Pierce, Lance: The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius ©2001 L&L Publishing Hardcover, w/dj, 181 pages

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Comments [Joe Turner]: Design & Composition by Andrew J. Pinard, Photographs by Anne White. A compilation of magic from one of the art's most prolific creators, John Cornelius. Covers some marketed effects ("Marked for Life," "The Fickle Nickel," the shrinking card case, as well as all details of the FISM-winning card act.

Contents:

1 Bits
3 Baby Boom
5 Prints Valiant
7 Roughly Mental
9 MoonShine Locations
13 Passages:
13 - On the Tip of My Tongue
14 - A Toast
15 - Instant Travelers
17 KnotSoTuff

21 Moves
23 The Fan Steal
27 Flicker
29 Fold-A-Card
31 Peeping Tom
33 The Master Cut
33 - The Charlier Cut..
34 - The Circle and Roll Cut
37 The Apprentice Cut
39 The Oh, Calcutta! Shuffle.
41 Spring Set
43 The Winter Change
47 Go for Go Switch

49 Casual Interfaces
51 Armed and Ready
53 D'Artagnan's Release
55 Dial-A-Trick
57 Lines of Flux
59 Impromptu Ghost Trap
63 Arisen!
67 An Assemblage of Silver
71 Bluff Poker
75 Marked for Life

79 The John Cornelius Card System

87 More Bits
89 Hanky
90 - Deck in the Round (Pocket Rocket Aces)
93 SmokeFree
95 Trying to Quit
95 - Ephemeral
96 - Chain Smoker
96 - Lip Service
99 Flashes
99 - A Smoke for Old Scratch
100 My Card, Sir
101 Hot Silver
102 Fanning the Flames
105 - The Pendulum Principle

107 Formal Miracles
109 Super (Ball) Card Rise
111 Meta-Fusion
113 MoneyTalk
115 Shrinkage
119 Slow Motion Fadeaway
123 The Jawbreakers
129 The IncrediBill Routine
129 The $100 Bill Change
137 Change of Mind
139 My Lady's Ring
143 The Fickle Nickel
147 The Ball, The Bowl, and the Big, Big Cake

155 The F.I.S.M. ACT