English
LE VERY BEST DES TOURS AUTOMATIQUES
richard vollmer
The best-selling Very Best Of of all time FINALLY returns to Magic Dream!
Judging by the books published in recent years, the Tricks of so-called automatic or semi-automatic cards have finally left the purgatory where the cream of contemporary card lovers had relegated them, since we see that many of their own creations now belong to this once so maligned genre.
Like the previous anthologies proposed by Richard Vollmer, this new collection is more of a capricious anthology than an ingeniously composed mosaic; there is no point looking for a common thread, a cleverly orchestrated progression, or a balanced distribution by type of effects. Each of the ninety-five Tricks which make up the collection, a majority of which Tricks original and unpublished, is explained in every detail to allow the beginner that you perhaps are to have the full description of its progress without having to look elsewhere for the explanation of an important phase.
None of them strictly speaking requires any particular dexterity or know-how, the mystery resting essentially on simple and secret arrangements of cards, ingenious mathematical and topological principles, psychological tricks, as well as intrinsic characteristics of the cards themselves. It is all these means, more or less subtle, unknown or little known to laymen, used alone or in combination, which constitute the invisible cogs of an inexorable mechanism controlling the occult movements of the cards between them to create incomprehensible effects without suspicious or surreptitious maneuvers – in short, as if by magic!
It is a safe bet that this exceptional book, which is aimed at both beginners and experienced fortune tellers, will make those who still have some lose all preconceptions and prejudices against these extraordinary Tricks which happen on their own… or almost!
A word about the author:
To date, he has around a hundred books to his credit. Over time, Richard Vollmer translated most of it into English. A dozen is directly from his pen. He knows the best fortune tellers and mentalists in the world. The cream of the world's magic has a lounge in his office: H. Lorraine, Paul Curry, Roberto Giobbi, J. Bannon, Tony Corinda, David Berglas, Tommy Wonder, Barrie Richardson, Martin Gardner, Joshua Jay, Th. Annemann, Dai Vernon, Ed Marlo, Darwin Ortiz, Simon Aronson, Aldo Colombini, and I forget many, jostle on the shelves that line the walls of his magical lair. The science of each name is now known through its skills. There breathes the spirit of all those whose minds (and secrets) he penetrated during the long hours spent translating the tricks and subtleties that made them famous!
Richard Vollmer does his show every day in front of his computer. His stage is the keyboard and mouse. As they become more active, astonishing routines are born that will allow you to mystify your spectators
236 pages – Format 16.5 x 23.5 cm – Soft cover in color
