Special Effects by Randy Wakeman

Description

From the introduction:

Effort has been made in this work to include material that will appeal to close-up workers of all experience levels. Even those individuals who are just getting their feet wet in card magic should not have great difficulty learning routines such as “The Odds Against Me,” “Forefiguration,” “The Force is With You,” “Six Card Trick,” “Nick’s Trick,” and several others.

Effort has also been made to make this book as complete an entity as possible as you will notice by the rather generous appendix of Marlo ideas that I have included. Hopefully this will motivate serious students of card magic with limited libraries to unlimit them.

IntroductionForewordChapter One: Special Card EffectsThe NaturalCovered Half PassFlexible Hittop ChangeCardician Makes BetterThe Mystic CardIn Lieu Of The Double CutI Like Nice ThingsThrowing It In ReverseGenerally SpeakingShuffle Them Twice … They Rollover NiceMini Surprise StabThe Odds Against MeTeflon Card StabForefigurationWakeman’s WayNeeded A JumpCannibal VanishChapter Two Classic RoutinesR. W. Ambitious Card RoutineDirect DelusionA Real Devilish MiracleLet’s Twist Again (Like We Did Last Summer)The Last TravellerR. W. Four Coins Through The TableRandy’s Cups & Balls RoutineChapter Three Old BusinessThe Force Is With YouNot Finished With Randy-MarTaking A PassBill Tear ClarifiedFollow-Up On Follow-UpChapter Four Edward Marlo MysteriesSix Card TrickThe Ace Problem That Hofzinser Never HadMarlo Ambitious Card RoutineNick’s TrickThe Marlo RevelationBanded RevelationHolee RevelationAnother RevelationRepeat Signed Cards AcrossAn Oil And Water StoryBluff Ace AssemblyMarlo’s Startling Observation TestAppendixThe Double Undercut PalmMarlo’s Opec CountThe Mechanical ChangeMarlo’s Wrist Turn PassMarlo Deck SwitchMarlo’s “As An Addition” SwitchThe Razor’s EdgeThe Sail CountBonus Section: The Randy RevelationIn Conclusion

1st edition 1987, 117 pages; 1st digital edition 2022, PDF 142 pages.
word count: 38847 which is equivalent to 155 standard pages of text