July 2009 • Volume 72 • Number 7

Features
52 Alan Alan: A Detailed Life by Noel Britten

Columns
10 Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman
11 Now Performing in New York and Boston
12 On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer
13 Now Performing at The Magic Castle and in Las Vegas
15 Max Maven’s Monthly Inquisition
20 The Genii Session: The Deck Switch by Roberto Giobbi
26 Tension, Focus, and Design:
Steal Your Face:
The Real Bicycle Thief by Aaron Fisher
36 Shiv Dugal Magicana by David Acer
36 Unfair Trade
39 Cash in Hand
41 Reorient Express
43 Exchange of Wealth
46 Vice Versa

Light From the Lamp
76 Tricks Reviewed by Danny Orleans
76 Sigillum Diaboli by Alan Rorrison
Siamese Twins by Bill Goodwin 76 Pattrick’s Mats by Pattrick Przysiecki
76 Spoon Fly by Arthur Trace
77 Button Up by Etienne Prad ier
77 Loophole by Cameron Francis
78 Captured by Justin Miller
78 Balloon Detective by Devin Knight

79 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
79 World’s Greatest Magic: The Cups and Balls
Vols. 1, 2, & 3 by Various Artists
80 Gafftastic by Liam Montier
Killer Gaft Magic by Cameron Francis
81 The Tommy Wonder Video:
The British Close-Up Magic Symposium by Tommy Wonder

82 Books Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
82 Newspaper Magic by Gene Anderson and Frances Marshall
82 Nick Trost’s Subtle Card Creations, Volume 2 by Nick Trost
83 Performing Magic on the Western Stage:
From the Eighteenth Century to the Present
Edited by Francesca Coppa, Lawrence Hass, and James Peck

84 Subscription Information/Advertisers Index