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Jon Racherbaumer Doppelgänger photocopy of palm shown, card vanishes and travels into photocopy (Himber Wallet) and on this the card appeared as well
  • Magic Christian ideas
Inspired by Aug. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 8)
52
Jon Racherbaumer Stop Force bold
Related to Aug. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 8)
52
Jon Racherbaumer More on the Too-Perfect Theory
Aug. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 8)
56
Jon Racherbaumer Cliff Notes From the Fringe
Sep. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 9)
20
Jon Racherbaumer The Horror on the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
19
Jon Racherbaumer The Long and Lucky Life of Harry Lorayne
Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
24
Jon Racherbaumer Irving Feldman (Eddie Fields): The Artful Dodger
Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
14
Jon Racherbaumer Joseph Michael White
Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
15
Jon Racherbaumer Encounters with Dai Vernon
Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
45
Steve Reynolds From Erdnase to Zarrow
  • Mole Notes
Bottom Line Zarrow square up finesse
Inspired byAlso published here May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
27
Steve Reynolds Full Clip Placement
Inspired by Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
39
Randy Wakeman Move Is The Not Effect
  • Letters
Related to Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
19
Jon Racherbaumer The Matt Factors on Matt Schulien
Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
60
Jon Racherbaumer The Big Chill David Blaine's ice block stunt
Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
66
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
73
Jon Racherbaumer On the Psychological Aspect of John Ramsay's Sleight of Hand, Jon Racherbaumer Writes... on John Ramsay
Feb. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 6)
60
Michael Close (reviewer) In a Class by Himself: The Legacy of Don Alan by Don Alan (written by Jon Racherbaumer)Related to Apr. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 8)
33
Darwin Ortiz, Ronny H. Cortes Analysis of the Alan Book
  • Letters
Related to June 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)
17
Guy Hollingworth, Edward Marlo No-Clutch Bottom Placement with a second delayed handling, see also credits in Issue 10, p. 1, Issue 11, p. 1
Related to July/Aug. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 2)
7
Lewis Jones The full monte Hummer's Mathematical Monte variation with three cards, chosen one named, variation by Jack Avis with three packets
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Monte Bank" (Lewis Jones, The Spring of 52)
Variations
2002 63
Mick Ayres Speed-Reader performer apparently memorizes deck, names position of selection
Variations 2002 150
Jon Racherbaumer Vino with Gio on Giovanni Livera
Feb. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 2)
26
Jon Racherbaumer Notes on the Potter Pother on Harry Potter
Feb. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 2)
68
Jon Racherbaumer Flibbertigibberty
June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Speaking Volumes
Related to June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
30
Jon Racherbaumer, Richard Kaufman, Darren Romeo On the Cusp: Romeo Rising on Darren Romeo
June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
48
Jon Racherbaumer Flibbertigibberty
July 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Fantast from Below: 185 Minutes of Méliès on George Méliès
July 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 7)
22
Jon Racherbaumer Flibbertigibberty
Aug. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Frances Marie Ahrens Vandevier Frances Ireland Marshall
Aug. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 8)
23
Jon Racherbaumer Still... Beyond Belief on Siegfried & Roy
Aug. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 8)
42
Siegfried Fischbacher, Roy Horn, Richard Kaufman, Jon Racherbaumer Siegfried & Roy
  • The Magic Box
Aug. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 8)
56
Jon Racherbaumer Flibbertigibberty
Sep. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 9)
13
Jon Racherbaumer, Harry Anderson PostScript on Martin Lewis
Sep. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 9)
50
Jon Racherbaumer Flibbertigibberty
Oct. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Flibbertigibberty
Nov. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay Nov. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 11)
13
Jon Racherbaumer Flibbertigibberty
Dec. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 12)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Foreword
Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
5
Tomas Blomberg Lucky-14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Also published here 2002 26
Jon Racherbaumer Unlikely Triumvirate sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
92
Bruce Cervon, Richard Vollmer, Jon Racherbaumer Insured Prediction predicted by two cards and found by their values
2003 1311
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Art of Deception (Kevin D. Mitnick)
  • The Museum of Hoaxes (Alex Boese)
Feb. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Shocked and Amazed (James Taylor)
  • Good Gossip (Robert F. Goodman, Aaron Ben-Ze'ev)
randomizing a deck with riffle shuffles, Persi Diaconis
Mar. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made (Bruce Watson)
Stanley Collins
Apr. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • In the Blink of an Eye (2001)
  • Love and Other Games of Chance (Lee Siegel, 2003)
May 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Fourth Annual The Second Deal convention
June 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer, Rich Bloch Rich Bloch: Behind the Scenes and in Front of the Curtain
June 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)
42
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Positively Fifth Street (James McManus)
  • The Sense of Being Stared At (Rupert Sheldrake)
July 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 7)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Music of Primes (Marcus du Sautoy)
Aug. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 8)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • To Have and to Hold (Philipp Blom)
Sep. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 9)
15
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Gambling, Game, and Psyche (Bettina L. Knapp)
  • Are Universes Thicker than Blackberries? (Martin Gardner)
  • Stacking the Deck (Bryan Berg)
Oct. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Roy Horn's accident
Nov. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Data Be Erdnase?
  • Wonder, the Rainbow, and the Aesthetics of Rare Experience (Philip Fisher)
Dec. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 12)
13
Michael Close (reviewer) www.johnracherbaumer.com by Jon Racherbaumer Dec. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 4)
45
Jon Racherbaumer Hot-to-Trot Pocket Aces Aces vanish à la Open Travelers and appear in pocket one by one, simplified Jennings routine, Three as Ace pseudo duplicate
Inspired by 2003 5
John Bannon On "Daley's Aces"
Variations 2004 66
Antón "Mago Antón" López Bullet in the Belly card is flicked in to the deck, next to selection
Related to 2004 186
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Mirror-Mirror (Mark Pendergrast, 2003)
  • David Blaine
Jan. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 1)
13
Jon Racherbaumer Magicana
Jan. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 1)
24
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on Del Ray
  • Read 'Em and Weep (John Stravinsky, 2004)
Feb. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Above the Below: Glimpse of a Shape-Shifter on David Blaine
Feb. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 2)
32
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
Apr. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 4)
12
Richard Kaufman, Bob Read, Jon Racherbaumer For a Few Shillings More
Apr. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 4)
44
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Secret Symbols of the Dollar Bill (David Ovason, 2004)
May 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Peter Kane
May 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 5)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Derek Dingle, coincidence tricks
June 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer The Incredible Lightness of Losander on Dirk Losander
June 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 6)
40
Jon Racherbaumer Three by Losander intro
June 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 6)
58
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Actor Factor, Max Howard
July 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Outsmarting Murphy anecdotes of mishaps and outs
  • Murphy Moments
  • S-R Rules
  • Spontaneous Resourcefulness 101
  • Wiggling Out Of It
  • Playing The S-$ Game
July 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 7)
28
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist (2004)
Aug. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 8)
13
David Regal (reviewer) Sankey Unleashed by Jay Sankey (written by Jon Racherbaumer) Aug. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 8)
