Random
Acts of Magic: By David Acer
Hardcover, Dustjacket, 350 pages, over 500 photographs!
“...the
great bulk of the material is excellent. This is some
of the stuff David actually uses in his act, excellently
credited, and a pleasure to read.” - Matthew
Field, The Magic Circular
Prepare
to be intrigued, delighted, elated – Random Acts
of Magic is an inspired and inspiring collection of more
than 60 brand new, bread-and-butter goodies, tightened
and refined over thousands of shows, lectures and television
appearances!
You’ll
find astonishing tricks with cards, coins, markers, cell
phones, matchbooks, matches, receipts, elastics, bottles,
balls, bills, wallets, ties, spoons and finger rings,
plus anecdotes, road stories, and the first 12 hilarious,
thought-provoking essays from David’s column in
Genii magazine!
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Misguided Angel: The angel on the back of a signed,
selected Bicycle card visibly rotates 180 degrees, whereupon
every angel in the deck follows suit! The selection
can then be handed out as a souvenir, and the deck can
be examined!
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New
Millennium Tenkai Pennies: A coin initialed by a spectator
travels invisibly to join a coin initialed by the magician,
then, during a second attempt, only the initials travel,
leaving one coin blank and the other coin with both
sets of initials!
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Mad
Card Disease: The four quarters of a torn card (destroyed
because it contracted Mad Card Disease) transpose with
each other in impossible ways!
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Take
A Seat: Your next volunteer is chosen randomly by a
spectator in the theater, but when every member of the
audience is asked to check under their seats, only the
chosen spectator finds an envelope that says, “You
will be the chosen one!”
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Open
Time Traveller: The magician offers disturbingly convincing
proof of having travelled back in time during a card
trick and changed something in the past.
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Party
of Six: Six people each choose a card from a shuffled
deck, then line up on stage, whereupon the people are
shuffled! An audience-member who was holding a prediction
from the start is asked to choose one of the people.
The chosen person shows his chosen card, which matches
the prediction!
And
so much more! Ringworm, The Flipwiches of Eastwick, Time
Boards, Unburnt, Seedling, High Invisibility, Cap In Hand,
Plop, Assimilation, Under Foot, Lucky Day, Unlawful Entry,
Twice Removed, The Painted Deck, and the list goes on
and on, PLUS stellar contributions from Jay Sankey, Simon
Lovell, Richard Sanders, Patrik Kuffs, Michel Huot, Joshua
Jay, Barry Julien, Torkova and Max Maven!
Random
Acts of Magic is overflowing with new plots, new tricks,
new sleights, new utilities, and definitive versions of
previously published work, all written in the clear, concise,
immensely entertaining style for which David has become
known.
“Random Acts of Magic is a hefty tome, filled to the brim with the type of close-up magic that will bring tears of joy to Acer fans around the world.”- Michael Close, MAGIC
“David’s writing style is something of a rarity in magic books: it’s actually entertaining. Especially amusing is a satirical essay originally printed in Genii magazine about the efficacy of Vernon’s ‘Five Card Mental Force.’ It’s a brilliant piece of writing.” - David Parr, www.mylovelyassistant.com
“’Mousehunt’ is a gem of entertainment. ‘Count On It’ is a gem. ‘Misguided Angels’ is a Sankey collaboration which is visual and devious... I like this book and I think it is well worth your time and money.” - Phil Willmarth, The Linking Ring
“... Acer's close-up creations really come out swinging from the first effect... There is definitely something here for everybody.” - Peter Michael, www.online-visions.com
“... the Natural Selections books were great because their magic was ‘accessible.’ Random Acts of Magic is no different... Recommended.” - Eric Rose, www.funtymemagic.com
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$45 U.S. plus $11.50 airmail in North America
$45 U.S. plus $28 overseas air to Europe
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