Harris, Paul, Mead, Eric

Magazine

1996
Written by Paul Harris, Eric Mead
Work of Paul Harris

310 pages (Hardcover), 12 Issues, published by A-1 MultiMedia
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English

123 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Richard Kaufman (The Looking Glass, Issue 3, Summer 1996, p. 126)
Michael Close (MAGIC, Vol. 6 No. 4, Dec. 1996, p. 85)
Jim Sisti (The Magic Menu, Vol. 7 No. 40, Mar./Apr. 1997, p. 462)
Jamy Ian Swiss (Light and Heat, 2017, p. 45)

The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (written by Paul Harris, Eric Mead, work of Paul Harris, 1996)
Creators	Title	Comments & References		Issue	Year	Page	AA	Categories
Paul Harris	Intro				1996	iii		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Mike Maxwell	Publisher's Note				1996	iv		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Paul Harris	PHoot-In-Mouth-Note				1996	ix		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Paul Harris	Dedications				1996	1		Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	What does "Additional Writing by Eric Mead" mean?				1996	3		Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	P.H. on Astonishment		Related to Boxes Of Irrational Experience (Aaron Shields, Deviant Practices, 2004)		1996	5		Articles / Theory & Essays
Paul Harris	Buck Naked	1$ bill changes to 5$ bill in presence of two other 5$ bills		1 New Stuff	1996	11		Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Paul Harris	Buck Naked Grant		Inspired by Slow Motion Bill Transposition (U. F. Grant, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3, 1943) Related to Slow Motion Bill Transposition (U. F. Grant, Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3, 1943)	1 New Stuff	1996	15		Bill / Transposition
Paul Harris	Buck Naked Fantasy	two 1$ bills into 5$ bills		1 New Stuff	1996	15		Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Paul Harris	Big Buck Naked	two $2 bills in $100 bills		1 New Stuff	1996	19		Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Single / In the Hands
Paul Harris	Unshuffling Rebecca	cards in incomplete faro condition reverse themself without being squared	Variations Plunger Principle (Card Dupery, 2007) Unshuffling R. (Paul Harris, Wayne Houchin, Remix, 2014) also in: Unshuffling R. (Houchin: $ Transposition & Unshuffling R., 2019) … and 1 more	1 New Stuff	1996	23		Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Paul Harris	The Light and Heavy Dime	a coin cannot be lifted from surface (actually glued there at the end)	Variations The Weakness (Michael Kras, Elixir, 2017)	1 New Stuff	1996	27		Coin / Effect Themes / Do as I Do
Paul Harris	Backlash	card signed on both sides, spelled to, put in pocket, travels back, one signature changes into performer's name	Variations Memento (Benjamin Earl, Eye Candy, 2016)	1 New Stuff	1996	29		Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Signed Duplicate
Paul Harris	Flop Change	deck flipped over card at right-hand fingertips and back	Also published here Flop Change (Paul Harris, Cyber Sessions, 1999) also in: Flop Change (Paul Harris, Cyber Sessions, 1999)	1 New Stuff	1996	30		Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Paul Harris	Improv Nightshades	glasses drawn on bill move	Related to Gorgeous George (Karl Fulves, Interlocutor*, 1979)	1 New Stuff	1996	31		Bill / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Apple	torn and restored apple		1 New Stuff	1996	35		Food / Apple
Tom Kechter, Eric Mead, Homer Liwag	Lip Balm	lip balm container as boston coin box, three quarters vanish from it and lip balm is there instead		1 New Stuff	1996	37		Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Boston Box
Paul Harris	P.H. Vanishing Deck	flap gimmick, also as penetration through card case	Related to Dessert (Danny Korem, The Lost Pages of the Kabbala, 1981) Variations Boxing Day (John Guastaferro, En Route, 2017)	2 First Piece	1996	41		Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Flap or Gaff to simulate Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case
Looy Simonoff	My Dinner with P.H.			3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	47		Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	Illusion	card from sandwich reversed in deck	Also published here Illusion (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) Variations Unknown (Harrison Carroll, Fork Full of Appetizers, 1982)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	51		Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich
	Card Cop at Table Edge	brief		3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	52		Cards / Sleights / Palming / Gambler's Cop / Left Hand
Paul Harris	P.H. Snap Count	audible, two as three	Also published here P.H. Snap Count (Paul Harris, Blomberg Laboratories, 2014)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	53		Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Paul Harris	Color Stunner	color changing deck triumph	Also published here Color Stunner (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) Variations The Obligatory Card Trick (Jamy Ian Swiss, Theatrics, 1987) also in: The Obligatory Card Trick (Theatrics II, 2002) Color Stunner Revisited (David Williamson, MagiFest ManiFest, 2003) also in: The Funner Color Stunner (El Manuscrito, 2010)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	55		Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
	Hindu Shuffle Force			3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	56		Cards / Sleights / Force / Shuffle Forces