87
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Shadow of the Wind (Ruiz Zafon)
  • The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars (Clifford A. Pickover)
  • The Cinematic Imaginary after Film (Jeffrey Shaw, Peter Weibel)
Sep. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Sock (Penn Jillette)
  • Debunked (Georges Charpak, Henri Broch, 2004)
Oct. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on "Magicians stop thinking too soon", Michael Weber does OOTW anecdote
Nov. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Dec. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 12)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On Derek Dingle
2004 14
Jack Parker Topiary deck cut in half, two cards chosen for spectator and performer, halves shuffled face-up/face-down, all straighten out except selections which also turn out to be mates
Inspired by
  • "Overcast" (Trini Montes & Jon Racherbaumer, Walking to New Orleans)
2004 22
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Al Koran, Rip-Offs
Jan. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Cheap Laffs
  • Chance (Amir D. Aczel)
Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Memorial: Alton Sharpe
Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
24
Jon Racherbaumer Romeo Rising on Darren Romeo
Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
44
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Mind Hacks (Tom Stafford, Matt Webb, 2005)
  • The Magician's Study (Tobias Seamon)
  • The Spell of the Sensuous (David Abram)
Mar. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Colonel Shaw, Mazda Magic Shop
Apr. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) About Close-Up Card Magic by Harry Lorayne Apr. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 4)
24
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on exposure
May 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Mike Rogers
June 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
July 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Everyday Mind Reading (William Ickes)
  • Eyeing the Flash (Peter Fenton)
Aug. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Slowness, Jucie Deck
Sep. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Secrets of the Sideshows (Joe Nickell, 2005)
Erdnase authorship
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer, Victor Wooten Victor Wooten: Soul Circus Maestro
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
76
Michael Close (reviewer) Counthesaurus by Jon Racherbaumer Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
102
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant strolling magic, Eric Mead
Nov. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Dice, Cards, Wheels (Thomas M. Kavanagh, 2005)
  • How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker (Penn Jillette, Mickey D. Lynn, 2005)
  • Spook (Mary Roach, 2005)
Dec. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 12)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Winning Winnowing The Artful Ledger
article on though-of-card effects using restricted choice plus strategic elimination
Related to Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Jon Racherbaumer Two Ways to Convincingly Disclose One of Two Possibilities
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Bibliography
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
19
Jon Racherbaumer Affect, Effect, and Pushing Beyond The Artful Ledger
on semantics and session tricks
May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
4
Don May, Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer Heightening the Hoary piles are made, spectator eliminates some, four-of-a-kind climax, with more variations by Marlo
Inspired byRelated to May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
7
Jon Racherbaumer Select Bibliography on "The Sympathetic Cards" with comments on the effect
May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Thomas Baxter Thoughts on "The Artful Ledger #1" with thoughts on the handling
Related to May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
19
Jon Racherbaumer Antics and Interludes The Artful Ledger
on presentation and adding meaning with patter themes
Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
4
Jon Racherbaumer On Roy Walton's Cascade discussion of effect and its presentation
Related to Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
5
Jon Racherbaumer Right-Brain, Left-Brain with extra Three
Inspired by Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
7
Jon Racherbaumer Believing is Seeing? black Aces keep juming to top in four Ace packet
Inspired by Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
10
Jon Racherbaumer Whaddayasay more thoughts on patter and scripting
Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Ace Assembly Plot
Related to Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
18
Jon Racherbaumer Hobsonian Fringe Notes The Artful Ledger
on equifoque
  • Rules of the Game
Nov. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 4)
4
Michael Powers Subtle Princess performer and spectator each select a card from a five-card packet, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired by
  • "People's Princess" (Jon Racherbaumer, GeMiNi online board)
2006 155
Jon Racherbaumer Bob Read, 1940-2005
  • On the Slant
Jan. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer The Magic of Jean-Jacques Sanvert
Jan. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 1)
44
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Lessons of the Masters (George Steiner, 2003)
  • Not in Kansas Anymore (Christine Wicker, 2005)
  • No Applause - Just Throw Money (Travis Stewart, 2005)
Feb. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Alex Elmsley, 1929-2006
  • On the Slant
Mar. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Three-Pound Enigma (Shannon Moffett)
  • Sweet Dreams (Daniel C. Dennett, 2005)
  • How to Be a Man (Thomas Beller, 2005)
Apr. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant shadowgraphy
  • Le Ombre Cinesi (Arturo Brachetti, 2005)
  • A Whole New Mind (Daniel H. Pink, 2005)
  • Art and Ventriloquism (David Goldblatt, 2006)
May 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Cunning (Don Herzog)
  • Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves (Clifford A. Pickover)
June 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Masters of Deception
  • Mind Performance Hacks (Ron Hale-Evans)
July 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Chances Are (Michael Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan, 2006)
  • Chance (Amir D. Aczel, 2004)
  • Clear (Nicola Barker, 2004)
  • Vanishing Women (Karen Beckman, 2003)
Aug. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Vernon Touch
  • Acting in Film (Michael Caine)
  • Wonder (Robert C. Fuller, 2006)
  • Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things (Cy Tymony, 2003)
Sep. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) The Vernon Touch by Dai Vernon Sep. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Convergence Culture (Henry Jenkins, 2006)
  • Gary Sumpter
  • The Accidental Masterpiece (Michale Kimmelman, 2005)
Oct. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Museum of Lost Wonder (Jeff Hoke, 2006)
Nov. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Roll the Bones (David G. Schwartz)
  • The Bullet Trick (Louise Welsh, 2006)
Dec. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 12)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Spontaneous Bob Cunning The Artful Ledger
on improvisational magic, Chan Canasta, TTTCBE
  • Sidebar (About Retrograde Analysis)
  • Sidebar #2: Spontaneous Resourcefulness
Related to Feb. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1)
5
Jon Racherbaumer On Vernon's "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained"
Related to Feb. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1)
10
Jon Racherbaumer The Crown Strategem The Artful Ledger
on using stooges so they cannot see through the whole trick
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
4
Jon Racherbaumer A Crown Con three selections (chosen, thought of and named) turn out to be the same card that the performer reverses under the table, two stooges that don't know how the effect work in its entirety
Inspired by May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
9
Jon Racherbaumer Of Diverse Petie Juggling Knacks: Mulling Over Moves The Artful Ledger
  • A Move Is a Move Is a Move: Slouching Toward a Definition
  • And Then?
  • Maximum Metamorphose
Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
6
Jon Racherbaumer Bravuro Transposition two tabled cards transpose
Also published here Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
13
Jon Racherbaumer Speed Reader III performer apparently memorizes deck, names position of two selections, faro divider
Inspired by Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
16
Jon Racherbaumer Dredging Dregs: Sow Ears and Possible Purses The Artful Ledger
on Calling the Cards, The Four Robbers, The Twenty-one-Card Trick, The Hotel Trick and Hotel Mystery and Debit and Credit
Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
4
Jon Racherbaumer 21 and Counting... basic procedure
  • Spelling Ending
  • Elaborate Ending
Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
5
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo After Coming of Age...
