Dobson, Wayne: WD40
©2007 Wayne Dobson; Magicseen
Hardcover, w/dj, 170 pages

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Dobson WD40
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Wayne Dobson: WD40

Comments: Book cover states, "18 Adults Only" for some strong language. Edited by Mark Leveridge & Graham Hey. Contains selected effects from the Dobson's Choice trilogy plus new ones, as well as Star Struck, an autobiography.

Contents (from book, updated Jan 2020):

ii Foreword (Mark Mason)

1 Imagine: magician determines imaginary selection using a double blank deck and a blank backed deck
4 Invisible Lie Detector: performer determines which object card selected, and produces the object
6 TNT: performer predicts final outcome of three cards, This, That, and Nothing
8 Point Blank: selection matches a Jumbo card, and all the other cards are blank
10 Ring Flash: borrowed finger ring seems to melt into a chain, then becomes linked on the chain
12 Stunning: sleightless version of Triumph and selection has a different colored back
14 The Winning Hand: Patience card matches selection
16 Think As I Think: spectator and magician discover card each other was thinking of; marked deck
18 Sweet: signed coin to sugar packet
20 Jack In The Box: selection ends up in card box
22 Vision: writing on back of bills predicts imaginary roulette game, card selection, and selection of fruit
25 Rainbow: effect for a rainbow deck, only the two selection have matching backs
27 Tax: packet trick, spectator avoids the tax card
29 Word: magician signs card and reveals word written on the back of it
31 Sharpie: magician knows what color pen was used to write with
32 Man Eaters: card selection vanishes to be found between Queens, and then reappears reversed in deck used DF card
33 On The Button: selected button is found to be sewn on a cloth
34 Janus: two cards match, the rest of the deck is all the same card, but different than selection, uses SBS card
36 Missing Think?: packet trick - spectator finds card missing, magician has both selections
38 Spell Check: coincidence effect using a regular and a marked deck
39 Synchronicity: two selections from two decks match, and all other cards are the same, but different value
41 Switch: selection and another card transpose in the card case, then all the cards in the deck are shown to be one value
43 TLC: Word, card and object prediction using a packet of 3 cards
45 Unique Prediction: coin selection prediction using Coin Unique or similar nesting coins
47 X-Change: routine for your Boston Box, coins travel from one corner of the mat to another
49 An Englishman In New York: story trick with a stacked deck
51 Chews A Card: magician catches selection in his mouth
53 Zippered: idea for producing a card from your fly
54 Magic Spell: spelling card prediction using half-cards
57 The Crying Game: chosen card to onion
60 The Kid's a Magician: comedy no-tear paper routine using a child assistant
62 Tossed Deck: revelation of three selected cards in the audience
64 I Swear: a spelling card trick
66 Invisible: magician removes a folded card from pocket that matches selection from an invisible deck
69 Echo: spectator becomes the card magician
73 Oddball: spectator thinks magician will lose a bet choosing the odd ball out of three, but the magician wins
75 4Seen: an Insurance Policy type of card trick using a specially constructed policy sheet
78 Banana-Drama: signed, vanished bill to Banana routine
81 Dream: routine for Mental Photography Deck
83 Webmaster: version of Jim Pace's The Web using the Out-to-Lunch principle.
85 Photos: photo collage of Wayne Dobson

93 Star Struck (Wayne Dobson): autobiography, including Wayne's struggles with MS
97 Introduction (Barry Murray)
99 Preface
101 In the Beginning
105 The Magic Circle
115 Going Pro
131 The Diagnosis
135 A Star is Born
143 Cruising
148 Sh** Happens
160 Back on the Road
168 My Magical Moments
169 Special Thanks To



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