Curry, Paul: Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
©2001 Stephen Minch, Hermetic Press
Hardcover, wd/j, 382 pages
Comments: Illustrated by Paul Curry
Contents (Courtesy Dickey/Roat's The Magic Files):
ix In the Times of Paul Curry
xv Itinerary
3 Passport
3 The Curry Turnover Change
6 The Relativity Lift
10 The Drawback Double Lift
14 The Time Change
17 The Drawback Vanish
19 The Tap Pass
22 The Side Pass
26 Bottom Palm
31 Packing
31 Circle of Fire
36 Exchange of Fire
40 Kissing Cards
45 Two-card Routine
59 Cider!
65 Sure Thing
71 The Color-changing Deck
79 You're a Liar
81 The Truth-telling Joker
83 Don't Lie to Me
90 Half Gone
96 Houdini's Legacy
102 Out of the Past
106 Teleport
112 Phantasy Under Glass
118 Under Wraps
122 Pressto
125 Teacher's Pet
129 Turn of the Century
139 Postcards (Thinking of You)
139 Probability Zero
143 Alias Sherlock Holmes
147 Matchmaker
153 Out of This Phone Book
156 Padding
159 Payoff
164 A Penny for Your Thoughts
172 A Turn in Time
183 Suitcases
183 Out of This World
190 Best of Possible Worlds
195 The Charm of Luck
200 Another Stop!
202 Think of a Card I
204 One Down
206 Touch
212 Double Prediction
214 Three Cards in the Future
221 Smoke Signals
223 Thoughts from Afar
230 The Open Prediction
237 The Problem of Card 13
245 A Swindle of Sorts
250 Out of Mind
258 A Period of Darkness
263 Travel Tips
263 Cigarette Switch
264 Center Tear Handling
267 Pseudo-pschometry Tip
268 The Malini Idea
270 The Miscalled Palm
272 One-way Face Design Tip
273 A Card Revelation Tip
277 Shared Destinations
277 Stamp-it
281 A Cur(r)i-ous Prediction
284 Mind Reading?
286 Do as I Do
288 Next!
292 Follow Me (and Further Applications for Christ's 203rd Force)
296 The Perfect Miracle
298 Never in a Lifetime
304 Two Together
307 The Power of Thought
314 More Power to the Thought
321 One for the Money
321 IOU
327 Two for the Show
327 The Case of the Missing Hat
335 Turnabout
345 On the Ropes
345 Linked
348 Missing Link
356 On and Off
359 The Sliding Knot
370 Restoration Supreme
377 Sources
380 Bibliography
Cover Price |
$50.00 |
No. of Pages |
382 |
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Read It |
No |
Location |
Magic Library (Home) Shelf E |
Condition |
Mint |
Owner |
Bryan-Keith Taylor |
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Curry, Paul
(1917-1986)
Best known for inventing Out of This World card effect, and the Sliding Knot Curry was the vice-precident of the Blue Cross Insurance Company of New York, and a famous amateur magician. On March 12, 1977, the Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle awarded Paul Curry with a "Creative Fellowship" award. He authored two books: Magician's Magic (2003) and Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond (2002).