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
6
Jon Racherbaumer The Hotel Mystery Plot credit information
Related to Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
10
Jon Racherbaumer Room for Hire
Inspired by Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Calling the Cards on basic handling and strategies, credit information
Related to Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
16
Jon Racherbaumer Guesstimation Plus
Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
17
Jon Racherbaumer High-Rise Burgling four-of-a-kind distributed in deck, rises to top
Inspired by Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
18
Jon Racherbaumer Rising Crime Display Variation
Inspired by Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
19
Jon Racherbaumer Hull Scam magician divines selected card and thought-of card, duplicate
Variations 2007 98
Jack Parker Ouroboros Poker hands chosen from a ten-card pile of Jacks, Queens and Kings. Audience gets full house, performer gets four Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 14
Don May May's Take on Vernon's Trick piles are made, spectator eliminates some, four-of-a-kind climax
Inspired byRelated to 2007 113
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) Introduction by S. W. Erdnase
on Erdnase and Diaconis's comments in Revelations
2007 10
Jon Racherbaumer Shuffling general comments
2007 14
Jon Racherbaumer Riffle Shuffling
2007 29
Jon Racherbaumer On the Steven's Control comments
Related to 2007 47
Jon Racherbaumer Slippage on slip cuts
2007 51
Jon Racherbaumer One Hand Bottom Deals comments
2007 112
Jon Racherbaumer Double Erdnase Change
Also published here 2007 155
Jon Racherbaumer Three Card Visible Monte comments
2007 167
Jon Racherbaumer The Slide comment
Related to 2007 183
Jon Racherbaumer Finessed Misdirection Palm
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 188
Jon Racherbaumer Making the Coterie Even More Exclusive comments
Related to 2007 192
Jon Racherbaumer The Divining Rod comment
Related to 2007 206
Jon Racherbaumer Note on Pre-Arranged Deck
2007 213
Jon Racherbaumer The Acrobatic Jacks comment
Related to 2007 215
Jon Racherbaumer A Mind-Reading Trick credit information
Related to 2007 220
Jon Racherbaumer The Travelling Cards comment
Related to 2007 223
Edward Marlo (reviewer) Marlo's Comments on Vernon's Revelations by Dai Vernon
with introduction by Jon Racherbaumer
2007 228
Jon Racherbaumer Erdnase Trivia Quiz thirty-eight quiz questions on "The Expert at the Card Table"
2007 240
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) Beyond Erdnase - Fragments of the Rest of the Story by Dai Vernon
on the book Revelations and fictitious reviews
2007 243
Jon Racherbaumer Beyond Erdnase fictitious review about non-existing book, pseudonym "Thom Gunn"
Also published here 2007 244
Jon Racherbaumer Coda
2007 248
Jon Racherbaumer Prologue
2007 4
Jon Racherbaumer Introduction credit information on the Twenty-One Card Trick
2007 7
Jon Racherbaumer How to Read this Book
2007 12
Jon Racherbaumer Distribution of Cards in the 21-Card Trick explanation of principle
2007 16
Jon Racherbaumer Obvious Avenues to Take
2007 18
Jon Racherbaumer Streamliners chapter intro
2007 19
Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer Post-Graduate 21 Card Trick
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 28
Jon Racherbaumer Clubbed 21
Inspired by 2007 75
Jon Racherbaumer Moe's 21 move-a-card with twenty-one cards
2007 100
Jon Racherbaumer X-Rated 21 Card Trick selection has X on its back at the end
2007 101
Jon Racherbaumer More by Jack Parker chapter intro
2007 106
Jon Racherbaumer Select Bibliography
2007 191
Jon Racherbaumer About the Author "He has written more unread works than read ones"
2007 198
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Finite and Infinite Games (James P. Carse, 1986)
  • Only Joking (Jimmy Carr, Lucy Greeves)
  • Mind Wide Open (Steven Johnson, 2004)
Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer, Tony Chapek Tony Chapek: Virtually Magical
Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
74
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Why Choose This Book? (Read Montague, 2006)
  • Follow the Other Hand (Andy Cohen, 2006)
  • The Last Days of Dead Celebrities (Mitchell Fink, 2006)
Feb. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Everyware (Adam Greenfield)
Mar. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Made to Stick (Chip Heath, Dan Heath, 2007)
  • The Little Book of Plagiarism (Richard A. Posner, 2007)
Apr. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Origami Design Secrets (Robert J. Lang, 2003)
May 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on magic conventions
June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Wow Climax (Henry Jenkins)
  • Extraordinary Knowing (Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer)
July 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Memorial: Bruce Cervon
July 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 7)
34
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Dangerous Book for Boys (Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden, 2007)
  • The Cult of the Amateur (Andrew Keen, 2007)
Aug. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Bambi vs. Godzilla (David Mamet, 2007)
  • Plato and a Platypus (2007)
Sep. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Social Atom (Mark Buchanan, 2007)
  • The Oxford Murders (Guillermo Martinez, 2006)
Nov. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 11)
14
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Quirkology (Richard Wiseman, 2007)
  • The 15 Puzzle (Jerry Slocum, Dic Sonneveld, 2006)
Rubik's Cube
Dec. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 12)
14
Jon Racherbaumer Synergistic Raga The Artful Ledger
on the word "synergy"
Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
4
Jon Racherbaumer Shadowy Shills and Shady Zones The Artful Ledger
"Fugitive Notes on Blindness, Forgetfulness, and Other Discrepancies"
June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
4
Jon Racherbaumer Side-bar on discrepancies
June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
10
Jon Racherbaumer, Larry Jennings Blind-Bluff Aces four Ace Revelation by cutting packets
Inspired by June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Note on Inattentional Blindness
June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
13
Steve Reynolds, Jon Racherbaumer Finessed Shadow Drop bottom cards of out-jogged packet stolen back onto deck without moving packet back
Inspired byRelated to June 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 2)
16
Jon Racherbaumer The Call to Cull The Artful Ledger
Related to Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
4
Jon Racherbaumer Defining A Cull
Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
6
Jon Racherbaumer Full-Blown Foursome four of a kind to free selection is produced
Inspired by Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
9
Jon Racherbaumer A Hurried History of Marlovian Culling
Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On Cull-Placement Combinations credit information
Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
17
Jon Racherbaumer No Jonah Poker parity
VariationsAlso published here 2007 28
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do" (Tom Cutler, 2006)
  • "Tricks to Freak Out Your Friends" (Pete Firman, 2006)
Jan. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)
14
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey" (Benjamin Franklin, 2008)
  • "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Today" (Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams, 2006)
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics" (Ritch Shydner & Mark Schiff, 2006)
  • "Ageless Memory" (Harry Lorayne, 2007)
  • "The Story is True" (Bruce Jackson, 2007)
Mar. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "Notes from the Holocene" (Dorion Sagan, 2007)
  • "Why Is That So Funny?" (John Wright, 2007)
  • "Sticks and Stones" (Jerome Neu, 2008)
Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "Truth in Comedy" (Charna Halpern & Del Close, 2008)
  • "Free Culture" (Lawrence Lessig, 2004)
  • "The Pirate's Dilemma" (Matt Mason, 2008)
May 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "The Best of Stuntology" (Sam Bartlett, 2008)
  • "The Modern Con Man" (Todd Robbins, 2008)
June 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "Kluge" (Gary Marcus, 2008)
  • "Picture Yourself as a Magician (Wayne N. Kawamoto, 2008)
July 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "The Library at Night" (Alberto Manuel, 2006)
  • "Funny Peculiar" (Mikita Brottman, 2004)
  • "Mirroring People" (Marco Iacoboni, 2008)
Aug. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "Stop Me If You've Heard This" (Jim Holt, 2008)
  • "Teach Yourself Stand-up Comedy" (Logan Murray, 2007)
Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer An All Marlo Magicana introduction
Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
22
Jon Racherbaumer Smith Myth Credit Information
Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
28
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "Performing Dark Arts" (Michael Mangan, 2007)
  • "On Being Certain" (Robert A. Burton, 2008)
  • "Reading the OED" (Ammon Shea, 2008)
Oct. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "The Drunkard's Walk" (Leonard Mlodinow, 2008)
on Roger Klause's death
Nov. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • "Rapture for the Geeks" (Richard Dooling)
Dec. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 12)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Nocturnal Commissions: Fragments, Finesses, and Extracts from the Exegetic Endgame The Artful Ledger
Jan. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 4)
4
Jon Racherbaumer Not For Amateurs - Fragments and Finesses intro to previously unpublished false dealing compilation by Ed Marlo
Jan. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 4)
6
Cull Bonus
Related to Aug. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Single Card Cull with convincing control application
