • Attention Subscribers - From: Genii Magazine - Re: Date Change
  8. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
    • TV Tales
    • Fit to Print
    • This 'n' That
  9. Letter from S.A.M. - Exposure is Immoral
  10. Karrell Fox - Remembered by Max Maven
  11. Brett Daniels - Beyond the Magic - Interview by Steve Bryant
    1. Brett Daniels: Up Close and Personal
  12. The Academy of Magical Arts 30th Annual Awards Show - Jim Krenz
  13. Desert Magic Seminar 1998 - Steve Bryant
  14. Women in Magic Conference - Jenny Adams
  15. G4G3 Convention [Martin Gardner] - Dan Garrett
  16. Grandma's Coin Trick - Joshua Jay
  17. Preprovider - Phil Goldstein
  18. I Do As You Do - Hideo Kato
  19. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Dollar Scholar
  20. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Talking with Lance Burton
  21. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
  22. My Side of the Table - Jim Sisti
    • The Exposure Problem
  23. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
  24. 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.
  25. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • Watch & Wear
    • Eugene Burger's Shotglass Surprise
    • Doc Wayne's The Art of Public Squeeking
  26. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
  27. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • Gregory Wilson - Double Take
    • Magic of the Sideshow - Stevens Magic Emporium
  28. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 4 - August 1998 - 76 pages
  2. Cover - Roy Walton
  3. Contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
  5. 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"
  6. Guide to Advertisers
  7. A Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
  8. Genii News - Magic News - compiled by Erika Larsen
  9. Roy Walton - The Quiet Guru of Glasgow
    1. photo - a young Roy Walton
    2. Roy Walton: A Major Influence - Peter Duffie
    3. Chain of Events - Peter Duffie
    4. Guidance in Glasgow - R. Paul Wilson
    5. Welcome to the Plant - R. Paul Wilson
    6. The Contrarian - Phil Goldstein
    7. Play Ladies - Gordon Bean & Bill Goodwin
    8. Ladies Play - Gordon Bean & Bill Goodwin
    9. Nom Sequitur - Phil Goldstein
    10. Treasure Hunt - Roy Walton
  10. Remembering Bert Allerton - Russell T. Barnhart
  11. S.A.M. Convention '98 - Don Desfor
  12. Mystery School - Just Alan
  13. Formosa Convention '98 - Max Maven
  14. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Talking with Lance Burton (Part Two)
  15. My Side of the Table - Jim Sisti
    • #34 Psyching Up
  16. Walk Talk - Kirk Charles
  17. Tips & Bits - T.C. Tahoe and Friends
  18. 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
  19. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • El Duco's Dice Stack
    • Chris Larson's Slapped Flat
    • Crystal Mirror Goblet - Bob James Magic Shop
  20. VideOpinion - Video Reviews - Jim Krenz
    • The Art of Dice Stacking - Jim Zachary
    • Pit Hartling's Little Green Lecture
  21. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Double Your Fun
  22. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 61, Number 5 - September 1998 - 60 pages
  2. Cover - Farwell from the Larsen Family
  3. Contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - Erika Larsen
  5. Geri Larsen Jaffe - Obituary
    1. photo - a young Geraldine Larsen
  6. Letters
    • Here's to Good Friends - Peter and Carol Reveen
    • Shimada & Deanna
    • Billy McComb
    • No Down Payment - Mole Queen
  7. A Final Word From Our Publisher - Irene Larsen
  8. Dante Speaks - Dante Larsen
  9. photo - The Larsen Family
  10. Genii - Act One - Milt Larsen
  11. Thoughts In Transition - Max Maven
  12. It Ain't All Glamour - Carol Roy
  13. A Letter to Gerrie - from Marvyn Roy
  14. The Genii and Me - Peter Pit
    • Cartoon - Pete the Sneak - Mickey O'Malley '74
  15. 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
  16. Illusions - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Total Eclipse of the Heart
  17. I Do As You Do - Hideo Kato
  18. Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
    • Working for Scale
  19. A Strange Development - Kenichi Kuroki
  20. The Thing of Shapes to Come - Phil Goldatein
  21. Answer to - Braintwister of the Month - Mel Stover
  22. Beginner's Corner - Eugene Burger
    • Looking Back, Looking Ahead
  23. 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
  24. Productivity - product reviews - Danny Orleans
    • commentary
    • Ted Karmelovich's Vision in Black
    • Dave's 16 Digit Deception - David Landry
    • Danny Archer's Birthday Banner
  25. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Ask Not what Magic can do for You
  26. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 1
  27. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 2
  28. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 3
  29. Fulminations - Gary Ouellet
    • Performing Magic on Television - Part 4

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