Tenkai Ishida, Martin Gardner*	Twistover (Optical Revolve)			3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	56		Cards / Sleights / Turnover
Paul Harris	Tilt Convincer			3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	57		Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses
Paul Harris	Flip Flop Plop		Also published here Flip-Flop-Plop (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) Related to The Monte Pass (C. H. Wilson, The 52 Wonders, 1877) Variations Ward's Control (Gary Ward, Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum, 1994) M&H Multiple Shift (Allan Ackerman, The Cardjurer, 2012) also in: M & H Multiple Shift (All In — Volume 2, 2024) … and 1 more	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	59		Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Paul Harris	The Bayberry Bag Swindle	chop cup routine with paper bag and paper ball loads	Also published here Bayberry Bag Swindle (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	63		Paper / Miscellaneous Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
Paul Harris	Think of a Card	one of about twenty	Also published here Think of a Card (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) Variations Deep Thought (Ray Kosby, Tricks, 1994) also in: Deep Thought (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Discreet Displacement Thought of Card (Joshua Jay, Sleight of Hand and a Twist of Fate, 2005)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	67		Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Paul Harris	Switch of Upjogged Card	as it is thumbed off the deck		3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	69		Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Top-Switch	switch of upjogged card		3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	70		Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Ray Kosby, Paul Harris	Deep Thought	one of about twenty	Also published here Deep Thought (Ray Kosby, Tricks, 1994) Inspired by Think of a Card (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) also in: Think of a Card (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	71		Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Ray Kosby, Paul Harris	Simplified Raise-Rise	as a switch of an upjogged card		3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	72		Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris, Tim Carlson	Silver and Aces (revised)	spectator cuts to the aces and a coin are found under each ace, featuring "Tim's Industrial Strength Gaff"	Related to Silver and Aces (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	75		Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Card and Coin Gimmicks Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Neal Elias	Ace Cutting Sequence			3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	77		Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to the Aces
Paul Harris	Giant Killer Coin	matrix with jumbo coin production kicker	Also published here The Giant Killer Coin (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	79		Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Four Cards Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins
Paul Harris	Coin Steal			3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	79		Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves
	French Drop			3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	80		Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Take
Paul Harris	Rip-Off Reverse	torn pieces of signed card transpose with full card	Also published here Rip Off Reverse (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	83		Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s)
	Turnover Switch	double on table		3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	84		Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Turnover Change & Variations
Paul Harris	Torn Corner Display	torn corner put on full card to represent another value		3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	85		Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Flash-Fold	initialed business card to match box, folded	Also published here Flash Fold (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) Related to Wheel of Fortune (Alexander de Cova, Avantgarde Magic, 1991) Variations Wheel of Fortune (Alexander de Cova, Avantgarde Magic, 1991) Tarot Power (Alexander de Cova, 3 ausgefallene Routinen zur Balducci-Wallet, 1991) also in: Tarot Power (Burners — Vol. 4, 2016)	3 The Magic of Paul Harris	1996	87		Paper / Traveling Business Cards
Paul Harris	La La's Lu Lu (aka Phantom Cards aka Cue Cards revised)	selection from one half travels reversed in other half, then transforms into second selection	Inspired by Jennings' Visitor (Larry Jennings, Expert Card Mysteries, 1969) also in: The Visitor (The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) La La's Lu Lu (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) Related to Lulu Lyme (Giorgio Tarchini, Epoch, 2020) Variations LuLu Lemon (Chris Mayhew, Ryan Pilling, Genii, 2011)	4 Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...	1996	95		Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Transformation
Paul Harris	The Dehydrated Deck	small folded card case is unfolded and deck taken out	Also published here The Dehydrated Deck (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) Variations Folds Flat For Packing (Don England, Don England's T.K.O.'s, 1981)	4 Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...	1996	99		Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Deck