Aug. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007)
16
Jon Racherbaumer Shallow Graves: Temporary Interments and Inevitable Revivals The Artful Ledger
  • Cardmen As Problemists
  • Six Feed Under
Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
4
Jon Racherbaumer In The Nick of Time Quick Three Way with all cards shown to be selection, then selection vanishes and cards make up current time, selection from pocket
Inspired by Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
5
Jon Racherbaumer Sneaking Suspicions comments on the effect, credit information
Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
6
Brother John Hamman Underground Transposition with introduction by Jon Racherbaumer
Also published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Must Aces Forever Assemble? on Ace Assemblies, credit information
  • Becoming Two-Faced Was a Frankensteinian Spark
Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
14
Jon Racherbaumer Olram Aces three double facers
Also published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
16
Jon Racherbaumer The Trick That Can Be Explained The Artful Ledger
"Preliminary Notes Regarding Contingency, Opportunism and Preparedness"
Related to Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
5
Jon Racherbaumer Marlo's Ghostly Prediction Seven of Diamonds prediction on cover of "Marlo Without Tears"
Inspired by Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
9
Jon Racherbaumer Two More Dust-Offs
Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
14
Jon Racherbaumer PSI Con Carte card inserted by spectator in deck behind his back reverses
Also published here 2008 95
Jon Racherbaumer Helter-Skelter Poker poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust)
Also published here
2008 26
Jon Racherbaumer Introduction
2009 7
Steve Reynolds, David Michael Evans Jumping Flash Transpo Sandwiched card between two Jacks transposes with tabled card
Inspired by
  • "Jack-Flash Transpo" (Daryl Martinez & Jon Racherbaumer, At The Table, 1984)
2009 17
Robert Walker, Jon Racherbaumer Wiley Turnover Variation
Inspired by 2009 27
Jon Racherbaumer Shadow Drop
2009 33
Steve Reynolds Ace, x, x, x, x, Ace Two Aces distribute in the deck to find two selections
Inspired byVariations 2009 52
Jon Racherbaumer, Hideo Kato Hermetic Penetration spectator cuts to a card and inserts it in the center behind his back and then cases deck, performer divines it and it reverses itself
Also published here 2009 5
Jon Racherbaumer Gaming the Rules "no joker" prediction with a full deck of jokers as climax
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 10
Jon Racherbaumer Snap-Slap Transpo
2009 14
Jon Racherbaumer Unlikely Triumvirate "Mathematician - Psychic - Magician"
sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 30
Jon Racherbaumer Wide-Open Prediction with repeat
2009 50
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Digital Dharma (Steven Vedro, 2007)
  • Mind Games
  • The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel (William Goldbloom Bloch, 2008)
Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on Vanni Bossi
  • The Meaning of the Body (Mark Johnson)
  • Alphabet Juice (Roy Blount Jr., 2008)
  • Brain Fiction, William Hirstein)
Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Lewis Carroll in Numberland (Robin Wilson, 2008)
  • Curious Men (McSweeney, 2008)
  • Deception (Ziyad Marar, 2009)
Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam (Ann Marie Fleming, 2007)
  • The Mathematics of Juggling (Burkard Polster, 2003)
  • What Would Google Do? (Jeff Jarvis, 2009)
Apr. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Geeks' Guide to World Domination (Gath Sundem, 2009)
  • Infotopia (Cass R. Sunstein)
  • A Pound of Paper (John Baxter, 2003)
May 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Why We Make Mistakes (Joseph T. Hallinan, 2009)
  • Unbelievable (Stacy Horn)
June 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • On the Shoulders of Giants (Robert K. Merton, 1965)
  • Boo Sapiens (Michael and Ellen Kaplan, 2009)
  • Jurassic Towel Origami (Alison Jenkins)
July 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Cabinet
  • Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life (Winifred Gallagher, 2009)
Aug. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • 11:11 - The Time Prompt Phenomenon (2009)
  • The Gift (Lewis Hyde)
Sep. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Time Squared on The Jinx
Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Anything Went on Ted Annemann and The Jinx
Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
1
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty and his "Force Majeure" introduction to Christ Force applications
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty cards slid back one by one until spectator stops
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Jon Racherbaumer The Bird is a Word on the name The Jinx and other magazines
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
18
Harry Anderson, Jon Racherbaumer Editrivia
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
32
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Logic of Alice: Clear Thinking in Wonderland (Bernard M. Patten, 2009)
  • The Philosophical Baby (Alison Gopnik)
  • Mischief Maker's Manual (Sir John Hargrace, 2009)
Nov. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • I'm Dying Up Here (William Knoedelseder, 2009)
  • The Magician's Elephant (Kate DiCamillo, 2009)
  • Digital Barbarism (Mark Helprin, 2009)
Dec. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 12)
12
Nick Trost The Second Hotel Mystery two Queens on table, two Kings put on each, then two Queens are in one pile and all four Kings in other
Inspired by 2009 327
Jon Racherbaumer Anything Went on Annemann and the Jinx
2009 1
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty and his "Force Majeure" introduction to Christ Force applications
Also published here 2009 16
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty cards slid back one by one until spectator stops
Also published here 2009 16
Jon Racherbaumer The Bird is a Word on the name The Jinx and other magazines
Also published here 2009 18
Jon Racherbaumer, Harry Anderson Editrivia
Also published here 2009 32
John Guastaferro Vino Aces McDonald's version
Related toAlso published here 2010 129
Jon Racherbaumer Winning Prediction
Inspired by 2010 11
Jon Racherbaumer Light-Reft Prophecy Move
Related to 2010 12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker (James McManus, 2009)
  • What the Dog Saw (Malcolm Gladwell, 2009)
Jan. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on the Too Perfect Theory, Roger Ebert's review of Ricky Jay's stage show
Feb. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Seeing Through Illusions (Richard L. Gregory, 2009)
  • The Perfect Swarm (Len Fisher, 2009)
  • Kreskin Confidential (Kreskin ,2009)
Mar. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant Tom Mullica's recovery
  • When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish (Martin Gardner, 2009)
Apr. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Rules of the Game (Neil Strauss, 2009)
  • You've Got to Be Kidding (John and Donald Capps, 2009)
May 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Math Book (Clifford A. Pickover, 2009)
  • Time-Warp Wallet
  • Louder Than Words (Joe Navarro, 2010)
  • The Art of Choosing (Sheena Lyengar, 2010)
June 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Small-Scale Magic (Nicholas Einhorn, 2009)
  • Law and Magic (2010)
July 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) Small-Scale Magic by Nicholas Einhorn July 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on Harry Anderson's David Letterman appearance, Martin Gardner
Aug. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Burlesque Paraphernalia (2010)
  • What's Luck Hot to Do with It? (Joseph Mazur, 2010)
Sep. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Invisible Gorilla (Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, 2010)
  • Body Tricks (Michael Powell, 2008)
  • Dance with Chance (Anil Gaba, 2009)
Oct. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) Body Tricks by Michael Powell Oct. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Power of Approachability (Scott Ginsberg, 2005)
  • Grateful Dead (David Meermann Scott and Brian Halligan, 2010)
  • In Pursuit of Elegance (Matthew E. May)
Nov. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Speaking into Air (John Durham Peters, 1999)
  • The Mind's Eye (Oliver Sack, 2010)
  • The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns (Mark Singer, 2010)
Dec. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 12)
12
Ryan Schlutz Misfit Queens
Inspired by 2011 65
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Maze Fan-Antic Control
Related toAlso published here 2011 71
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on Dick Cavett, Titanic Thompson
Jan. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 1)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Where Good Ideas Come From (Steven Johnson, 2010)
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Memes (John Gunders and Damon Brown, 2010)
  • A Lifetimes of Puzzles: Honoring Martin Gardner (2008)
  • Laughter - Notes on a Passion (Anca Parvulescu, 2010)
Feb. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 2)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Alone Together (Sherry Turkel, 2010)
  • Subtext (Charles Baxter, 2007)
Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Rapture for the Geeks (2008)
Apr. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 4)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Moonwalking with Einstein (Joshua Foer, 2011)
  • The Playful Brain (Richard Restak, Scott Kim, 2010)
  • Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul (Howard Schultz, 2011)
  • The Musical Illusionist (Alex Rose, 2007)
May 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 5)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Art of Immersion (Frank Rose, 2011)
  • Wither Books?
