The Art of Astonishment - Book 1

Authored by Paul Harris & Eric Mead
A-1 MultiMedia, 1996 (Hardcover), 310 pages

(111 entries)


This publication was reviewed in The Looking Glass (page 126, Richard Kaufman).
(typed in by Denis Behr)
 
CreatorTitle of Routine or SleightCommentPageCategories
Paul HarrisBuck Naked1$ bill changes to 5$ bill in presence of two other 5$ bills11Bill / Transformation
Paul HarrisBuck Naked Grantto accomplish Grant's "Slow Motion Bill Transposition"15Bill / Transposition
Paul HarrisBuck Naked Fantasytwo 1$ bills into 5$ bills15Bill / Transformation
Paul HarrisBig Buck Nakedtwo $2 bills in $100 bills19Bill / Transformation
Paul HarrisUnshuffling Rebeccacards in incomplete faro condition reverse themself without being squared23Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle
Paul HarrisThe Light and Heavy Dimea coin cannot be lifted from surface (actually glued there at the end)27Coin / Effect Themes / Do as I Do
Paul HarrisBacklashcard signed on both sides, spelled to, put in pocket, travels back, on signature changes into performer's name29Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Oddities Cards / Principles / Pseudo Duplicates & Signed Duplicates Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling & Lie Detector Effects / Spelling / Impromptu
Paul HarrisImprov Nightshadesglasses drawn on bill move31Bill / Miscellaneous
Paul HarrisAppletorn and restored apple35Fruit
Tom Kechter & Homer Liwag & Eric MeadLip Balmlip balm container as boston coin box, 3 quarters vanish from it and lip balm is there instead37Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
Paul HarrisP.H. Vanishing Deckflap gimmick, also as penetration through card case41Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Flap to simulate full Deck
Paul HarrisIllusioncard from sandwich reversed in deck51Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards travelling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich
UnknownCard Cop at Table Edgecontext, brief52Cards / Sleights  / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Cop Position / Left Hand
Paul HarrisP.H. Snap Countaudible, 2 as 353Cards / Sleights  / False Count / Overcounts
Paul HarrisColor Stunnercc deck triumph55Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
UnknownHindu Shuffle Forcecontext56Cards / Sleights  / Force / Shuffle Forces
Tenkai Ishida & Martin GardnerTwistover (Optical Revolve)context56Cards / Sleights  / Turnover
Paul HarrisTilt Convincercontext57Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses
Paul HarrisFlip Flop Plop59Cards / Sleights  / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Paul HarrisThe Bayberry Bag Swindlechop cup routine with paper bag and paper ball loads63Paper / Miscellaneous Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Paul HarrisThink of a Cardone of about 2067Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Paul HarrisSwitch of Upjogged Cardas it is thumbed off the deck, context69Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Paul HarrisTop-Switchswitch of upjogged card70Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Ray Kosby & Paul HarrisDeep Thoughtone of about 2071Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Ray Kosby & Paul HarrisSimplified Raise-Riseas a switch of an upjogged card72Cards / Sleights  / Pinky Rise & Co Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris & Tim CarlsonSilver and Aces (revised)spectator cuts to the aces and a coin are found under each ace, featuring "Tim's Industrial Strength Gaff"75Cards / Effect Themes / Four of a kind Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Card and Coin GimmicksCoin / Effect Themes / Production Routines & Vanish and Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Neal EliasAce Cutting Sequencecontext77Cards / Effect Themes / Four of a kind Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Paul HarrisGiant Killer Coinmatrix with jumbo coin production kicker79Coin / Effect Themes / Travelling / Matrix / Four Cards
Paul HarrisCoin Stealcontext79Coin / Sleights  / Matrix Moves
UnknownFrench Dropcontext80Coin / Sleights  / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / "Practical" Vanishes
Paul HarrisRip-Off Reversetorn pieces of sign card transpose with full card83Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Two Card Transposition with one mutilated CardCards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Miscellaneous
UnknownTurnover Switchdouble on table, context84Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Single Card Switches / Turnover Change & Variations
Paul HarrisTorn Corner Displaytorn corner put on full card to represent another value85Cards / Principles / Pseudo Duplicates & Signed Duplicates
Paul HarrisFlash-Foldinitialed business card to match box, folded87Paper / Travelling
Paul HarrisLa La's Lu Lu (aka Phantom Cards aka Cue Cards revised)selection from one half travels reversed in other half, then transforms into second selection, inspired by Jennings' The Visitor95Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Packet to Packet
Paul HarrisThe Dehydrated Decksmall folded card box is unfolded and deck taken out99Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance / Deck