Paul Harris	The Bizarre Twist	card perpendicular between two other cards turns visually over	Also published here The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Paul Harris, Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) Related to Twistrap (Sam Schwartz, The Chronicles, 1978) The Bizarre Vanish (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) also in: The Bizarre Vanish (The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996) … and 2 more Variations Cros Twist (Daniel Cros, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978) On the Bizarre Twist (Marc Russell, The Talon, 1981) also in: On the Bizarre Twist (Deckade, 1983) … and 16 more	4 Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...	1996	101		Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Paul Harris	The Bizarre Routine	"The Bizarre Twist" with color changing back kicker of card		4 Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...	1996	103		Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Randy Holt	The Curly-Cue Move	one-handed fan	Inspired by A Flourish And A Pass (Paul LePaul, The Card Magic of Le Paul, 1949)	4 Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...	1996	105		Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fan
Paul Harris	Solid Deception	short ambitious card sequence, deck is glued to single solid block climax	Also published here Solid Deception (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) Variations Rock Around (Stephen Tucker, The Card-Mad-gic of Stephen Tucker, 1984) The Omni Deck (Danny Korem, Jerry Andrus, Korem without Limits, 1985) … and 4 more	4 Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...	1996	107		Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Solid
Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon	Tilt			4 Paul Harris Reveals some of his most Int...	1996	108		Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
Paul Harris	The Ultimate Rip-Off	no extra pieces, restoration except corner	Also published here The Ultimate Rip-off (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to Post-Ultimate Rip-Off (Tommy Wonder, The Books of Wonder — Volume 1, 1996) An Ending for Torn & Restored Card (Rich Aviles, Above the Fold, 2010) Variations Torn and Restored Card (John C. Wagner, 7 Secrets, 1978) 2 for the Price of 1 (Stephen Tucker, Spell-Binder, 1982) also in: Zwei für den Preis von einem (Intermagic, 1994) … and 8 more	5 Super Magic	1996	113		Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
Looy Simonoff	Looy's Convincer		Inspired by The Ultimate Rip-off (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) also in: The Ultimate Rip-Off (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	5 Super Magic	1996	116		Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
Paul Harris	Ultimate Rip-Off - Dancing with the Last Piece	restoring the final piece		5 Super Magic	1996	119		Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / At once
Paul Harris	Double Monte	climax for monte routine: money card transposes with two indifferent cards	Also published here Double Monte (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Variations Montelude (Gregory Wilson, MAGIC, 1998)	5 Super Magic	1996	121		Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Looy Simonoff	Earth Shoes	large rock produced from own shoe	Also published here Earth Shoes (Looy Simonoff, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to Pebbles In the Shoe (Logan Wait, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1949) Der verflixte Schuh (Jörg Willich, It's Magic, 1988) … and 1 more Variations Egg in Shoe (Michael Liptack, MAGIC, 2005) also in: Egg in Shoe (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Shoe Loads (Tom Stone, Looy Simonoff, Vortex, 2010) … and 1 more	5 Super Magic	1996	123		Stone & Rock Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace
Paul Harris	Grasshopper (revised)		Inspired by Grasshopper (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Variations Grasshopper Takes A Leap! (Jason Alford, Onyx, 1998) also in: Grasshopper Takes A Leap (Thinking & Wondering, 1998) Praying Mantis (Aaron Goldberg, Onyx, 1998) … and 2 more	5 Super Magic	1996	125		Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich
Paul Harris	Open Revelation (revised)	aces appear one by one between two one-handed fans	Inspired by Open Revelation (Paul Harris, The Magic of Paul Harris, 1976) Revised Revelation (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977)	5 Super Magic	1996	127		Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Revelations without "pop" Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Paul Harris	Three Way Display	method to display full deck in three fanned piles on table	Also published here Three Way Display (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977)	5 Super Magic	1996	131		Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Steve Blencoe, Harry Eng	Machine-Gun Aces	two halves are interlaced at right angles to simulate a gun, aces shoot out of deck one by one	Also published here Machine Gun Aces (Harry Eng, SuperMagic, 1977) Variations Pop Gun Pasteboards (Jonathan Friedman, Genii, 2023) Slender Slingshot (Jonathan Friedman, Genii, 2023)	5 Super Magic	1996	133		Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Harry Eng	Pain	business card on table, pin/needle is stuck through card into table, hand is slammed straight down on pin and penetrates hand	Also published here Pain (Harry Eng, SuperMagic, 1977)	5 Super Magic	1996	135		Needle / Miscellaneous Business Cards
Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman	Re-Set		Also published here Re-set (Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to Set-Two (Jerry K. Hartman, Ego, 2003) also in: Set-Two (Card Dupery, 2007) Variations Reset, Reset (Earl Nelson, Variations, 1979) also in: Reset Reset (Variations Revisited, 2003) Instant Reset (Earl Nelson, The Earl Nelson Workbook, 1983) … and 2 more	5 Super Magic	1996	137		Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Jerry K. Hartman	Hartman Addition	partial switch between two packets		5 Super Magic	1996	137		Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using a Packet
Arturo de Ascanio, Paul Harris	Ascanio Spread Display		Related to Ascanio Spread variant (Paul Harris, Ricardo Wecksler, 52 Memories, 2007)	5 Super Magic	1996	138		Cards / Sleights / False Display / Ascanio Spread
	Double Card Brush	brushing two cards together, one of them a double		5 Super Magic	1996	140		Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
	Kiss Transfer	from packet to packet		5 Super Magic	1996	142		Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Chad Long	Re-Set Options - Chad Long's Short Cop		Related to Count Cop and Transfer (Edward Marlo, Action Palm, 1956) also in: Count Cop and Transfer (Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman, 2006)	5 Super Magic	1996	143		Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Earl Nelson	Set-Up for Re-Set	getting into effect		5 Super Magic	1996	144		Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Reset & Variations
Paul Harris	Torn & Restored Coin (revised)	three pieces of coin melt together into coin, using folding coin	Inspired by Torn & Restored Coin (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977)	5 Super Magic	1996	145		Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Torn & Bent Coin
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Split		Also published here Las Vegas Split (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Variations Atlantic City Split (Richard Bartram, Jr., Close-Up of the Damned, 1985) Splitting the Twos (Eric DeCamps, The Magic of Eric DeCamps, 1985) … and 2 more	5 Super Magic	1996	147		Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards
Paul Harris	The Two-For-One Top Change	single card is exchanged for a double	Also published here The Two-For-One Top Change (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to The FAB Change Sequence (Roger Crosthwaite, Technomagic, 1991)	5 Super Magic	1996	148		Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change
Paul Harris	Flash Control	flashy, using self-cutting deck, one-handed fan, Charlier cut	Also published here Flash Control (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977)	5 Super Magic	1996	153		Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Flourish Cuts
Paul Harris	Ace Trap	three indifferent card on table transpose with three aces distributed in deck	Also published here The Ace Trap (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to Magnetic Aces (Ben Harris, Woody Meltcher, Magic from which Memories are Made!, 1981)	5 Super Magic	1996	155		Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Ace Switch-Out			5 Super Magic	1996	155		Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Paul Harris	Hi Ho Silver	coin is picked up from deck, vanishes, reappears next to selection	Also published here Hi Ho Silver! (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Related to Hi-Ho Silveroon! (Ken Krenzel, Paul Harris, Apocalypse, 1978) Above And Below (Edward Marlo, At The Table, 1984) also in: MUM, Mar. 1984 Variations Hi-Ho Silveroon! (Ken Krenzel, Paul Harris, Apocalypse, 1978) The Coin-Eating Pack (Simon Lovell, Simon Says!, 1997)	5 Super Magic	1996	157		Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Coin Cut & Variations
Paul Harris	Vacuum Cleaner Cards	Aces travel from one half to another	Also published here Vacuum Cleaner Cards (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977) Variations Until You're Blue In The Face (Jack Parker, Genii, 2009)	5 Super Magic	1996	159		Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Carmen D'Amico	Multiple Shift	sliding top block		5 Super Magic	1996	160		Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
	Biddle Steal			5 Super Magic	1996	161		Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Chuck Martinez	Care and Feeding of P.H.		Also published here The Care and Feeding of Paul Harris (Chuck Martinez, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	165		Articles / Articles
Joseph Prieto, Looy Simonoff, Paul Harris	Stapled	two jokers stapled back to back, one of them transposes with selection	Inspired by The Stapled Card (John Scarne, Joseph Prieto, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	167		Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s)