June 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 6)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on Theodore Annemann and The Jinx Companion
July 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 7)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Tell to Win (Peter Gruber)
  • The Believing Brain (Michael Shermer, 2011)
  • How To Disappear (2010)
  • Disappearing Tricks (Matthew Solomon, 2010)
Harry Houdini
Aug. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 8)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Incognito (David Eagleman, 2011)
  • No Ands, Ifs, or Butts (on the Tabled Faro, with actual riffling, Volitional Table Faro)
Sep. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 9)
13
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Futurecast (George Barna, 2011)
  • Infinite Reality (Jeremy Bailenson, Jim Blascovich, 2011)
  • Cabinet Curiousities (2011)
  • O, Erdnase, Art Thou Still a Mystery?
Oct. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Why We Buy (Paco Underhill, 1999)
  • Program or Be Programmed (Douglas Rushkoff, 2010)
  • The Offensive Internet (Saul Levmore, Martha A. Nussbaum, 2010)
Nov. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Now You See It (Cathy N. Davidson, 2011)
  • Gesture & Thought (David McNeil)
Dec. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Perturbations in the Water - Variation on the Theme of "Variations" The Artful Ledger
on variations
Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
6
Jon Racherbaumer Humma-Humma-Hummer Hummer's Mathematical Monte variation with three cards
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
9
Jon Racherbaumer Greater Simple-Simon Force handling for under-spread-cull force, credit information, for two cards
Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Value-Suit, Suit-Value two cards tell value and suit
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Why is this Odd Card so Queer? ten cards removed from blue-backed deck, one red-backed card placed among them, spectator choses blue-backed one from face, all others change to red-backed
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
13
Jon Racherbaumer Bile and Blood 4&4, all black finale, five phases
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
17
Allan Ackerman The Splits Aces cut to, deck slapped onto them, they distribute next to previously named quartet
Inspired byRelated to 2012 47
Allan Ackerman Technicolor Progressive
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 95
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Willpower (Roy F. Baumeister, Roy Tierney, 2011)
  • Trade of the Tricks (Graham M. Jones, 2011)
Jan. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Puppet (Kenneth Gross, 2011)
  • Public Parts (Jeff Jarvis, 2011)
  • Willfull Blindness (Margaret Heffernan, 2011)
Feb. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • New: Understanding Our Need For Novelty And Change (Winifred Gallagher, 2011)
  • Fringe-ology (Steve Volk, 2011)
  • The Accidental Creative (Todd Henry, 2011)
Mar. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Folly of Fools (Robert Trivers, 2011)
  • Snap (Katherine Ramsland, 2012)
  • Odd Perceptions (Richard L. Gregory)
  • Krenzel, In Passing
Apr. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Lifespan of a Fact (John D'Agata, Jim Fingal, 2012)
  • The Puzzler's Dilemma (Derrick Niederman, 2012)
May 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 5)
12
Richard Kaufman Jon Racherbaumer
May 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 5)
58
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Recordsetter Book of World Records (2011)
  • You are not so smart (David McRaney, 2011)
  • Imagine (Jonah Lehrer)
June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
12
David Britland (reviewer) 7-7-7: The 21 Card Trick by Jon Racherbaumer June 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 6)
78
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Big Bad-Ass Book of Bar Bets & Drinking Games (2012)
  • The Storytelling Animal (Jonathan Gottschall)
  • I'm Dying Up Here (William Knoedelseder, 2012)
July 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Guitar Zero (Gary Marcus, 2012)
  • The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty (Dan Ariely, 2012)
Aug. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Ball (John Fox)
  • Memoir of a Gambler (Jack Richardson, 1979)
  • Uncreative Writing (Kenneth Goldsmith)
Sep. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Guardian of All Things (Michael S. Malone)
  • Now You See It (Cathy N. Davidson, 2011)
  • The Book of Lost Books (Stuart Kelly)
  • About Lost-and-Never-Was-Stuff
Oct. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on the Genii Bash convention
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
16
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Cracking the Code (James W. Hall, 2012)
  • Finite and Infinite Games (James P. Carse, 1986)
  • Future Perfect (Steven Johnson, 2012)
  • The Vanishing Act (Mette Jakobsen)
Jan. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Subliminal (Leonard Mlodinow, 2012)
  • How to Create a Mind (Ray Kurzweil)
  • Borges and Memory (Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, 2012)
Feb. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Paraphemalia (Steven Connor, 2011)
  • Mastermind (Maria Konnikova, 2013)
  • Mastery (Robert Greene, 2012)
Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Scotty York Remembered
Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
52
Jon Racherbaumer Capturing Enchantment: The Elemental Danny Orleans Experience
Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
66
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Mastering Silhouettes (Charles Burns)
  • Illusionology
  • Spreadable Media (Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, Joshua Green, 2013)
  • iDisorder (Larry Rosen)
Apr. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Ordinary Acrobat (Duncan Wall)
  • Book Was There (Andrew Piper)
  • Contagious (Jonah Berger, 2013)
May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Inside Jokes (2013)
  • Theatrical Improvisation (Jeanne Leep, 2008)
  • Extraordinary Beliefs (Peter Lamont, 2013)
June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Every Trick in the Book (Charlie Dancey)
  • Who Owns the Future? (Jaron Lanier)
  • Big Data (Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, 2013)
July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Why Knot? (Philippe Petit)
  • Inside the Box (Drew Boyd, Jacob Goldenberg, 2013)
  • On Second Thought (Wray Herbert, 2010)
  • Blind Spot (Gordon Rugg, 2013)
Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Alcoholica Esoterica (Ian Lendler, 2005)
  • Whisperers (J. H. Brennan, 2013)
  • Curious Behavior (Robert R. Provine, 2012)
Sep. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The First 20 Hours (Josh Kaufman, 2013)
  • Spy the Lie (2013)
  • Hamlet on the Holodeck (Janet H. Murray)
Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Book of Immortality (Adam Leith Gollner, 2013)
  • Martin Gardner in the Twenty-First Century (2012)
  • Thinking in Numbers (Daniel Tammet, 2013)
  • Intuition Pumps (Daniel C. Dennett, 2013)
Nov. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Undiluted Hocus-Pocus (Martin Gardner, 2013)
  • Compelling People (John Neffinger, Matthew Kohut)
  • Macroanalysis (Mathew L. Jockers, 2013)
  • By the Grace of Guile (Loyal Rue)
Dec. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 12)
12
Tomas Blomberg L-I-A-R Lie Detector effect using blank-faced cards where it is written either "True" or "False". The cards are able to detect when the spectator is telling the true about a selected card, ending with the selection appearing in the packet
Variations 2014 191
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Dollar Origami (Richard L. Alexander, 2013)
  • It's all a Kind of Magic: The Young Ken Kesey (Rick Dodgson, 2013)
  • Focus (Daniel Goleman)
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Roy G. Biv. (Jude Stewart)
  • To the Letter (Simon Garfield)
  • Top Brain - Bottom Brain (Wayne Miller, 2013)
Feb. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Smarter (Dan Hurley, 2013)
  • Net Smart (Howard Rheingold, 2012)
  • The Doodle Revolution (Sunni Brown, 2014)
  • The Trickster's Hat (Nick Bantock, 2014)
Mar. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Improbability Principle (David J. Hand)
  • The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013
  • American Fun (John Beckman, 2014)
  • The Eye is Quicker (Richard D. Pepperman, 2004)
Apr. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Mindwise (Nicholas Epley, 2014)
  • American Fun (John Beckman)
  • Cool Tools (Kevin Kelly, 2014)
  • The Art of Tinkering (Karen Wilkinson, Mike Petrich)
May 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Talk Like Ted (Carmine Gallo, 2014)
  • Moments of Impact (Chris Ertel, Lisa Key Solomon)
  • Pranksters (Kembrew McLeod, 2014)
  • Perfecting Your Pitch (Ronald M. Shapiro)
June 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Noble Hustle (Colson Whitehead, 2014)
  • Ha! (Scott Weems)
  • The Humor Code (Peter McGraw, Joel Warner)
July 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 7)
14
Jon Racherbaumer, Charlie Frye Charlie Frye: On the Fly
July 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 7)
58
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Think Like a Freak (Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, 2014)
  • Sensation (Thalma Lobel)
  • Trying Not To Try (Edward Slingerland, 2014)
Aug. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Creativity: The Perfect Crime (Philippe Petit)
  • Your Mind is What Your Brain Does For a Living (Steven Jay Fogel)
  • Creativity, Inc. (Ed Catmull)
  • A Steranko Sighting
Sep. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 9)
14
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Riveted (Jim Davies)
  • Fizzics (F. Ronald Young, 2011)
  • Rock Breaks Scissors (William Poundstone)
Oct. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)
18
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Curious (Ian Leslie)
  • Laughter in Ancient Rome (Mary Beard)
  • The Ten Commandments of Comedy (Gene Perret)
Nov. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Age of Image (Stephen Apkon, 2013)
  • Blood Aces (Doug J. Swanson, 2014)
  • Tinkertoys (Michael Michalko, 1991)
Dec. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 12)
12
Alexander de Cova The Ten Card Poker Scam multi-phase routine
  • Phase I - Loosing End Poker
  • Phase II - The 1st Jonah Sequence
  • Phase III - The 2nd Jonah Sequence
  • Phase IV - The Royal Flush Finale
  • The Prediction
Inspired byAlso published here May 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 12)
86
Steve Beam Nuclear Force Range Force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.
