Pulver, B. Robert: The "I Hate Card Tricks"
Volume 2 Also available in softcover, perfect-bound, 8.5x11" |
Image from MagicNook.com, no longer online |
Comments: Note the printed edition uses B&W photographs, while the ebooks are full color. The original sequel to Robert's "I Hate Card Tricks" book was "I Still Hate Card Tricks", but that included some effects that didn't match the "stage illusion in miniature" theme, so he split that book up into this volume (with some additional effects) and another book, Sleightly Wacked, also with additional effects. These are topological card effects, designed to mimick famous stage illusions.
Contents (from MagicNook website, numbers are not page numbers):
1 The Origami Queen: Queen folded in an envelope is removed
unharmed
2 Bonus Effect, Split Personality: version of sawing a woman in
half
3 Flying Ace: signed selection vanishes from between two Jokers to
appear visibly between two others, one with a hole in the middle
4 Off With Her Head: playing card guillotine is used on
spectator's finger, then the Queen loses her head
5 The Lion King: King transforms into a lion in a cage card
6 The Geometric Queen: tubes are pushed through a card case with a
Queen placed inside, but the Queen is unharmed
7 The Lumber-Jack's Nightmare: miniature bow saw saws through a
card and completely surrounds the card
8 Crystal Card Casket: Queen card held by spectator loses the
Queens figure, which has transformed onto a blank card in a box
9 In Over His Head: King card escapes from bolt
10 Nothing But Net: Queen vanishes from a playing card "net"
11 Royal Interlude: Queen card penetrates a King card
12 Printing Your Own Custom Cards