Paul Harris	OverExposure			6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	171		Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Paul Harris	Absorption	card placed on case is "absorbed" by case (i.e. vanishes)	Also published here Absorption (Paul Harris, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	175		Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Thomas A. O'Lenick	Aero-Dynamic Dollar	bill with two quarters in it is folded into propellor and tossed to ceiling where it sticks		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	181		Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper	spectator counts himself	Related to The Linking Ring, Feb. 1955 also in: Seven Card Count (The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Variations The Heist (Jack Parker, 52 Memories, 2007)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	185		Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper Count	spectator does counting		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	185		Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Bill Malone	Leap of Faith	variation of Paul Harris' "Las Vegas Leaper"	Variations Triple Cross (Darwin Ortiz, Scams & Fantasies with Cards, 2002)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	187		Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Bill Malone	Las Vegas Leaper Count II	spectator counts himself	Variations Las Vegas Leaper Count II Handling (Bill Malone, Griffin Watt, Apocrypha, 2024)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	188		Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
	Half Pass	brief		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	188		Cards / Sleights / Reverses / Half Pass
John C. Wagner, Allan Ackerman	New Twisted Collectors	at end of twisting the routine three selections appear between Aces		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	189		Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Collectors Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Paul Harris	Gambler vs Mentalist vs Magician	dressed up Triumph		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	191		Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections)
Looy Simonoff	Looy's False Count	gag		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	195		Articles / Joke
Paul Harris	Silver Slide	four coins appear under four cards		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	197		Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Cards
Daniel Cros	Cros Twist	"An Enhancement for the Bizarre Twist", one-handed version	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Related to A One Hand Twist (Jack Avis, Rara Avis, 2006)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	201		Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things
Paul Harris	Cardician's Blendo	Four and Six melt together to a Ten spot	Also published here Cardician's Blendo (Paul Harris, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978) Variations Blendsation (Ben Harris, For Close-Up Magicians' Eyes Only!, 1980) Blendo (Roberto Giobbi, Lecture Notes, 1985) also in: Blendo (CardPerfect, 1987) Pasteboard Blendo (Card College — Volume 5, 2003) … and 3 more	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	205		Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Card Blendo
	Snap-Over Change			6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	206		Cards / Sleights / Color Change / free handed
Paul Harris	Invisible Rising Card	ungaffed method for Invisible Deck	Related to Jazz Magic (Simon Lovell, Close Up Magic To Tapdance To, 1989)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	207		Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Paul Harris, Daniel Cros	Paper Chase	napkin is torn into four pieces, matrix type assembly, restoration	Also published here Paper Chase (Paul Harris, Daniel Cros, Las Vegas Close-Up, 1978) also in: Paper Chase (Paul Harris, Daniel Cros, MAGIC, 2004)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	211		Paper / Torn & Restored Paper / Traveling Paper / Paper Napkin
Danny Korem	Korem's Card On Tie	selection appears pinned on performer's tie		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	213		Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Tie
	Perpetual-Motion Coin Myth	impossible rotating coin flourish, mentioned by Bad Water Bill		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	217		Coin / Sleights / Flourishes
Paul Harris, Allan Ackerman	Interlaced Vanish		Variations Interlaced Swindle (David Williamson, For Your Eyes Only, 1984) also in: Interlaced Swindle (Striking Magic, 1984) Interlaced Swindle (Williamson's Wonders, 1989) Französischer Abschied (Christian Scherer, Französischer Abschied, 2020) also in: French Leave (Mosaic, 2024)	6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	219		Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Vanish
Paul Harris	Interlaced Space			6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	223		Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Interlaced / Interlaced Vanish
Jim Steinmeyer, Paul Harris, Looy Simonoff	Uncanny	chop cup routine with can which is resealed at the end		6 Las Vegas Close-Up	1996	225		Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines Can
Paul Harris	Air	"An Untested Idea for the Stage Worker", air in lungs transposes with helium in balloon	Also published here Genii, Sept. 1985 Variations Hyperventilate (David Acer, Natural Selections, 1995) also in: Hyperventilate (More Power to You, 2011) Helium (Paul Harris, Wayne Houchin, Remix, 2014) also in: Helium (Houchin: A Single Needle & Helium, 2019)	7 Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	231		Balloon / Miscellaneous Propless / Body Magic
Paul Harris	Classic Eleven Card Trick	elaborated routine for Victor's plot		7 Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	233		Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Six Card Repeat & Co.
