1991-2016
Written by Stan Allen
Work of Various
31,500 pages (Paperback), published by MAGIC Magazine
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
7,086 entries
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Tom Heneghan Canasta Remembered
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 13
Mike Rogers, Herman Koster, David R. Landry Reviews
  • Letters
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 13
Norman Beck, Dean Alan Pro P&T
  • Letters
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 16
Keith Raygor Moving Along
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 16
Inside Magic
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 22
2,000th Celebrated Cabot Street Cinema Theatre
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 23
Michael Close The Moment
  • Marketplace
on Erdnase's "changes the moment" quote
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Bending Minds, Bending Metal by Guy Bavli Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Malini and His Magic by Max Malini (written by Dai Vernon)Related to Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) House of Cards: The Life & Magic of Paul Rosini by Paul Rosini (written by Chuck Romano)Related to Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) The Himber Wallet Book by Harry Lorayne Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 32
Michael Close (reviewer) The Dice Stacking Book by Todd Strong Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 32
Michael Close (reviewer) Pete's ESP by Pete Best, Jr. Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Mr. Msyto Poster MystoTrix Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 33
John Moehring Around the World in 50 Years with a Light Bulb... and a Blond on Marvyn Roy
Related to Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 42
John Moehring Enlightenment on Marvyn Roy
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 46
The Century - Those Who Impacted The Art In America
  • Al Koran (1914-1972)
  • S. H. Sharpe (1902-1992)
  • The Pendragons
  • Carl Owen (1889-1975)
  • Alan Wakeling
  • John Mulholland (1898-1970)
  • Mike Caveney
  • Paul Harris
  • Charles Reynolds
  • Russell Swann (1905-1980)
  • Dai Vernon (1894-1992)
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 50
David Britland (reviewer) Bizarre Bath: The Comedy Walk by Noel Britten, Johnny "J.J." Johnston
- A Bizarre Story
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 56
Gabe Fajuri Houdini: Alive and Well... In las Vegas Houdini magic shops
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 60
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 73
Michael Brewer Cased Coin-Cut deck with selection cased, two coins put on top, chosen one penetrates into case next to selection
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 74
Tomas Blomberg Pre-MEMO-nition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 75
David Solomon Revised Mexican Poker here co-credited to John Bannon
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 76
Martin Gardner Optimal Optical Cut straight cut to table
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 77
Gary Ward Color of Feelings three envelopes and three different-colored paper clips, spectator puts clips on envelopes and inside are predictions of the colors
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 78
Clip Switch transfer move, done with envelopes
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 78
Jon Racherbaumer Attribution Retribution credit addition
Related to Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 79
Jim Steinmeyer The Accomodating Kettle
  • Conjuring
accommodating typo
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 81
Martin Gardner The Jumping Pencil
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
pencil jumps out of plastic bottle with balloon insert
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 83
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Six-Eight-Seven
  • Flim-Flam
proposition bet with pair of dice
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 84
Scott Wells Evolution
  • Conventions
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 87
Debbie Leifer Florida State Magic Convention
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 87
Who's Where
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 91
Arthur Leroy Amusement Parks That Had Real Magic Shows
  • 50 Years Ago...
Coney Island, Dreamland Park, Roltaire, Sea Lion Park
Also published here Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 112
Finally Howard Thurston at the beach photograph
Vol. 8 No. 12 Aug. 1999 114
Stan Allen From the Editor
  • From the Editor
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 9
Charles August Sandburg His Friend Joseffy
  • 82 Years Ago...
