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VOLUME 77
NUMBER 5
MAY 2014
FEATURE 82 The Still Secret World of Shigeru Sugawara by Max Maven 70 Aladdin: The Genii on Broadway Richard Kaufman Interviews Jim Steinmeyer
COLUMNS 10 12 14 15
Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Now Performing Memoirs of a Magic Dealer The Birth and Death of a Trick
by Al Cohen
by Roberto Giobbi
This Rant O'Mine is About Pantomime by David Kaye
54 A Jolly Prediction by Christopher Rawlins 55 About Letting Go by Al Schneider 57 Ninja Coin 4 by Yuji Murakami
18 The Chamber of Secrets Coin Casket b y John Gaughan 22 The Genii Session On the Theory of Magic (2) Actus Interruptus 28 Lodestones Quantum Logic by Tom Stone 40 Panmagium Metamorphosis by Jonathan Pendragon 42 Ringside Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal by Caleb Wiles 48 The Expert at the Kids' Table
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54 Magicana
59 Tokyo Workshop Wanderfull, Wanderfull! by Hiro Sakai, Described by Jon Racherbaumer
64 The Academy of Magical Arts in Genii
64 Knights of the Magic Castle by Daniel Ulin 67 Magic Castle Performance Schedule
PHOTO BY DEEN VAN MEER
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LIGHT FROM THE LAMP
94 Books Reviewed by David Britland
94 Numbers, Cards and Time by Carlos Vinuesa 94 The Time Travel Manual by Josh Zandman 96 Cerebrate by Richard Mark and Marc Salem 96 Seventeen Secrets Edited by James Alan
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97 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett 97 Connection by Jon Allen 97 The Switch by Shin Lim 98 Drunk by Hondo 98 Another by Dr. Mutobe 99 Risk 4 by Rizki Nanda
100 Tricks Reviewed by Danny Orleans
100 The Streets by John Archer 100 Crooked by Ronnie Ramin 101 Bently by Chris Hanowell 101 Once Upon a Time by Wayne Dobson 102 The Romero Box by Antonio Romero 102 Gift of the Magi by David Acer 103 The 100th Monkey by Chris Philpott
104 Subscription Information/Advertisers Index
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