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+ | '''On the Other Side of the Mirror''' is a book of card tricks by [[Cushing Strout]] that require prearrangement, virtually no sleight of hand, and lend themselves to rich storylines. Subtitled '''Prearrangement and Plot in Close-Up Card Magic''', the plots include predictions and revelations based on zodiac signs, a spectator's birthday, a do-it-yourself murder mystery, and lie detection, with some of the routines making use of unusual decks, such as Tarot cards and Alice-in-Wonderland cards. Softbound, 48 pages, published in 2005 by [[I Saw That!]]. | ||
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+ | It was reviewed by [[Michael Close]] in the [[Genii 2006 October|October 2006 issue of Genii]], and praised by [[Martin Gardner]] as ''"... a marvelous collection of fresh ideas."'' | ||
==Table of Contents== | ==Table of Contents== |
Latest revision as of 16:46, 30 October 2012
On the Other Side of the Mirror | |
Author | Cushing Strout |
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Publisher | I Saw That! |
Publication Date | 2005 |
Language | English |
Pages | 48 |
On the Other Side of the Mirror is a book of card tricks by Cushing Strout that require prearrangement, virtually no sleight of hand, and lend themselves to rich storylines. Subtitled Prearrangement and Plot in Close-Up Card Magic, the plots include predictions and revelations based on zodiac signs, a spectator's birthday, a do-it-yourself murder mystery, and lie detection, with some of the routines making use of unusual decks, such as Tarot cards and Alice-in-Wonderland cards. Softbound, 48 pages, published in 2005 by I Saw That!.
It was reviewed by Michael Close in the October 2006 issue of Genii, and praised by Martin Gardner as "... a marvelous collection of fresh ideas."
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Variations on "The Nine Problem"
- Invisible Setups
- The Queens Cast a Spell
- Further Than That and the Lie Detector
- The Left-Handed Clock
- Taking Another Look at the Dead Man's Hand
- Conjuring with Classics
- Six Napoleons
- The Bohemian Scandal
- Holmes Meets Endfield
- On the Other Side of the Mirror