on Joseffy, 1907 profile
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 12
James Alfredson, David Charvet, Jerry Martin Mr. Electric
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 13
Walter P. Graham, Diego Domingo, Carl Ballantine, John C. Sherwood, Tim Wright, Stan Allen Century Additions
  • Letters
and "Maritess"
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 13
Joel Moskowitz Index
  • Letters
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 16
Donald G. Wallace Malini in Print
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 16
Cushing Strout As Submitted
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 16
Inside Magic
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 20
Michael Close Too Perfect Theory
  • Marketplace
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic by Dai Vernon, Daniel Zuckerbrot Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Drawing Room Deceptions by Guy HollingworthRelated to Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 29
John Moehring (reviewer) Blackstone, A Magician's Life: The World and Magic Show of Harry Blackstone by Harry Blackstone (written by Daniel Waldron)Related to Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) Sports and Pastimes Steve Burton Magic Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) European Jewish Magicians 1933-1945 by Hannes Höller Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) The Artistic and Magical Life of Bob Kline by Bob Kline (written by William King, Jr.) Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Memories Are Made of This by Simon Aronson Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) The Wondrous World of Numberplay & Wordplay by Paul Swinford Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) The Silver Surf by Troy Hooser (written by Joshua Jay) Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 34
Mac King (reviewer) Close's Dungeon by Michael Close Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) Noah's Mix Up by Aldo Colombini Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) Perpetual Calendar by Aldo Colombini Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) It's Not Magic, But... "The Man with the $100,000 Breasts" (by Michael Konik) Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 35
Jim Steinmeyer The Joseffy Paradox on Joseph Freud
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 44
John Gaughan A Clockwork Computer on Joseffy's automaton
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 49
Mega Show Time!
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 52
William Goldman You Had to be There
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 53
David Avadon Nouvelle Soirées Fantastiques: Avant-Gatherings
Related to Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 54
John Moehring George Saterial: Taking Time To Win
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 58
The Century - Those Who Impacted The Art In America
  • Max Maven
  • Harry Kellar (1849-1922)
  • Don Alan (1926-1999)
  • David Devant (1868-1942)
  • Harry Anderson
  • Stewart James (1908-1996)
  • Marshall Brodien
  • Albert Goshman (1920-1991)
  • Milbourne Christopher (1914-1984)
  • Dante (1883-1955)
  • Cardini (1896-1973)
  • The Century Top Ten
with voting card insert
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 60
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 71
Christian Ehret Canned Coin coin penetrates into can even though it is too small to fit through the opening
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 72
Michael Sibbernsen Leather Wallop card peeked at, performer then cuts deck and his driver's license is there in the deck, card found in wallet, then it changes into Joker and selection is reversed in deck
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 74
R. Paul Wilson Gapkin hole moves from napkin to napkin
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 75
Tom Crone Through the Spokes card put on glass, borrowed quarter coin penetrates through card into glass
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 76
Martin Gardner Reverse Jack's Profile
  • Martin Gardner's
seeing one-eyed Jacks through glass of water, mirror writing
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 78
William P. Miesel, Ed Eckl, Harry Hirschvogel Oil & Water Dice
  • Flim-Flam (by Bob Farmer)
bet with three white and three green dice that must be arranged in certain way with a minimum of moves
Also published here
  • Precurso issue LXIX
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 79
Jim Steinmeyer The Three-Space Mystery
  • Conjuring
tubes penetrate cabinet with person inside, mirror
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 81
Scott Wells Hasta Luego
  • Conventions
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 85
Elizabeth Warlock 77th Annual International Brotherhood of Magicians National Convention
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 86
David Kaye 71st Annual Society of American Magicians National Convention
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 87
Who's Where
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 99
Finally Blackstone Com Palace in Mitchell photograph
Vol. 9 No. 1 Sep. 1999 114
Stan Allen First... The Good News
  • From the Editor
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 9
Sid Fleischman, Elliot Gorton Home Shows
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 13
Daniel Waldron, Bob Behrens Blackstone
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 13
David Regal Drawing Power
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 13
Inside Magic
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 20
Doug Henning, David Charvet In His Words: Doug Henning
Related to Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 22
Michael Close No End In Sight
  • Marketplace
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) The Complete Idiot's Guide to Magic Tricks by Tom Ogden Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Masters of Mental Magic: Falkenstein and Willard Volumes 1-3 by Glenn Falkenstein, Frances WillardRelated to Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Phobia by Kevin Wade Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 32
Michael Close (reviewer) Omega by Stephen Tucker Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Videodrome by Andy Nyman Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Card in Crystal Ball by Mike Rogers Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Bottoms Up! by Jeff Brown Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Professional Rope Knife by Lanny Kibbey Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 33
Michael Close (reviewer) The Magic of Cox Dixon by Chris "Doc" Dixon Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) The Complete Dove Workers Package by Amos Levkovitch Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) Michael Forbes' Ring Flight by Michael Forbes Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) The Science Behind the Ghost by Jim Steinmeyer Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) The Looking Glass: Issue #4 Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) Creativity - The Secrets of Invention by Mark Leveridge, John Bannon Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) The Lie Detector Helmet Magical Productions Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 34
Michael Close (reviewer) International Magic Yellow Pages 1999-2001 by Wittus Witt Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 35
Michael Close (reviewer) Up In Smoke by Paul Cummins Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 35
Michael Close (reviewer) Michael Finney: "No Tricks" by Michael Finney
- It's Not Magic, But...