Related to 2015 211
Jon Racherbaumer, Harry Anderson Jonah in Harry's Pocket
2015 53
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo Strong Cider
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 122
Jon Racherbaumer History historical discussion, excerpt from reference, re-deal stacking
Also published here
  • Dust-Motes in the Grid, 1999
2015 221
Bill Simon The Four Queens Procedure eight unknown cards, spectator picks four, all Queens are in one pile
VariationsAlso published here
  • "The Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Card Magic, 1964)
2015 275
Jon Racherbaumer Odd Yet Predictable eight cards, spectator choses four face-up, "all red cards" is predicted, but the backs are referred to
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, 2013
2015 277
David Solomon, John Bannon, Tomas Blomberg Mexican Poker
Related toVariations 2015 278
Jon Racherbaumer, Harry Anderson Empowering Poker a Bit More
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, 2014
2015 291
Jon Racherbaumer No-Jonah Poker parity
VariationsAlso published here 2015 314
Jack Parker Ouroboros parity
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 316
Jon Racherbaumer (Losing) End Poker cards taken alternately from both ends of a tabled row of cards, parity
VariationsAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, Jon Racherbaumer, 2013
2015 318
Bob Farmer End Game way to get into it
Inspired by 2015 320
Brad Henderson Bottom Feeder
Inspired by 2015 320
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Choose Your Own Autobiography (Neil Patrick Harris)
  • The Art of the Con (R. Paul Wilson, 2014)
  • Virtual Unreality (Charles Seife, 2014)
Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Stuff Matters (Mark Miodownik)
  • The Formula (Luke Dormehl)
  • American Cornball (Christopher Miller)
Feb. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Are Libraries Obsolete? (Mark Y. Herring)
  • Information Doesn't Want to Be Free (Cory Doctorow)
  • True and False (David Memet)
Mar. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • René Lavand, An Appreciation
  • Speed Limits (Mark C. Taylor, 2014)
Apr. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Touch (David J. Linden, 2015)
  • Captivology (Ben Parr)
  • How to Fly a Horse (Kevin Ashton, 2015)
  • Feeling Smart (Eyal Winter, 2014)
May 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 5)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • A Curious Mind (Brian Grazer, Charles Fishman)
  • Curiosity (Albert Manguel)
  • Invisible (Philip Ball)
June 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 6)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Improbable Libraries (Alex Johnson, 2015)
  • The Guardian of All Things (Michael S. Malone, 2012)
  • 70 Years of Laughter
  • Lapham's Quarterly
July 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 7)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Storytelling Animal (Jonathan Gottschall)
  • What Makes America Laugh Before Bed (Jon Macks, 2015)
  • Sick in the Head (Judd Apatow, 2015)
  • Behind the Burly Q (Leslie Emesis, 2013)
Aug. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Flicker (Jeffery M. Zacks, 2015)
  • The Power of Comics (2015)
  • Write It Right (Ambrose Bierce)
Sep. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 9)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Playing Scared (Sara Solovitch, 2014)
  • Mindware (Richard E. Nisbett, 2015)
  • The Many Lives of Cy Endfield (Brian Neve, 2015)
Oct. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Shades of Red: Shin Lim's Liminal Quest
Oct. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10)
58
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Surprise (Leeann Benninger)
  • The End of Absence (Michael Harris)
  • Terms of Service (Jacob Silverman)
  • Why Grow Up? (Susan Neiman)
Nov. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 11)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Witch of Lime Street (David Jaher, 2015)
  • Steal the Show (Michael Port, 2015)
  • What to Think About Machines That Think (John Brockman)
Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
12
Alexander de Cova 10 Card Poker Scam multi-phase routine
  • Was dieser Routine ist und was nicht
  • Über den TCPD
  • Der Aufbau der Routine
  • 10er Päckchen oder komplettes Spiel?
  • Das Abheben
  • Die obersten Karten der Banks
  • Der Zuschauer gewinnt oder der Vorführende?
  • Zum Abzählen der Karten
  • Das (optionale) Mischen der Karten
  • Die Routine
    • Phase 1: Loosing End Poker
      • Szenario 1: Der Zuschauer wählt Nr. 10
      • Szenario 2: Der Zuschauer wählt die Nr. 1
    • Phase 2: Jonah I - Das Tauschen
    • Phase 3: Jonah II - Bildoben/Bildunten
    • Phase 4: Royal Flush/Straight Flush
      • Wie man diese Reihenfolge leicht legen kann
      • 242 Poker mit Royal Flush oder Straight Flush
  • Tipps zum Poker Deal
    • Der Spielaustausch
    • Zur Vorhersage
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 93
Jon Racherbaumer Last Card to Laugh signed card with smiley sticker on back, four Jacks removed, smiley sticker appears on back of each one by one, one changes into selection
Inspired by
  • "Smiley Face" (David Solomon, Solomon's Magic Bulletin #75, June 2015)
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
5
Jon Racherbaumer The Sounds of Silence? on silence in a performance
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
9
Jon Racherbaumer Face Value? on tells and face reading
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
10
Jon Racherbaumer Shiner Notes collection of information
  • List of Shiners Commercially Sold
  • Early Reference
  • Shiners Can Be Hidden In...
