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Approaching Magic is a book by David Regal that includes magic effects that can be present in a variety of settings, from close-up to stage. In addition to cards and coins, there are routines that utilize objects as diverse as glasses of beer, pairs of socks and marshmallows(2008).

Reviewed in Genii 2008 May.

Editions

• First edition, Blue Bikes Productions, Inc., 2008

Contents

• Page 001: Forward by Michael Weber
• Page 005: Introduction by David Regal
• A DECK OF CARDS
  • Page 011: Flight Attendants
  • Page 016: The 5280 Opener
  • Page 020: Context
  • Page 022: Off Beat Aces
  • Page 026: Stand-Up Showdown
  • Page 035: Going and Gone
  • Page 042: Never There Aces
  • Page 048: The Automatic Computerized Deck with Spell-Check
  • Page 053: Goodwill
  • Page 055: Getting to Know You
  • Page 060: Hidden Powers
  • Page 063: Right and Wrong
  • Page 068: King Back
  • Page 077: CONDITIONS & IMPACT
  • Page 083: COCOA
  • Page 097: LUCK
  • Page 111: A HOOK UP
    • Page 116: Not Quite Dead
    • Page 124: The Haunted Pack
• RENUMBERATION
  • Page 129: Visual Magic
  • Page 131: Consolidation
  • Page 136: An Attractive Vanish
  • Page 142: A Quite Good-Bye
  • Page 147: Brass-Ackwards
  • Page 154: Restored Credit
  • Page 159: The Money Cup
  • Page 165: Strolling Abroad
  • Page 173: Laptop Printer
  • Page 176: Paper Money
• MORE THAN A DECK OF CARDS
  • Page 185: Illusion vs. Reality
  • Page 188: Scratched
  • Page 193: Ad Space
  • Page 197: Character
  • Page 200: The Curiously Strong Nest of Boxes
  • Page 203: A Card at a Number
    • Page 203: The Fifty-Fifty Deck
    • Page 207: Doubly Stuck
  • Page 209: Satan's Sandwich
  • Page 213: Sanitized for Your Deception
  • Page 221: A CONVERSATION WITH ARMANDO LUCERO
• MENTALISM
  • Page 233: Window Replacement
  • Page 238: Thinking Ahead
  • Page 243: Medicinal Value
  • Page 246: Will the Socks Match?
  • Page 254: Equiv-O-Cash
  • Page 259: One Thing Happens
  • Page 261: Hotel 52
  • Page 265: Simpatico
  • Page 271: 312
  • Page 279: 312.5
  • Page 288: The Impossible Envelope
  • Page 294: Porn in Your Pants
  • Page 299: Special Bulletin
  • Page 306: The Harlequin Book Test
  • Page 315: FINDING MOMENTS
• PACKET MAGIC
  • Page 323: Packet Tricks
  • Page 324: Royal Jazz Quartet
  • Page 329: Jewel Thief
    • Page 334: The No-Extra-Card Version
  • Page 339: The Eye Exam
  • Page 344: A Progressive Swindle
  • Page 349: Oil Slick
  • Page 356: Not My Last Trick
  • Page 362: Raising Kane
  • Page 369: SELF-WORKING MAGIC
• LIQUID REFRESHMENT
  • Page 377: Amstel Heavy
  • Page 381: A Drinking Problem
  • Page 387: The World's Greatest Invention
• OUR SECRET
  • Page 399: Storytelling and Magic
  • Page 400: Change For a Five
  • Page 405: Exhibit A
  • Page 409: See-Through Monte
  • Page 419: SCRIPTING
  • Page 432: The Puppy Trick
• THREE-PIECE BAND
  • Page 445: Fear
  • Page 447: The Power of Love
  • Page 453: A Distant Ring
  • Page 461: In Darkness
  • Page 467: Method and Effect
• SLEIGHTS WITH CARDS
  • Page 471: A Control
  • Page 473: A One-Hand Half Pass
    • Page 473: The One-Hand Turnover Half Pass
    • Page 476: The Toss Pass
    • Page 477: The Double Change
    • Page 480: An Isolated Change
    • Page 481: A Double Isolated Change
    • Page 482: An Oil & Water
  • Page 488: The Follow the Leader Switch
  • Page 490: The Galileo Switch
  • Page 493: The No-Switch Switch
  • Page 496: A Fan of Herrmann's
  • Page 498: Doing Nothing
    • Page 498: Ninety Degrees in the Shade
    • Page 501: Pulling a One-Eighty
  • Page 503: In Conclusion