Carneycopia

Book
1991
Written by Stephen Minch
Work of John Carney
266 pages (Hardcover), published by L&L Publishing
Illustrated with drawings by Kelly Lyles
Language: English
107 entries
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John Carney Acknowledgements
iv
Michael Skinner Introductory Encomia
vii
Mike Caveney Introductory Encomia
vii
Stephen Minch Introductory Encomia
ix
John Carney Secret Philosophy
  • Progress Well Begun
  • Approaches to Artifice
  • Beyond Craft
  • The Magical Muse
  • Perspective on Our Personal Planets
  • The Shape of Cut Cloth
  • Misdirection
  • In Conclusion
 		xi
John Carney Current Classic sponge ball appears, vanishes, reproduced from spectator's pocket, splitting in two, spectator's hand finish
Also published here
 3
John Carney Sponge Ball Production visual
Related to
 4
John Carney False Transfer
6
John Carney Predictable Surprise prediction on napkin is correct, selection travels under napkin
Also published here
Inspired by
 11
Tabled Jog placing deck with jogged card on table
 		11
Max Malini One-Hand Break at Jog
12
Dribbling the Cards
12
Dribble Force
12
John Carney Side Glide Handling
12
Bottom Palm brief
 		13
John Carney Straggler all cards except selection penetrate napkin
Related to
 15
John Carney Final Trace deck wrapped in napkin vanishes, napkin is burned and on arm name of card appears after rubbing of ashes
 		19
John Carney Full Deck Cop
22
John Carney Soft Glass coin penetrates bottom of glass multiple times, then glass is covered and penetrates table, for coin trough bottom sequence see also Joaquin Navajas "Moneda a traves de un vaso" in "Monedas Personales" (1985)
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 25
Topple Vanish
26
John Carney Chill Pack
Also published here
 33
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
Related to
 36
Arthur Finley* Tent Vanish
38
Open Finger While Classic Palming for manipulation
 		39
John Carney Aerial Production Variation
41
John Carney Ethereal Pack joker shows up again and again instead of selection, deck vanishes except selection
 		43
Dai Vernon Tilt
44
Howard Schwarzman, Charles Aste Jr. Tilt Finesse pushing some cards from center
 		44
Cop from Double copping bottom card from double
 		48
John Carney Streamlined Cylinder and Coins
Variations
 50
John Ramsay Pivot Vanish
55
John Carney Clockwise Vanish one of two coins
 		59
John Carney Stack Steal
61
John Carney Side-pocket Transpo one in coat pocket
Also published here
 65
Dai Vernon Double Push-Off one-handed
 		65
Dai Vernon Swivel Replacement
66
Harry Houdini, John Carney, S. W. Erdnase, Dai Vernon Houdini/Erdnase Transformation
67
Edward Marlo, John Carney Stud Turn Palm as top double is turned, "a minor variant" (35 Years Later)
 		69
John Carney, Alfonso Aceituno Trans-essence using only two cards, nothing more
 		71
Double Snap-Over
72
Cop from Double copping bottom card from double
 		72
John Carney Inscrutable joker shows up again and again, four of them change into Aces, presentation
Inspired by
Related to
 74
Edward Marlo Reverse Drop Switch Reverse Drop Sleight
 		77
John Carney Another Side Glide Handling
78
Jerry K. Hartman Popover Flourish
78
Piet Forton Snap-Over Change application to make it look like four cards change
Related to
 81
John Carney Half Dollars in the Mist two half dollars vanish and reappear
Variations
 83
Dai Vernon Covered Deep Back Clip display
 		84
John Carney One-Handed Coin Vanish
Related to
Variations
 85
John Carney Versa Switch including credit information
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 89
John Carney Kings and Aces Change Places
94
John Carney, Edward Marlo Single Bottom Card Palm for single card
Related to
 96
John Carney Fruit Cup chop cup routine with bill and coffee cup, lemon appears, bill inside lemon
Variations
 98
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here
 107
