THE CONJURORS’ MAGAZINE
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FEATURES 68 50 56 64
Paul Daniels: Bravura by David Britland Derek Hughes: Up All Night by Rob Zabrecky Women Street Performers by Felice Ling Coney Island: Keeping the Dream Alive by Carl Mercurio
COLUMNS
10 Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman 12 On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer 14 Now Performing 15 In Memoriam: Aldo Colombini by Joe M. Turner 17 Lost Horizons ESPecious by Max Maven 18 The Chamber of Secrets Klingl Die to Canary b y John Gaughan 24 Cardopolis Computer Revelation by David Britland 32 Conjuring "Elementary!" by Jim Steinmeyer 36 Eugene's Notebook Reset by Eugene Burger 40 DaOrtiz a la Carte! Production on Request by Dani DaOrtiz 44 The Academy of Magical Arts in Genii
44 Knights at the Magic Castle by Daniel Ulin 46 Magic Castle Performance Schedule
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90 Videos Reviewed by Joe M. Turner
92 Books Reviewed by Will Houstoun
92 The Magic of Celebrating Illusion by Robert E. Neale 93 Eye Wonder: The Amazing Paradoxical and Magical Illusionary Worlds of Jerry Andrus by Al Seckel 94 Captivity, Slavery and Survival as a Far East POW: The Conjurer on the Kwai by Peter Fyans 94 The Manual of Darkness by Enrique de Hériz
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