Florian, Reinhold "Gaston", Fraps, Thomas

Book

1998
Written by Reinhold "Gaston" Florian, Thomas Fraps
Work of Reinhold "Gaston" Florian, Thomas Fraps

27 pages (Stapled), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Thomas Fraps
Language: English

14 entries

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Thomas Fraps, Reinhold "Gaston" Florian	Introduction				Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Thomas Fraps	Pips Desease	cards are removed from case and are shown blank while pips fall from case, pips are replaced and blank cards turn into to normal deck in stages	Also published here Pips Desease (Thomas Fraps, Continental Close Up, 1995) Inspired by Red and Black (José Carroll, 52 Lovers, 1988) also in: Red and Black (52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass*, 2019)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Corner Short Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Thomas Fraps	Spot Remover Variation	card is printed, pips stick on card when brushed with one-handed fan	Also published here Spot Remover Variation (Thomas Fraps, Continental Close Up, 1995) Inspired by Spot Remover (Michael Ammar, Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez, The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas, 1983)	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Picking Off the Pip
Juan Tamariz	Double Crossing the Gaze	to switch half the deck	Also published here Double Crossing the Gaze (Juan Tamariz, Continental Close Up, 1995)	4	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Miscellaneous
Reinhold "Gaston" Florian	The Greek Effect			5	Articles / Theory & Essays
Thomas Fraps	Walter Wins Again	spring animal raccoon finds signed selection, very humorous routine, selection is found with large X on the back as a kicker	Also published here Walter Wins Again (Thomas Fraps, Continental Close Up, 1995)	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Doll & Puppet / Spring Animals (Raccoon) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
George G. Kaplan	Stop! Fan Force	brief	Also published here The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, The Fine Art of Magic, 1948) also in: The "Stop!" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic, 2008) Related to The 'Stop' Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, The Book, 1998) The "Stop" Fan Discovery (George G. Kaplan, ZauberKunstStücke — Band 1, 2000) … and 2 more Variations Weibliche Intuition (Jörg Alexander Weber, Inside Cardmagic — Band 2, 1996) also in: Feminine Intuition (Concertos for Pasteboard, 2000) Sighting the Card (Jörg Alexander Weber, Inside Cardmagic — Band 2, 1996) also in: Sighting the Card (Concertos for Pasteboard, 2000)	9	Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Miscellaneous
Dai Vernon	Double Lift from Fan	brief		9	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from spread, fan and Co
Reinhold "Gaston" Florian	The Wow-Oh, Well - Technique			12	Articles / Theory & Essays
Thomas Fraps, Helge Thun	Instant Camera Card	deck is used as an instant camera card, blank card (picture) turns into selected card	Also published here Instant Camera Card (Thomas Fraps, Helge Thun, The Book, 1998) also in: Instant Camera Card (Helge Thun, Thomas Fraps, Faustdick hinterm Schlitzohr, 2000) Instant Camera Card (Helge Thun, Thomas Fraps, Seminah 2, 2022) … and 1 more Related to Trick Photography (Jason Latimer, Genii, 2004) Variations Instant Camera Card 2.0 (Thomas Fraps, Helge Thun, MAGIC, 2007)	13	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Card Case Gaff Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting" Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Thomas Fraps	Miller Change Variation	inside cellophane of case	Also published here Miller Change Variation (Thomas Fraps, The Book, 1998) also in: Miller Change Variation (Thomas Fraps, Faustdick hinterm Schlitzohr, 2000) Miller Change Variation (Thomas Fraps, Seminah 2, 2022) … and 1 more Inspired by The Miller(?) Change (Charlie Miller, John F. Mendoza, The Book of John, 1978)	16	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / Out-jogged Cellophane
Reinhold "Gaston" Florian	How to Act Wrong		Also published here How to Act "Wrong" (Reinhold "Gaston" Florian, The Book, 1998)	18	Articles / Theory & Essays
Thomas Fraps	On the Structure of Magic Routines			24	Articles / Theory & Essays
Thomas Fraps, Reinhold "Gaston" Florian	Epilogue	unused humorous lecture notes titles		27	Articles / Joke

Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2025.

Acting vs. Technique

Lecture Notes for the 32^ème Congrès AFAP Dunkerque 1998

Acting vs. Technique

Lecture Notes for the 32ème Congrès AFAP Dunkerque 1998

Lecture Notes for the 32^ème Congrès AFAP Dunkerque 1998