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 35
Rory Johnston Meet Nathan Burton: Irreverent Son of a Reverend
Related to Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 48
George Sprague The Phantom Phrolics
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 52
Mike Caveney Servais Le Roy: Monarch of Mystery
  • Servais Le Roy Timeline
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 55
Rory Johnston Tannen's Magic Camp Turns Silver
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 60
Tom Ogden The 25th on the Tannen's Magic Camp
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 63
Jasper's Birthday Bash on Jay Marshall, photographs by David Linsell
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 64
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 77
Doug Conn Hide-and-Seek Coins four coins taken from purse vanish, then they reappear in different places (like elbow, neck)
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 78
Kick Vanish coin flicked under purse
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 78
Bounce Vanish coin bounces back into tossing hand
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 79
Doug Conn Wipe Production hands wiped, then coin appears between fingers of palm-to-palm hands
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 80
Roy Walton Square Dance
  • Part One (Joker jumps from center to bottom and reverses)
  • Part Two (fine incomplete faro peek deck)
  • Part Three (cards shuffle face-up/face-down by itself)
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 81
Christian Chelman Fly Caper selection travels back and forth between sandwich cards, then to card box, Himber Wallet, plastic fly appears, fly appears drawn on card
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 82
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 83
Tom Frame The Return of the Fly selection travels from one half to another, both halves are secured by rubber bands, with color changing back kicker
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 84
Martin Gardner Two Stunts With Eggs
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
black egg is silver under water, egg floats in middle of glass, salt in water
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 85
Jim Steinmeyer The Indian Rope Excuse
  • Conjuring
packet trick with large cards with Indian rope trick drawings
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 87
Bob Farmer Get On Your Mark...
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 90
Bob Farmer The Game of 31 dice game in which a die is turned and thirty-one must be reached
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 90
Bob Farmer Bone Dry mis-spotted 7-11 dice for scam
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 90
Who's Where
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 93
John Mulholland What Do You Learn From Magic?
  • 30 Years Ago...
letter to Joe Vitale, fifteen years old
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 112
Finally Tom Hanks in straightjacket photograph
Vol. 9 No. 2 Oct. 1999 114
Stan Allen A Little Light Last Month?
  • From the Editor
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 9
Bill Broecker Dining Room Suit?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 13
Lee Tieche Peace Offering?
  • Letters
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 13
Robert E. Olson No Rancor
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 13
Peter Zenner, Stan Allen Electric Credit
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 13
Inside Magic
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 20
Magic & Music Raja Rahman, Jarrett Parker
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 21
Michael Close Why Dad Thinks I'm Adopted
  • Marketplace
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 25
Michael Close (reviewer) 21st Century Card Magic by James Swain Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 25
Michael Close (reviewer) Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks by Ellis Stanyon (written by Karl Fulves) Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 26
Michael Close (reviewer) The Egg Bag Book by John A. Novak Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 26
Michael Close (reviewer) Conjurors and Cornfields: Magic on the Indianapolis Stage by Thomas A. Ewing Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 26
John Moehring (reviewer) Glimpses of Goldston by Will Goldston (written by Edwin A. Dawes) Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 26
Michael Close (reviewer) Restless Plots by Mark Edwards Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Garden Patz by Tom Allen Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Money Maker Machine Manual Supplement by Algonquin McDuff Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Dick Williams' Cups and Balls by Dick Williams Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Historical Magic Videos by Bill McIlhany Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Magic Circus Videos by Mark Wilson Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Early Ammar Volumes 1-4 by Michael Ammar Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 28
Michael Close (reviewer) Sankey Very Much by Jay Sankey Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 28
Michael Close (reviewer) Sankey 1999 by Jay Sankey Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 28
Michael Close (reviewer) Bill Malone Tips Sam the Bellhop by Bill Malone Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 28
