Maxwell, Mike

Book

1985
Written by Mike Maxwell
Work of Louis Falanga

78 pages (Stapled), published by unknown publisher
Illustrated with drawings by Marina Traynham
Language: English

44 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Richard Kaufman (The Collected Almanac, Vol. 3 No. 28, 29 & 30, Summer 1985, p. 306)
Werner "Walt Nelson" Nussbaumer (Hokus Pokus, Vol. 50 No. 4 & 5, 1989, p. 32)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Louis Falanga	Acknowledgements				Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings	Foreward			1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Louis Falanga	Squaw Valley Twist	color changing back kicker	Related to Peppermint Twist (Larry Jennings, The Cardwright, 1988) Twisting the Leader (Larry Jennings, Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy, 2020)	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces
Dai Vernon	Strip-Out Addition			3	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
Daryl Martinez, Brother John Hamman	Two/Four Count (or The D.M. Count)			9	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Louis Falanga	Jim Bob Poker	small packet routine, royal flush kicker	Inspired by Back Off (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Deceits, 1979) also in: Back Off! (Apocalypse, 1981) Back Off (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Variations Australian Poker (Derek Dingle, MAGIC, 1991)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Packet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Karl Fulves*, Jeff Busby	Omega Count	six as five		11	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Philip T. Goldstein*, Louis Falanga	Haback Count	flushtration hamman count combo		11	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / False Count / Hamman Count
Francis Carlyle	Paddle Move			13	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Paddle Move with Cards
Louis Falanga	Virginia City Shuffle	Martin Lewis' 'Sidewalk Shuffle', with blanks and Aces		16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			17	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Edward Marlo	Three Way Move	Quick-Three-Way		17	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Louis Falanga	The Tahoe Deck	printing blank faces		22	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Harry Houdini, S. W. Erdnase	Houdini / Erdnase Transformation			23	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo	Tilt			23	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt
Louis Falanga	Fleur-Du-Lac Aces	McDonald's Aces, three double facers, with blanks		26	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Daryl Martinez	Combo Count			26	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move	variation		28	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Louis Falanga	The Feud	color changing backs	Inspired by Come Together (Jerry Sadowitz, Alternative Card Magic, 1982) Related to Come Together (Jerry Sadowitz, Alternative Card Magic, 1982)	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet
Edward Marlo	Diminishing Lift Sequence			32	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Louis Falanga	Elevation 8200	elevator with packet	Inspired by Devil's Elevator (Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon, Epilogue, 1972) also in: Devil's Elevator (The Cervon File, 1988) Related to Devil's Elevator (Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon, Epilogue, 1972) also in: Devil's Elevator (The Cervon File, 1988)	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Louis Falanga	Odd Man Out	four cards transform into Jokers		38	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks
Louis Falanga, Brother John Hamman	Bottom Double Drop Applications	Applications	Inspired by The Bottom Double Drop (Brother John Hamman, Seven Deadly Miracles, 1984) also in: The Bottom Double Drop (The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989)	40	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Louis Falanga	First Routine	four random cards transform into the Aces		40	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Louis Falanga	Second Routine	four Kings are found, transform into the Aces as a climax		41	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous
Louis Falanga	Third Routine	magician vs. gambler theme		41	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards / Gambler vs. Magician
Louis Falanga	Casino Kings	two Kings travel to the top, take the identity of three random cards and change into two selections, the Kings are found reversed in the pack		43	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek			43	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Hands
Frederick Braue	Braue Reversal			44	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Edward Marlo	Three Way Move	Quick-Three-Way		44	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Louis Falanga	The Cellophane Connection	gaffed case to switch, add, subtract, appear and vanish cards		46	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Case as Holdout Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Changes with Props Cards / Sleights / Additions / with Props
Mike Maxwell	Home Is Where The Heart Is	card to card case, gaffed case		48	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case
Louis Falanga	The Box Trot	transposition of cased card with signed selection	Inspired by "Jack-in-the-Box" (David Solomon, MUM, Aug. 1977)	51	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Larry Jennings	Memoreverse	apparently order is remembered, a chosen card is found reversed on the magician named position		55	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Larry Jennings	Bottom Deal Force			56	Cards / Sleights / Force / Count Forces
Roy Walton*	Royverse			56	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Larry Jennings, Edward Marlo, Dai Vernon	Oil & Perrier	4&4, three phases		57	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / Oil & Water / One Back Color
Dai Vernon	The Wedge			57	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back
Larry Jennings	Larry Jennings All Backs Routine			62	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / All backs / Deck
Francis Carlyle, Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon	Vernon/Carlyle Turnover	showing both sides as backs		63	Cards / Sleights / Turnover Cards / Sleights / False Display / Paddle Move with Cards
Larry Jennings	The Devilish Miracle			67	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Devilish Miracle & Variations
Edward Marlo	Atfus			68	Cards / Sleights / Switches / ATFUS & Variations
Dr. Jacob Daley	Method To Show A Card Vanished From A Small Pack	two versions		68	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Larry Jennings	The Close-Up Illusion	three cards, one penetrates one of the the others visually, slit in card	Also published here The Close-Up Illusion (Larry Jennings, Classic Magic — The Larry Jennings Video, 1992) also in: The Close-Up Illusion (Larry Jennings, Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy, 2020) Related to Close-up Illusion (Larry Jennings, Tricks of my Trade, 1999) Billet de banque itinérant (Bob Kohler, Hokus Pokus, 1999) Variations The Close-Up Billusion (Don Banks, Jim Lambert, Steve Ehlers, Art Gross, Labyrinth, 1994)	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit

Data entered by Lorenz Schär, July 2013.

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