Good books on card manipulation? <span title="Backpalm/pivot/fanning/etc.?">Backpalm/pivot/fanning/et...</span> (visual card magic w/out dialogue, basically)?

Question

I want to learn the "correct" way of backpalming, pivoting, etc.

I've mostly self-taught and learned by copying or talking briefly with other magicians.

Basically, I want to learn visual card magic that doesn't necessitate a dialogue. So I can put the "flourishes" or "tricks" or whatever you want to call them (e.g.: producing a card after showing both sides of hand empty) into my card magic.

Thanks!

P.S.: I have card college, but it doesn't touch on this at all.

Answer 1

Videos will be better than books for this.  Get anything by Jeff McBride.  He claims to be the world&#039;s best card magician.  Whether he&#039;s the aboslute best is debatable, but I&#039;ve seen him perform and I&#039;ve seen the videos - he&#039;s outstanding.

Here&#039;s a link to these:

http://www.llpub.com/zenshop/index.php?m...