John Carney Australian Aces dealing to four numbers, Aces on bottom of piles
Variations
 111
John Carney Bottom Deal Psychology in magic context
 		112
John Carney Wired subtlety for "name any number" nailwriter prediction
Related to
 115
Douglas Dexter False Turnover often credited to Francis Carlyle, credit information
 		117
John Carney Bull Session assembly, using large piece of black tissue
 		118
Don Alan "Big Deal" Switch with jumbo card or similar object
 		124
John Carney Simple Switch with jumbo card or similar object
Related to
 125
John Carney Suicide Match matchbox opens itself and match slides out
 		128
John Carney Seconds on Jack Sandwich selection travels to tabled sandwich cards, repeat phase
 		133
Edward Marlo Standard Sandwich Load
133
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
 		135
Dai Vernon Alignment Move
137
Dan Tong* Pad Spread
138
John Carney The Logical Bill Trick three half dollars are produced from 1$ bill, changes into 100$ bill
Also published here
 141
John Carney The Slide to Home Prediction stop trick procedure used as prediction
Related to
 152
John Carney Tabled Side Steal transferring bottom card of tabled packet to top with master palm
 		153
John Carney, Edward Marlo The Yenrac Packet Switch
Related to
 156
John Carney To the Sticking Point three coins through table into glass
 		159
Ross Bertram Moisture Palm
159
John Carney Triumph Rip-Off cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection
Also published here
Variations
 164
Turnover with Arm Cover
167
John Carney Bullet Train four Aces up the Sleeve
Related to
Variations
 168
Morris Loewy Loewy Palm from small packet
 		172
John Carney False Transfer with Card
174
John Carney Quarter Spin bottle appears, quarter travels in and out of bottle two times
Related to
 176
John Carney Upside-down top card changes with 9 to 6 patter
 		186
John Carney Hinge Color Change Variation
187
John Carney Transplant picking off the pip, moving pip to other card
Inspired by
Variations
 190
John Carney Slick Pip a Two transforms into a Three in reverse "picking off the pip" style
 		194
Edward Marlo Slip Force
Related to
 194
Spread Cull Control
196
Ken Krenzel Mechanical Reverse
197
Larry Jennings T.N.T. Bottom Deal
197
John Carney A Polite Penetration cap and pence with rolled up bill instead of cap
 		200
John Carney, Tenkai Ishida Tenkai-esque "A Center Steal Handling", very similar to the Jack Hecht method
Related to
 208
John Carney, Brother John Hamman Hammanesque "A False Spread Display", casual spread alternative to Hamman Count
 		212
John Carney Slow Fade to Red first cards in a small packet, then full deck change color
 		215
Dr. James William Elliott Color Change Cover for Herrmann style pass
 		218
Edward Marlo Tabled Flat-Palm Steal
219
John Carney, Hiroshi Sawa Hot Slot
Variations
 222
John Carney Large Stack Transfer from hand to hand with glass
 		227
John Carney Sanverted red Aces come to top multiple times, then Daley's Last
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 229
John Carney Double Lift Handling from Packet turning two cards over from four-card packet, one of them being a double
Also published here
 230
John Carney Oil on Troubled Waters 3&3, deck separation climax
Variations
 234
Simple Red-Black Shuffle
235
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle
235
John Carney Calligraphic Cash signed bill changes place with ink cartridge from ball-point pen
 		241
One-Handed Tilt Get-Ready
250
John Carney Rubber Detective rubber band around deck vanishes, encircling half deck in center, in second stage only selection
 		250
Color Change Pass
251
John Carney Everywhere, Nowhere and on Your Face three cards all become selection, then indifferent again and card is on forehead
Variations
 254
Center Slip Out
255
John Carney The Thirteenth Victim bullets travel from hand to hand, presentation for marble trick
 		259
Data entered by Denis Behr, November 2009.