Paul HarrisThe Bizarre Twistcard perpendicular between two other cards turns visually over101Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting things not with four cards
Paul HarrisThe Bizarre Routine"The Bizarre Twist" with color changing back kicker of card103Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting things not with four cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Randy HoltThe Curly-Cue Moveone-handed fan based on LePaul Spread105Cards / Sleights  / Flourishes / Fan
Looy SimonoffLooy's False Count???105Propless / Miscellaneous
Paul HarrisSolid Deceptionshort ambitious card sequence, deck is glued to single solid block climax107Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck / Transmutation
Ed Marlo & Dai VernonTiltcontext108Cards / Sleights  / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt/Depth Illusion
Paul HarrisThe Ultimate Rip-Offno extra pieces, restoration except corner113Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
Looy SimonoffLooy's Convincerfor Paul Harris' "Ultimate Rip-Off"116Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
Paul HarrisUltimate Rip-Off - Dancing with the Last Piecerestoring the final piece119Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
Paul HarrisDouble Monteclimax for monte routine: money card transposes with two indifferent cards121Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Transposition of different sized Packets
Looy SimonoffEarth Shoeslarge rock produced from own shoe, see also Tom Stone's ideas Shoe Loads123Shoe / ShoelaceStone / Rock
Paul HarrisGrasshopper (revised)125Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards travelling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich
Paul HarrisOpen Revelation (revised)aces appear one by one between two one-handed fans, see also John Guastaferro's Materialization127Cards / Effect Themes / Four of a kind Effects / Production / One by One Cards / Sleights  / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop" Cards / Sleights  / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Paul HarrisThree Way Displaymethod to display full deck in 3 fanned piles on table131Cards / Sleights  / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights  / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
Steve Blencoe & Harry EngMachine-Gun Aces2 halfs are interlaced at right angles to simulate a gun, aces shoot out of deck one by one133Cards / Effect Themes / Four of a kind Effects / Production / One by One Cards / Sleights  / Shooting & Scaling
Harry EngPainbusiness card on table, pin/needle is stuck through card into table, hand is slammed straight down on pin and penetrates hand135Needle / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris & Allan AckermanRe-Set137Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Jerry K. HartmanHartman Additionpartial switch between 2 packets, context137Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
Arturo de Ascanio & Paul HarrisAscanio Spread Displaycontext138Cards / Sleights  / False Display / Ascanio Spread
UnknownDouble Card Brushbrushing 2 cards together, one of them a double140Cards / Sleights  / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
UnknownKiss Transferfrom packet to packet, context142Cards / Sleights  / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Chad LongRe-Set Options - Chad Long's Short Copactually Marlo's Spontaneous Add/Count Cop and Transfer143Cards / Sleights  / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Earl NelsonSet-Up for Re-Setgetting into effect144Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Paul HarrisTorn & Restored Coin (revised)3 pieces of coin melt together into coin, using folding coin145Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Torn & Bent Coin Coin / Gaffed / Folding
Paul HarrisLas Vegas Split147Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards
Paul HarrisThe Two-For-One Top Changesingle card is exchanged for a double148Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Paul HarrisFlash Controlflashy, using self-cutting deck, one-handed fan, Charlier cut153Cards / Sleights  / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights  / Cuts / Real Cuts / Flourish Cuts
Paul HarrisAce Trap3 indifferent card on table transpose with 3 aces distributed in deck155Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Paul HarrisAce Switch-Outcontext155Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Pack
Paul HarrisHi Ho Silvercoin is picked up from deck, vanishes, reappears next to selection, see also Krenzel's Hi-Ho Silveroon!157Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations
Paul HarrisVacuum Cleaner Cardsaces travel from one half to another159Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Packet to Packet
Carmen D'AmicoMultiple Shiftsliding top block, context160Cards / Sleights  / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
UnknownBiddle Stealcontext161Cards / Sleights  / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards from small packet to deck
Joseph Prieto & Paul Harris & Looy SimonoffStapled2 jokers stapled back to back, one of them transposes with selection167Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Two Card Transposition with one mutilated Card