Michael Close (reviewer) Believe It or Knot by Dean Dill Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Son of MindScan by Allen Zingg Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Wooly Bully by Mike Bent Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Phobia by Jon Allen Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Séance by Charles J. Pecor Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) Party Tricks by Steve Fearson Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) Well Done: Cooking with Lee Asher by Lee Asher Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) Five Card Stud by Lee Asher Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) It's Not Magic, But... "What to Say when You're Dying on the Platform" (by Lilly Walters) Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 30
Scott Wells Magic Night at The Mausoleum
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 44
Joe Vitale The Magic of P. T. Barnum
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 46
David Kaye Surviving The Season... And More
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 50
John Moehring Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box IMAX movie
  • The Camera
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 52
Shooting Stars Siegfried and Roy on the Walk of Fame
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 58
Jon Racherbaumer An Appreciation of Earle Oakes: Butterflies Are Freed
  • Times of Oakes
  • Books Illustrated by Earl Oakes
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 60
Earle Oakes Lock-A-Bye Baby lock off cord
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 62
David Charvet Canada Coast-to-Coast: Murray Hatfield
  • 1999/2000 Schedule
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 66
Mark Levy (reviewer) Necromance: A Night of Conjuration by Derek Hughes Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 68
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 83
Dai Vernon Vernon Transfer
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 84
Tomas Blomberg Har Stimber card to wallet routine with Bendix Bombshell, two cards transpose, then two signed cards appear in wallet
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 85
Diamond Jim Tyler Birthday Bill holes appear in bill which form a message
Inspired by
  • "Punchline" (Timothy Wenk, marketed)
Also published here
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 87
Bob Karlbach Auto Dial four packets made according to card values, eventually the spectator's phone number shows up
Also published here Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 89
Peter Duffie Forbidden Fruit matching Kings and Queens vanish one by one from top and bottom of deck and are then found mated in the center
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 89
Bob Farmer, Franz Braun Die Cannibal Die
  • Flim-Flam
number prediction about added numbers on turn of die according to some procedure
Related to Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 91
Who's Where
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 105
Finally Walter Scott session photograph
Vol. 9 No. 3 Nov. 1999 130
Stan Allen Read This... First!
  • From the Editor
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 9
Frances Willard Re: Pointless Review
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 12
Dustin Stinett Clearly Appalled
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 12
Fred Rosenbaum Conventions
  • Letters
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 13
Peter McCahon Name Dropping
  • Letters
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 13
Norm Klar, Dr. Landon Scott Fox Trot
  • Letters
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 13
Hugh Turley Henning Interview
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 13
Stan Allen Errata
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 13
Inside Magic
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 18
Jay Marshall, John Moehring In His Words: Jay Marshall
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 22
Michael Close It's a Wonderful Life
  • Marketplace
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Killer Red Caps by Roger Monaco Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 27
Michael Close (reviewer) Theater of the Mind by Barrie Richardson Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 28
Michael Close (reviewer) Cyber Sessions by Jason Alford Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 28
Michael Close (reviewer) Of Legierdemaine and Diverse Juggling Knacks by John Braun Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Tales from the Plant of Bloom Volumes 1-3 by Gaëtan Bloom Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Commercial Classics of Magic Volumes 1-4 by Johnny Thompson Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) Martin Nash: Master Card Magician Volumes 1-6 by Martin A. Nash Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 30
Michael Close (reviewer) ou Asked For It: Magic Related Segments by Bill McIlhany Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Palms of Steel by Curtis Kam Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Choin by Mark Leveridge Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) The Invisible Eye by Dennis Marks Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 31
Michael Close Errata Department
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 31
Michael Close (reviewer) It's Not Magic, But... - "The Twilight Zone Companion" (by Marc Scott Zicree) - "The Dime Museum Murders" (by David Stashower) - "The Man Who Counted" (by Malba Tahan) Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 31
Mark Levy Stretching Magic Andy Kaufman
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 46
John Moehring La Magie Happens: Alain Choquette
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 50
John Moehring The Century - Those Who Most Affected the Art in America balloting results:
  • 10 - Howard Thurston
  • 9 - Siegfried & Roy
  • 8 - Mark Wilson
  • 7 - Cardini
  • 6 - Harlan Tarbell
  • 5 - Doug Henning
  • 4 - Harry Blackstone, Sr.
