Self-Working Mental Magic (Dover Magic Books) [Paperback]

Karl Fulves (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1979 | Series: Dover Magic Books

Sixty-seven sure-fire mental feats to delight and mystify: mind reading with cards, instant ESP, identifying the owners of objects given to you in random order, number prediction, magically reproducing drawings on slates, book tests, handwriting tricks, mind-reading done from a room away, much more. 73 illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (November 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486238067
• ISBN-13: 978-0486238067
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #586,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Magic

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I found this book to be very useful., August 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Self-Working Mental Magic (Dover Magic Books) (Paperback)

Self Working Mental Magic, by Karl Fulves, is an extremely useful book- if not for all of the effects themselves- then at least for the principles introduced. I didn't use many of the tricks exactly as they were presented, however I did find that using the basic premises to create variations on several of them elevated the effects to professional status. I would recommend this book to any amateur magician who is thinking of getting started in mentalism. I think it has many excellent principles contained within its pages. Some of the suggested presentations seem a little elementary, however this is to be expected since the book is aimed at beginners. As stated earlier, the tricks lend themselves quite easily to improvements and variations. The section on "book tests" has some nice effects, and Fulves' variation on the classic "7 Keys to Baldpate" make the book well worth the price. Armed with this book, and a little creativity, any magician will have a number of mental miracles at their fingertips.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff, April 6, 2002

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Jim Snapp (Wabash, IN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Self-Working Mental Magic (Dover Magic Books) (Paperback)

This is an excellent book for two very different reasons. First, it introduces the reader to lots of ideas in mental magic that are not available to the general population(unless they have read this book), and second, it spends time explaining the psychology behind what the 'mindreader' is doing and how it affects the audience. Many of the ideas in this book come from some of the great magicians of the past 50 years, and if nothing else, Karls' variations are well worth the price.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to learn tricks, June 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Self-Working Mental Magic (Dover Magic Books) (Paperback)

The tricks in this book are easy to learn. Within minutes, you will be doing the same tricks magicians such as Uri Geller do. A few require an accomplice, and none require any special skill with slieight of hand.