Harris, Paul

Book

1984
Written by Paul Harris
Work of Paul Harris

153 pages (Hardcover), published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by Cynthia Lynn
Language: English

23 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Jeff Busby (Epoptica, Issue 6, Aug. 1984, p. 374)
Richard Kaufman (The Collected Almanac, Vol. 2 No. 21, May 1984, p. 206)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Paul Harris	Foreword	on the performance of close-up magic			Articles / Theory & Essays Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Paul Harris	Bushwhacker	card penetrates other cards, apparently three cards used, no slit	Also published here Bushwacker (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Paul Harris	Seductive Switch	"switching" a folded card with unfolded card, using an impromptu fake index	Also published here Seductive Switch (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s) Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Sensuous Shuffle	Triumph/Reverse routine with deck in incomplete riffle shuffle position, halves turn over and rise up	Related to The Un-Topsy-Turvy Deck (William Goodwin, Ray Kosby, The Looking Glass, 1996) Reorient Express (Shiv Duggal, Genii, 2009)	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Rising Deck
Paul Harris	Cab Fare	four jacks travel from deck to case, proposition bet presentation		37	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case Cards / Sleights / Case Things / Loading a Card into Case
Paul Harris	Limousine Service	aces and jacks, jacks travel to card case	Related to Limo Service (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case
Paul Harris	Fan Dance	spectator's initials on small piece of cardboard, it moves up and down a fan and vanishes, initials appear on selection		50	Paper / Animation Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Spectator's Name on Card
Paul Harris	Air Of Mystery			59	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Flap or Gaff to simulate Deck
Paul Harris	Easy Air			66	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Flap or Gaff to simulate Deck
Mike Giles, Patrick Snowden, Dana Betz, Paul Harris	Deja Vu	four coins vanish from left hand at once and reappear under four cards		69	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins from Hand to under Card Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / With Props / Cards
Patrick Snowden	Snowden Clink	click pass using playing card		70	Coin / Sleights / Matrix Moves Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / With Props
Michael Ammar, Paul Harris	Michael's Proposition	final phase for a matrix type routine, last card ends up under spectator's hand	Also published here Michael's Proposition (Michael Ammar, Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	75	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous
Jay Sankey, Paul Harris	"10"	Ace, Two, Three and Four are squeezed together into jumbo Ten spot, blendo	Also published here "10" (Jay Sankey, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996) also in: "10" (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2, 2012) Variations Mini Fusion (David Acer, Natural Selections, 1995)	79	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards
Terry LaGerould	Looker	turning the head of a lady used for mating effect	Variations Twisted Sister (David Britland, Parallax, 1986) also in: Die verdrehten Schwestern (Intermagic, 1988)	85	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Paul Harris	Blue Tattoo	changing back color of deck one by one	Variations Blue Tattoo (revised) (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	87	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Paul Harris	Tabled Hindu			96	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Hindu
Paul Harris	Unhinged	full deck in case is folded in half	Also published here Unhinged (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996) Related to marketed 2001 also in: The Folding Deck (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012)	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Paul Harris	Sleight of Ear	using sound effect for two card transposition, then one card appears stapled to card case		111	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Card thumbtacked or tacked on Something Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
	Revolve Force	revolving top half, discrepant		111	Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Bleached Blonde	a Queen is "bleached" blank and changed back to a queen, no gaffs	Variations Bleached Blackjack (revised from Bleached Blond) (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	117	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Paul Harris	Too Slick	slick card presentation for open second dealing, apparently slick card does other weird things		133	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Paul Harris	Sweet Stuff	coin and sugar in sugar packet change places	Also published here Sweet Stuff (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	140	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coin into sugar Packet Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Transposition
Paul Harris	Wonder Woman	cards laid out on table in figure configuration, fortune telling presentation		147	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Effects that are simply too hard to explain

Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2016.

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