September 2007 • Volume 70 • Number 9

Features
60 The Magical Traveler: Alan Wakeling’s Original Series for Genii, The Conjuror’s Magazine, by Jim Steinmeyer
62 France, 64 China, 65 Persia, 67 Japan, 69 Switzerland, 71 Arabia, 73 Holland, 80 Spain, 82 New York, 84 Ireland, 86 Scotland, 87 Finale
38 Shenzhen Again: The Asian Magicians Association Convention 2006 by Richard Kaufman
47 World’s Greatest Magic Show: Four Years and Counting
by Jaq Greenspon

Columns
10 Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman
12 On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer
14 Genii This Month: September
15 Now Performing at the Magic Castle and in Las Vegas
17 Max Maven’s Monthly Inquisition

Magicana
18 Magicana by David Acer
18 The Backhanded Change by Kostya Kimlat
20 The New Mind: So Old It’s New by Luke Jermay
22 Short Change Bar by Brother John Hamman
25 Confessions of a Road Warrior:
Up in Smoke by David Acer
26 Hidden Gems:
Would it Be a Miracle? by Harry Lorayne
34 The Showmanship Interviews: Michael Ellis
by Eugene Burger
97 Top 10 Best-Selling Products

Light From the Lamp
96 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
96 No Camera Tricks by Richard Osterlind
97 The Trilogy by Dan and Dave Buck
98 The Cullfather by Ian Moran
99 The World’s Greatest Magic by the World’s Greatest Magicians:
Stand-Up Magic Volumes 1,2, and 3 by Various Artists
100 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal
100 “Sol Stone’s Radical Dice Routine” by Sol Stone
100 “Interlace” by Richard Sanders
101 “The Book Test” by Paul Brook
102 “Red Carpet” by Alan Bursky/Todd Karr
102 “A Promise Kept” by Dave Mitchell
102 “unBELIEVEable” by J. Aaron DeLong
103 “Cipher Speak” by R. T. Stark
103 “Rodger Lovin’s Talking Deck” by Rodger Lovins
104 “Double Impact” by Terry LaGerould
104 Books Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
104 Handcrafted Card Magic by Denis Behr
106 Gibicière Summer 2006 by Various
107 Gibicière Winter 2007 by Various

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