  • Potter's Index References
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
17
Jon Racherbaumer Remembrance of Things Passed commentary on the pass and its status
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
29
Jon Racherbaumer About a Procedure for the Clock Trick credit information
Related to 2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
31
Jon Racherbaumer The Cardini Control on Cardini's Overhand Multiple Shift and related material
Related to 2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
32
Jon Racherbaumer Niggling Narrativity about a presentational framework
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
36
Jon Racherbaumer New-and-Clear Force Ace-through-King set-up, card chosen by first chosen value then suit, card not really forced but under control
Inspired by
  • "Variation: Beam’s Artificial Nuclear Force" (David Solomon, Solomon's Bulletin #81, Jan. 2016
Related to
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
37
Jon Racherbaumer Bare-Faced Boys with Deck in Hand on Card Stars of past and present, Juan Tamariz
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
40
Jon Racherbaumer Notes on Peek Decks
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
52
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) Magic: On the Edge - Trick-Soup For Dummies? by Jim Steinmeyer
Television Review: Jim Steinmeyer’s "Magic On The Edge", Fox Family Cable Network FAM-TV Friday, September 10, 1999
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
54
Jon Racherbaumer Constructive Criticism
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
62
Jon Racherbaumer Thrown by the Switch credit essay on the Throw/Versa switch
Related to 2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
63
Jon Racherbaumer Three Suspects and a Perp AH to 3H jump around, inspired by Steve Reynolds performance
Inspired by 2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
70
Jon Racherbaumer In Memoriam: Barrie Richardson
Jan. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 1)
11
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Jokes (Christopher P. Wilson, 1979)
  • Science of the Magical (Matt Kaplan, 2015)
  • The Art of Forgery (Noah Carney)
  • Memory & Movies (John Seamon, 2015)
Jan. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 1)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • An Actor's Companion (Seth Barrish, 2015)
  • The Evolution of Everything (Matt Ridley, 2015)
  • We Have Technology (Kara Platoni, 2015)
  • Mind Over Mind (Chris Berdik, 2014)
Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Scam School Academy (Brian Brushwood)
  • Authors of the Impossible (Jeffery J. Kripal)
  • The Education of a Poker Player (James McManus)
  • Unpsun (Brooks Jackson, Kathleen Hall Jamieson)
Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Originals (Adam Grant)
  • Reclaiming Conversation (Sherry Turkle)
  • The Confidence Game (Maria Konnikova)
Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Tom Mullica's Accessible Legacy
Apr. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 4)
64
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Perfect Bet (Adam Kucharski, 2016)
  • Inventology (Pagan Kennedy, 2016)
  • How to Win Games and Beat People (Tom Whipple, 2015)
  • Kreskin: In Real Time (2015)
May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
16
Jon Racherbaumer Hummer Job Hummer's Mathematical Monte variation with three cards, chosen one named after all cards are put back in the deck
Inspired by May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
42
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • When We Are No More (Abby Smith Rumsey)
  • The Mind Club (Daniel M. Wegner, Kurt Gray)
  • Algorithms to Live By (Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths)
June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
18
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • NeuroLogic (Eliezer J. Sternberg)
  • The Internet of Us (Michael Patrick Lynch)
  • Peak (Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool)
  • On Slowness (Lutz Koepnick)
July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
18
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Inevitable (Kevin Kelly)
  • Magic and Loss (Virginia Heffernan)
  • Lapham's Quarterly: Luck
Aug. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 8)
22
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Invisible Influence (Jonah Berger)
  • Should Magicians Pass on the Pass?
Sep. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 9)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Visual Intelligence (Amy E. Herman)
  • Mrs. Houdini
  • Dialogue (Robert McKee, 2016)
Oct. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 10)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Into the Magic Shop (James R. Doty, 2016)
  • Idiot Brain (Dean Burnett)
  • Presto! (Penn Jillette)
Nov. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 11)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Half-Life of Facts (Samuel Arbesman)
Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
20
Jon Racherbaumer The Nature of Nothingness invisible sponge ball, matchbook and die, one item chosen by spectator, it becomes visible
Inspired by Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
20
Roy Walton Cascade rainbow back finish
Related toVariations 2016 239
Alexander de Cova Racherbaumers Puzzle card changes while isolated in tabled spread, spread turned over twice, science friction
Inspired by
  • Jon Racherbaumer effect description, The Talisman, July 1971
2016 109
Jon Racherbaumer, Frank Shields Frank Shields: Bits and Pieces collection of material from Frank Shields
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
3
Jon Racherbaumer On Al Keene
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
15
Jon Racherbaumer Cutting the Glut coping with the number of releases
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
30
Jon Racherbaumer Buckle Count Credit Information Charlie Miller should get credit, according to Vernon
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
30
Jon Racherbaumer Re: Rereading on revisiting books, anecdote on how Racherbaumer obtained Ed Marlo's "Faro Controlled Miracles"
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
32
Jon Racherbaumer Quick Note for the Cow-Pawed, Gibble-Fisted, Scram-Handed, Ballock-Handed, Keg-Handed and Cack-Handed Brethren on left-handedness
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
36
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck by Paul Collins
review titled "Shades of Ricky Jay"
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
38
Jon Racherbaumer The Credit Game
  • Rules of Expropriation and Reformulation
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
40
Jon Racherbaumer Magic as Stamp Collecting? on magic as a science and Ed Marlo in print
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
43
Jon Racherbaumer Marlo and the Second-Dealing Monkey
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
45
Jon Racherbaumer Remembering Al Koran with story about performance of the Five Star Prediction, quotes by others about Koran
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
47
Jon Racherbaumer Guess What? with a physical and a mental selection, Solomon's Time Warp Wallet
Inspired by 2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
51
Jon Racherbaumer Color Monte Notes
  • Where did it all begin?
  • Some Spin-Offs of "Color Monte"
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
55
Jon Racherbaumer B'Wave Notes
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
66
Jon Racherbaumer Coda
2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
70
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) The Legendary Hierophant by Jon RacherbaumerAlso published here 2017 51
Jon Racherbaumer, Hideo Kato Hands Off Reverse card is selected and lost behind back, placed into card case, magician divines card, card is found reversed in the deck. (submitted on June 25, 1971)
Related toAlso published here July 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1))
1
Jon Racherbaumer Sandwich Drop Sleight Switch card using sandwich
Dec. 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1))
38
Jim Steinmeyer The Poker Face No. 3, two of six cards chosen and found
Inspired by
  • "Which One Do You Like?" (Toro Suzuki, Tenyo trick)
Variations
2017 8
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • What the Luck? (Gary Smith, 2016)
  • Wonderland (Steven Johnson, 2016)
  • The Attention Merchants (Tim Wu, 2016)
Jan. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 1)
20
Tony Slydini Do As I Do Coins three coins picked up and set back down with ten-to-one count, spectator cannot duplicate it
Related to Jan. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 1)
21
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • How To See (David Salle, 2016)
  • Story Theater Method (Doug Stevenson)
  • A Field Guide to Lies (Daniel J. Levitin)
Feb. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 2)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Infinite Reality (Jim Blascovich, Jeremy Bailenson)
  • Lo and Behold (Werner Herzog film)
  • Time Travel (James Gleick, 2016)
Mar. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 3)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Suggestible You (Erik Vance)
  • 101 Magic Tricks (Bryan Miles)
  • The Topological Imagination (Angus Fletcher)
Apr. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)
22
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Hit Makers (Derek Thompson)
  • The Story Teller's Secret (Carmine Gallo, 2016)
  • Messy-Antics (on Racherbaumer's apartment full of books)
  • Messy (Tim Harford)
May 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 5)
18
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Nabokov's Favorite Word Il Mauve (Ben Blatt, 2017)
  • The Bestseller Code (Jodie Archer, Matthew L. Jockers, 2017)
  • Payoff (Dan Ariely, 2017)
June 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6)
18
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • No Applause - Just Throw Money (Trav S. D.)