Paul Harris	Cheap Juggler	pennies are balanced on edge, then shown stapled together		7 Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	241		Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Patrick Martin	Creation	paper moth transforms into living object	Related to Peace of Paper (Patrick Martin, Mystery School, 2003) Dreams in Barcelona (Patrick Martin, Genii, 2008)	8 Astonishing Friends	1996	247		Animal / Moth
Gerry Griffin	Griffin under Glass	card through glass topped table	Related to Glassy-Pentro (Gaston Quieto, MAGIC, 1999)	8 Astonishing Friends	1996	251		Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Table
Steve Blencoe	Silver Mirage	vanish and reappearance of large coin	Related to Untitled Display (Steve Blencoe, Knuckle Busters Vol. 1, 2002)	8 Astonishing Friends	1996	253		Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Tabled
Jack McCandless	Within Your Reach			8 Astonishing Friends	1996	255		Propless / Body Mutilation
Gregory Wilson	Within Your Reach - Variation 2			8 Astonishing Friends	1996	256		Propless / Body Mutilation
Jimmy Grippo	Grippo's Wish	kind of Slydini's Silks with one silk		8 Astonishing Friends	1996	257		Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish
Robert E. Neale	Orange	impossible/fascinating object with an orange		8 Astonishing Friends	1996	261		Food / Fruit
Paul Harris	Who the Heck is Gregory Wilson?			9 Gregory Wilson	1996	267		Articles / Biographical
Gregory Wilson	Wilson on P.H.			9 Gregory Wilson	1996	269		Articles / Articles
Gregory Wilson	License to Thrill	spectator's driver's license to wallet	Variations Thriller (Garrett Thomas, MAGIC, 2006) also in: Thriller (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Dav's Transpo (Nancy Colwell, Lorem Ipsum, 2021)	9 Gregory Wilson	1996	271		Credit Card / Traveling
Paul Harris	License to Astonish	spectator's driver's license to wallet		9 Gregory Wilson	1996	275		Credit Card / Traveling
Gregory Wilson	411	any object is chosen, any person is phoned and names the random object		9 Gregory Wilson	1996	277		Random Object / Miscellaneous
Gregory Wilson	Shell-Shock	boiled egg is blown through little hole in shell which stays intact		9 Gregory Wilson	1996	281		Egg / Miscellaneous
Gregory Wilson	Inner Shell-Shock	borrowed quarter reappears in egg that is blown out as in "Shell-Shock"		9 Gregory Wilson	1996	282		Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Egg / Things appear inside Egg
Brad Stine, Gregory Wilson	Vanish 5000	sugar from sugar packet vanishes in hand without thumb tip		9 Gregory Wilson	1996	285		Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly) Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Miscellaneous
Gregory Wilson	Molotov Cocktail	vanishing ice cube		9 Gregory Wilson	1996	287		Ice
Gregory Wilson	ReCap	five-phase routine with pen and its cap	Variations Unable To Recap (Jeremiah Zuo, The Disclaimer, 2021)	9 Gregory Wilson	1996	289		Pen & Pencil / Pen (& Cap) Manipulation Routines
Stephen Minch	Minch on P.H.	essay on Paul Harris from Genii 1985			1996	297		Articles / Biographical Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	Tunnel Vision	performer vanishes, for one spectator only, just an idea		11 Conversations from the Edge	1996	303		Illusions / Vanish / Person
Paul Harris	House Guest	in card case there appears a doll-house scenery, just an idea		11 Conversations from the Edge	1996	305		Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Ideas

Data entered by Denis Behr, November 2006.

The Art of Astonishment — Book 1

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