Paul HarrisOverExposure171Cards / Effect Themes / Four of a kind Effects / Production / One by One
Paul HarrisAbsorptioncard placed on case is "absorbed" by case (i.e. vanishes)175Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case
Thomas A. O'LenkAero-Dynamic Dollarbill with 2 quarters in it is folded into propellor and tossed to ceiling where it sticks181Coin / Effect Themes / Gags
Paul HarrisLas Vegas Leaperspectator counts himself185Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Paul HarrisLas Vegas Leaper Countspectator does counting, context185Cards / Sleights  / False Count / Undercounts
Bill MaloneLeap of Faithvariation of Paul Harris' "Las Vegas Leaper"187Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Bill MaloneLas Vegas Leaper Count IIspectator counts himlsef, context188Cards / Sleights  / False Count / Overcounts
UnknownHalf Passbrief, context188Cards / Sleights  / Reverses / Half Pass
John C. Wagner & Allan AckermanNew Twisted Collectorsat end of twisting the routine 3 selections appear between aces189Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors
Paul HarrisGambler vs Mentalist vs Magiciandressed up Triumph191Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect with selection(s)
Paul HarrisSilver Slide4 coins appear under 4 cards197Coin / Effect Themes / Production Routines & Vanish and Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Daniel CrosCros Twist"An Enhancement for the Bizarre Twist", one-handed version201Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting things not with four cards
Paul HarrisCardician's Blendo4 and 6 melt together to a 10 spot205Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
UnknownSnap-Over Changecontext206Cards / Sleights  / Color Change / free handed
Paul HarrisInvisible Rising Cardungaffed method for Invisible Deck207Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Paul Harris & Daniel CrosPaper Chasenapkin is torn into 4 pieces, matrix type assembly, restoration211Paper / Torn & Restored Paper / Travelling
Danny KoremKorem's Card On Tieselection appears pinned on performer's tie213Cards / Effect Themes / Travelling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Other item
UnknownPerpetual-Motion Coin Mythimpossible rotating coin flourish, mentioned by Bad Water Bill217Coin / Sleights  / Flourishes
Paul Harris & Allan AckermanInterlaced Vanish219Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced Vanish
Paul HarrisInterlaced Space223Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced Vanish
Jim Steinmeyer & Looy Simonoff & Paul HarrisUncannychop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end225Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines Bottle & Can / Cans
Paul HarrisAir"An Untested Idea for the Stage Worker", air in lungs transposes with helium in balloon231Balloon / Miscellaneous
Paul HarrisClassic Eleven Card Trickelaborated routine for Victor's plot233Cards / Effect Themes / "Number Effects" / Number of Cards increases, diminishes
Paul HarrisCheap Jugglerpennies are balanced on edge, then shown stapled together241Coin / Effect Themes / Gags Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Patrick MartinCreationpaper moth transforms into living object247Animal / Moth
Gerry GriffinGriffin under Glasscard through glass topped table251Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Table
Steve BlencoeSilver Miragevanish and reappearance of large coin253Coin / Effect Themes / Production Routines & Vanish and Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights  / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Eccentric Vanishes
Jack McCandlessWithin Your Reach255Propless / Body Mutilation
Gregory WilsonWithin Your Reach - Variation 2256Propless / Body Mutilation
Jimmy GrippoGrippo's Wishkind of Slydini's Silks with one silk257Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish
Robert E. NealeOrangeimpossible/fascinating object with an orange261Fruit
Gregory WilsonLicense to Thrillspectator's driver's license to wallet271Credit Card
Paul HarrisLicense to Astonishspectator's driver's license to wallet275Credit Card
Gregory Wilson411any object is chosen, any person is phoned and names the random object277Propless / Random Objects
Gregory WilsonShell-Shockboiled egg is blown through little hole in shell which stays intact281Egg / Miscellaneous
Gregory WilsonInner Shell-Shockborrowed quarter reappears in egg that is blown out as in "Shell-Shock"282Egg / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Travelling / Miscellaneous
Brad Stine & Gregory WilsonVanish 5000sugar from sugar packet vanishes in hand without thumbtip285Sugar Cubes & Packets
Gregory WilsonMolotov Cocktailvanishing ice cube287Ice
Gregory WilsonReCap5-phase routine with pen and its cap289Pen/Pencil
Paul HarrisTunnel Visionperformer vanishes, for one spectator only, just an idea303Illusions
Paul HarrisHouse Guestin card case there appears a doll-house scenery, just an idea305Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Ideas Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case

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