Jon Racherbaumer has been writing on close-up and card magic for over two decades. Starting with The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields, he has written a dozen influential works including Marlo Without Tears, At the Table, Card Finesse, Gaffed to the Hilt, The Ascanio Spread, and Arch Triumphs. He also published Hierophant, Kabbala, and Sticks & Stones, magazines meant to stir, polarize, instruct, and inspire. And he ran a popular column in M-U-M called "At The Table" for a couple of years. The first volume of the real world Cardician Trilogy, Jon Racherbaumer's Cardfixes is a thought provoking collection of fresh tricks and ideas for today's cardman. Designed for everyone who loves card magic, whether they perform, watch, collect or simply read about what's happening here and now in the field. There are tricks requiring no skill, some skill, and exceptional skill. There are miracles with and without gaffs. Over 200 pages, more than 50 items, and sumptuously graced with 156 crystal-clear photographs, Cardfixes combines top quality production with professional state-of-the-art magic including significant contributions by Ron Bauer, Nick Trost, Larry Jennings, Dave Solomon, Simon Aronson, Bob Stencel, Gene Castillon, Terry Lagerould, Paul Diamond, and others. Contents: Foreword Ramble Ayes of the Gods Torque'd and Topped Olram Catches A Card A Stripper Catches A Card Tossing Lunch When Collectors Become Catchers Visual Retention Sandwich What's The Point Of This Departure? Fixing The Vegas Split Predictable Princess Of The Psychic Princess Presentation Fuddle Aces Late-Night Arising Sudden Sandwich What About Hummer's Number? Waylaid Assembly A Case For Hofzinser Marlo's Third Solution To Hofzinser's Card Problem Homing Kings Sandwich For Stebbins Boozy Poker Revisited Post-It Prediction Figures Versus Prefiguration Biddling Brown In The Round Crossing A Princess Surreal Monte Backing The Universal Card The Zen Two-Shooter Rising Robbers A Night In The Big Easy Mexican Addition The Dreamy Dream Clock Beat The Clock Hop-Skip-Jump Stranger Siamese Strangers Spectator Card To Wallet Unstacked Peek-Look-Think Unhappy Students Fixing The Gazinta Reversing The Field If You're Going To Peek, Look, and Think, At Least Pique, Hook, and Link The Broken Clock The Post-Pineapple Surprise Prelude To Touch Turn Olram Ace Vanishes Juice-Work Two-Card Force-Field Ceremony Off-Color Reset Psi Stebbins Lie Speller Tale of the Tell Adding the Aronson Kicker Completely Blown Away Polish Princess Card Trick Ninety Degrees In The Shade Topping Mental Topper
