Mike Caveney er en gudsbenådet tryllekunstner, historiker, forfatter og forlægger. Hans seneste værk er en fantastisk flot publikation, der består af to dele.
MIKE CAVENEY WONDERS
På 456 store sider ledsaget 570 fotografier får du gennemgået og forklaret alle Mike Caveneys underholdende rutiner og tricks. Der er materiale fra hele hans professionel karriere som en af magiens mest eftertragtede entertainere, og du vil ned til mindste detalje få alt forklaret – også tankerne bag. Her er det hele: Power of Darkness, 3-arm juggling, The Bow & Arrow and Scissor, Silverware & Chicken, Magic Paper, Linking Coathangers og alle de mange andre effekter, som vi elsker Caveney for. Der er brugt 14 måneder på at tage fotos, og du har aldrig set noget lignende i nogen anden bog. Forordet skrevet af Mac King.
THE CONFERENCE ILLUSIONS
Den anden del af bogsættet er i en helt anden boldgade. Igennem 22 år har Caveney genskabt og vist en række for længst glemte tricks og illusioner for "Los Angeles Conference on Magic History". Nogle gange har han som udgangspunkt haft de originale apparater (der har tilhørt Thurston eller Carter), og andre gange har illusionerne skulle bygges fra scratch. Denne bog tager dig med fra Caveneys research omkring illusionens historie, og hvordan han undervejs har forsøgt at forbedre og tilpasse illusionen til vor tid. Mange af numrene viste sig stadig væk at holde, selv et par hundrede år efter at de blev opfundet. Spændende læsning og fantastiske illustrationer. 256 store sider, 330 fotografier og forord af Jim Steinmeyer.
Bøgerne er smukt samlet i en kasse, der fortjener den bedste placering i enhver bogreol. Og så er de en fornøjelse at læse og bladre i.
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"If you want to know more about how to construct brilliant magic and routines, you must get Mike's new books! Few people in the world understand magic the way the Cave does." - John Carney
"It is wonderful to read about the routining and details that goes in to every bit. It will take me a long time to go through everything, but that is just a joy." - Lars-Peter Loeld
“I’ve spent half a day with your new books, and to state the obvious: You have done a glorious thing. The thought, skill, good taste, and joy that radiate from your efforts is palpable.” - David Regal
“Superb in every aspect of content and production. Congratulations on a phenomenal job.” - Paul Daniels
“This is one of the most enlightening, amusing, and useful books on magic I have ever read, and I've read quite a few. The advice and insights in the book are valuable to anyone who performs any kind of magic anywhere and even infrequently. These bits of advice and insights are delivered in a non-pompous fashion, which matches the good humor with which the book is written. Magic books are not known for their laugh-out-loud humor but I found myself literally laughing out loud on more than one occasion while reading the books. So congratulations on writing a classic book, containing not just the story of your journey through magic and some of the people you met, not just a record of your attempts at perfecting the tricks you perform, but providing inspiration to try and make magic itself, which you so dearly love, better -- perhaps even to make it art.” - Matt Field