  • Writing Subtest (Dr. Linda Seger)
  • Unflattening (Nick Sousanis)
  • Word By Word (Kory Stamper)
July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
22
Jon Racherbaumer In Memoriam: John Moehring
Aug. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 8)
11
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Power of Time Perception (Jean Paul Zogby)
  • Everybody Lies (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)
  • 99 Ways to Tell a Story (Matt Madden)
Aug. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 8)
24
Steve Reynolds, Jon Racherbaumer Polarizing Triumph
Aug. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 8)
67
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Why? (Mario Livio, 2017)
  • Dear Martin/Dear Marcello
  • The Secret Life of the Mind (Mariano Sigman)
Sep. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 9)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Behave (Robert M. Sapolsky)
  • Deep Thinking (Garry Kasparov)
Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
20
Jon Racherbaumer A Fragmented Canticle For Eugene Eugene Burger
Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
21
Jon Racherbaumer Actuality & Artifice: Notes on the Quixotic Quest of David Blaine
Nov. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 11)
54
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Behave (Robert M. Sapolsky, 2017)
  • Spoonbenders (Daryl Gregory)
  • Absinthe & Flamethrowers (William Gurstelle)
Dec. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 12)
22
John Hostler Tarot Trip spectator spells things in fourteen-card packet to find selection from tarot deck
Inspired by 2018 34
William Goodwin Two-Step Two Queens distribute in deck magically to find two selections, then come together to sandwich last selection
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Step by Step" (Precursor, Oct. 2003)
Apr. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1))
41
Xiaobo Zhou 反转 (Reversal) Collectors, four Aces trap three cards that match the selection but is wrong, then change the three cards into the correct mates
Inspired by 2018 5
Jon Racherbaumer Introduction
2018 xi
Jon Racherbaumer Tracking the Double-Deal Force Idea credit information
2018 108
Mike Helmer Errata credit corrections
Related to 2018
Leaves (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Bunk (Kevin Young)
  • The Influential Mind (Tali Sharot)
  • Live Cinema and its Techniques (Francis Ford Coppola)
Jan. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 1)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Dawn of the New Everything (Jaron Lanier)
  • The Click Moment (Frans Johansson)
Feb. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 2)
20
Jon Racherbaumer What Could Possibly Go Wrong? spectator makes four piles and finds selection and its mates, "applies Phil Goldstein's handling-extension of Billy O'Conner's Count-Back Force"
Feb. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 2)
51
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Before You Know It (John Bargh, 2017)
  • Conjuring Science (Sofie Lachapelle, 2015)
  • The Creative Spark (Augustin Fuentes)
Mar. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 3)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Tribe of Mentors (Timothy Ferriss)
  • We Have the Technology (Kara Platoni)
  • Improv Nation (Sam Wasson, 2017)
Apr. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 4)
36
Jon Racherbaumer Richard Turner: Still Wheeling And Dealing
May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
18
Jon Racherbaumer 24 Things You May Not Know About Richard Turner
May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
23
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Math Behind... (Colin Beveridge)
  • Videocracy (Kevin Alloca, 2018)
  • Here Is Real Magic (Nate Staniforth)
May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
32
Jon Racherbaumer Harry Anderson's Sweet Hereafter
June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
18
Jon Racherbaumer 10 Ways of Looking at The Hat on Harry Anderson
June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
41
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Hoax (Peter Nevramont)
  • On The Wild Side (Martin Gardner)
  • When (Daniel H. Pink)
June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
58
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Seeing (Tom Cornsweet, 2017)
  • Balance (Carol Svec)
  • Experience on Demand (Jeremy Bailenson)
  • If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? (Alan Alda)
July 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 7)
42
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Library (Stuart Kells)
  • Planet Funny (Ken Jennings)
  • AIQ (Nick Polson, James Scott)
Aug. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 8)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Experience
  • Explode Every Day
  • The Secret Lives of Color (Kassia St. Clair)
Sep. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 9)
48
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • When Einstein Walked with Gödel (Jim Holt)
  • It Takes All Kinds (Maurice Zolotow)
  • The Genius Within (David Adam)
  • Over Complicated (Samuel Arbesman)
  • Happy (Derren Brown)
Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
20
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • What Is Real? (Adam Becker)
  • The Conscious Instinct (Michael S. Gazzaniga)
  • Crossing Jordan (on Charles T. Jordan and Charlie Miller)
Nov. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 11)
46
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Empire of Enchantment (John Zubrycki)
  • Sensorium
Dec. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)
18
Dai Vernon, Jon Racherbaumer, Yves Carbonnier Vernon Addition Variation
2019 99
Jon Racherbaumer Introduction
2019 xii
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Fame (Justine Bateman)
  • The Dictionary of Body Language (Joe Navarro)
  • The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking (Matthew Hutson)
Jan. 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer Ricky Jay: On The Stem - Faces, Facets, & Figments
Jan. 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • A Field Guide to Lies (Daniel J. Levitin)
  • Truth (Hector Macdonald)
  • The Golden Rules of Acting (Andy Nyman)
Feb. 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Work of Revision (Hannah Sullivan)
  • The Concise Book of Lying (Evelin Sullivan)
  • The Möbius Strip (Clifford, Pickover)
  • This Is Marketing (Seth Godin)
  • Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Jaron Lanier)
Mar. 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Hey Whipple, Squeeze This (Luke Sullivan, Edward Boches)
  • The Hofzinser Salon Notes
  • Aware (Daniel J. Siegel)
  • Superintelligence (Nick Bostrom)
Apr. 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Great Acceleration (Robert Colville)
  • The Revenge of Analog (David Sax)
  • Wit's End (James Geary)
May 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Dictionary of Gestures (Francois Caradec)
  • Heads or Tails (Gary Kosnitzky)
  • Beat 'em, Cheat 'em, Leave 'em Bleedin' (Bob Farmer)
June 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer In Memoriam: James "Doc" Nuzzo
July 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Spectacle of Illusion
  • Thinking in Bets (Annie Duke)
  • Alchemy (Rory Sutherland)
July 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • The Drama of Celebrity (Sharon Marcus)
  • Elastic (Leonard Mlodinow)
  • Agent of Influence (Jason Hanson)
  • Funny Times
Aug. 2019
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Jon Racherbaumer Tom Gagnon: Spread Deceptionist
Sep. 2019
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Steve Forte (reviewer) Marlo - Marlo On Erdnase by Edward Marlo (written by Jon Racherbaumer) 2020 725
Jon Racherbaumer Maximizing Mama whole deck changes to Jokers as finale
2020 198
Jon Racherbaumer Miraskill to the Max starts with dealing off twenty-six cards face up, several prediction phases
Related to 2020 206
Lee Lee Off Shoot Variant two sandwich cards separate next to two selections
Inspired byVariations 2020
Output (Issue 9)
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Jon Racherbaumer In Memoriam: Simon Aronson
Jan. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Exhumations
Feb. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Ducky-Dealing Poker ten-card packet used to find Royal Flush via deal & duck
Inspired by Feb. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer On Baby Hummer chosen Ace ends up reversed after performer does some arranging behind his back
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring, Dec. 1967)
Feb. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Exhumations
Apr. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer In Situ Lazy Man's Card Trick
Also published here
  • Provenance Hunter No. 1, 2014
Apr. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer The Extremely Hidden Count Down
  • Exhumations
card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, includes the divination of the selection and the number of cards the spectator initially cut off
Inspired byAlso published here May 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Trouble in Mind
  • Exhumations
intro
Related to June 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Redouble Trouble two cards, deck shuffled face-up/face-down
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New Tops, Oct. 1990
June 2020
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Tomas Blomberg Fits For Kings
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator finds the four Kings using three previously selected cards
Also published here July 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Hearsay Assay challenge location with ten-card packet
July 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer, Al Leech Incredulity Assured
  • Exhumations
the word "unbelievable" is spelled to find selection
Related to Aug. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Facial Recognition
  • Exhumations
two of six cards chosen and found
Inspired by Sep. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer, It's All About You
  • Exhumations
spectator chooses one of six cards, under the table he turns a card face up, it is his selection, repeat
Oct. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer I Never Touched the Cards
  • Exhumations
card is inserted by spectator in packet behind his back and then packeted, performer names selection and it reverses
Inspired by Nov. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer In Memoriam: Paul William Cummins
Dec. 2020
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Jon Racherbaumer Nothing More to Prove
  • Exhumations
selection lost, spectator cuts off and pockets some cards, performer and spectator deal simultaneously, performer gets a message card "You have just run out of cards", selection found in pocket, reverse-count-placement
Related to
  • "Out of Cards - Way Out!" (Stanton Carlisle, New Pentagram, 1987)
Variations
Dec. 2020
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Jamie Masterson Hamman Switch Variation for Signed Card routine
Related to 2020 25
Larry Jennings Smith’s Myth Turns Over with Jon Racherbaumer suggestion
Inspired by 2020 465