Smith, Aaron: Methodical ©2000 Aaron Smith, Magic City Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 31 pages

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Comments: Contains 5 essays, each including a trick that uses the effects as examples to illustrate the various concepts.
 
Contents (from web description, numbers are not page numbers):

1 One Two Twos Sandwich, Hold the Selection Please: A sandwich effect with a twist, and a beautiful flourish that teaches why a show of skill is not always a hint to method!
2 Neoteric Signed Card: Brother Hamman's card effect with two selections and an absolute miracle ending that shows how isolation can be efficient!
3 The Fifth Card Illusion II: A visual revelation to an old-fashioned card trick which gives an example to visual tag-lines in theatrical form.
4 Noraa's Paradoxes Part One: Contradiction and irony that can not be explained presents the use of instinctual (mis)direction.
5 Too Much a Miracle: The selected card is seen many times, yet so are other cards that aren't really there in this essay that illustrates comfort zones!