Theseus

A Magical Journey

Book
2021
Written by Nancy Colwell
Work of Nancy Colwell
108 pages (Hardcover), published by Magic, Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Charitha Lankathilaka
Language: English
23 entries
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Theseus (written by Nancy Colwell, work of Nancy Colwell, 2021)
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Marcus Eddie Foreword 1
Nancy Colwell Setting Sail - A Compositional Note 3
Part I - Logbook 5
Nancy Colwell The Ship of Theseus introduction to plot, card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
  • The Theseus Plot
  • Script
  • History
Variations
 7
Part II - Open Sea 15
Nancy Colwell Theseus - Third Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
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Nancy Colwell Quarter Snap Change as quarter is torn off
Inspired by
  • "Tear Change" (Brandon Williams, The Changes, DVD, 2013)
 27
Nancy Colwell Theseus - Fifth Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
 		34
Nancy Colwell Interrupted MacMillan Switch
Inspired by
 34
Nancy Colwell Touch Force as Addition
Inspired by
  • "Touch Force" (Gary Ouellet, Genii, Vol. 51 No. 11, May 1988)
 37
Nancy Colwell Theseus - Sixth Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
 		50
Nancy Colwell Theseus - Tenth Solution three cards signed, cards replaced one by one with odd-backed cards, when turned over they still have spectator's signatures
 		60
Part III - Adrift 73
Nancy Colwell Postmortem of the Seventh Solution card signed and a quarter torn out, odd-backed quarter is taken from pocket and restored into its place, repeated three more times, when turned over the card still have spectator's signature
 		75
Nancy Colwell Postmortem of the Eighth Solution card signed and torn into half, halves replaced one by one with single odd-backed card, when turned over that card still have spectator's signature
 		77
Nancy Colwell First Solution, Et cetera four cards signed, cards replaced one by one with odd-backed ones, when turned over the cards still have spectator's signatures
 		79
Nancy Colwell New Horizon card signed and torn into quarters, quarters placed on table in a mis-aligned layout, when turned over they align again
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Part IV - Fellow Travelers 95
Harapan Ong Harapan Ong's Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters taken from bag, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
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Simon Aronson Simon Aronson's Solution card signed, quarters torn out one by one are replaced quarters from odd-backed duplicate, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature, red/blue double backer
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Nancy Colwell Afterword 102
Nancy Colwell Acknowledgments 103
Nancy Colwell About the Author 104
Data entered by Denis Behr, May 2021.