  • 3 - David Copperfield
  • 2 - Dai Vernon
  • 1 - Harry Houdini
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 52
Top Ten Write-Ins
  • 1 - Carl Ballantine
  • 2 - John Calvert
  • 3 - John Thompson
  • 4 - Kreskin
  • 5 - Stan Allen
  • 6 - Daryl
  • 7 - David Roth
  • 8 - David Blaine
  • 9 - Juan Tamariz
  • 10 - Robert Nelson
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 64
Richard Hatch Searching for Erdnase on the identity of "The Expert at the Card Table"
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 67
John Moehring Sleuthing on Erdnase and "The Expert at the Card Table"
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 71
Richard Hatch Continuing the Search... on Erdnase and "The Expert at the Card Table"
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 72
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out on John Ramsay
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 83
Gregory Wilson Bic-Lette pen shrinks, then grows again
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 84
Earle Oakes Charlie Northeast patter for Chinese Compass
Inspired by
  • Fred Braue, Dizzy Dial, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 18 No. 12, Aug. 1961
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 87
Mark Levy Ultimate 20th Century License Plate Trick spectator has to do several calculations relating to her car, when they go outside and look at the car, the result matches with the license plate
Related to
  • Errata (2000)
  • "Karma" (Phil Goldstein, Linking Ring, Oct. 1979)
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 88
Allan Ackerman Peerless Match-Maker individual cards are mated, then full deck, faro fan
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 90
Faro Fan
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 91
Martin Gardner Three Drop Task
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
challenge of dropping match or cork so they stand in impossible conditions
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 92
Bob Farmer, Franz Braun Die Cannibal Die, Part Two
  • Flim-Flam
number prediction about added numbers on turn of die according to some procedure
  • Braun Variations
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 95
Who's Where
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 105
Rupert Howard An English Magician Sees America
  • 67 Years Ago...
Also published here
  • The Magic Wand, Oct./Nov. 1932
Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 128
Finally dog and Leslie Guest photograph
Related to Vol. 9 No. 4 Dec. 1999 130
Stan Allen Reverse Velocity
  • From the Editor
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 9
Jerry MacGregor On Complaints
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 13
Peter Lipp Top Ten Feedback
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 13
Matthew Ainsworth, Jeff Smith Print Orders?
  • Letters
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 13
Don Voltz Henning Interview
  • Letters
"Don Oltz" typo?
Related to Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 13
Jim Steinmeyer Errata on Doug Henning
Related to Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 13
Inside Magic
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 19
Scott Davis The Not So Great Outdoors
  • Guest Editorial
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 23
David Avadon Avant-Gatherings Revisited
  • Guest Editorial
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 25
Michael Close Did We Make It?
  • Marketplace
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 29
Michael Close (reviewer) World Class Manipulation Volumes 1-3 by Jeff McBride Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 29
Michael Close (reviewer) Pavel's Cabaret by Pavel Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 30
Michael Close (reviewer) Schulien's - The Last Night by Matt Schulien, Al James Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Candles by Michael Lair Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Kort by Milton Kort (written by Stephen Minch) Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 31
Michael Close (reviewer) Natural Selections, Volume 2 by David Acer Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 32
Michael Close (reviewer) Mind Warp by Richard Mark Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 32
Michael Close (reviewer) The Royal Road to Card Magic by Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Observations & Effects by Charles Reynolds Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 33
Michael Close (reviewer) The Gardner-Smith Correspondence by Martin Gardner, Marshall D. Smith Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Relentless Ring & String Routine by Bob Miller Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 33
Michael Close (reviewer) Power-Lev by Markovik Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 34
Michael Close (reviewer) NFW! by Gary Freed Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 34
Michael Close (reviewer) Channel One by Anthony Miller Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 34
Michael Close (reviewer) Behind the Smoke and Mirrors by David London Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 34
Jim Steinmeyer Devant's Trickiest Trick on The Mascot Moth
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 44
The Mascot Moth: Photographically Illustrated by Bill Taylor
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 48
Stan Allen Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 51
Rory Johnston Matinee Magic
Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 54
Back to the Future
  • Milt Larsen
  • Mark Wilson
  • Jim Steinmeyer
  • Lisa Menna
  • Eugene Burger
  • Dick Foster
  • Lance Burton
  • Jeff McBride
  • Max Maven
  • Finally...
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John Moehring (reviewer) It's Magic! Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 62
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out on Barrie Richardson
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Scott Cram The Sweetest Sound spectator's name is used to locate selection
Inspired by Vol. 9 No. 5 Jan. 2000 74
Data entered by Denis Behr, May 2023.