The Royal Road to Card Magic.

AgeGap · 18th December 2007, 03:50 AM

If "The Royal Road to Card Magic" was published for the fist time today, what else would go into it and more importantly what would be left out?

Bob Klase · 18th December 2007, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by AgeGap

If "The Royal Road to Card Magic" was published for the fist time today, what else would go into it and more importantly what would be left out?

If it was published for the first time today it would never be published. Card College would have come first.

Cain · 19th December 2007, 02:26 PM

Klase stole my answer! Seeing as how RR has arguably influenced the card magic landscape more than other single book, it's difficult to imagine what things would look like without it. Honestly, I never read straight through the whole text, and the attention RR gets relative to ECT (a book I constantly refer back to) is scandalous. Some sleights would need to be updated (e.g., Top Change) and others included (e.g. the Elmsley Count).

Is this exercise an indirect way of motivating people to answer a slightly different question? What should an introductory course in card magic include?

greymatters · 19th December 2007, 08:55 PM

With the penchant for clever names in magic today, the title Royal Road to Card Magic would have been left out. It would have been called something more clever, like Railroaded Into Card Magic or Give My Hugards to Braue.

Bob Klase · 19th December 2007, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by greymatters

With the penchant for clever names in magic today, the title Royal Road to Card Magic would have been left out. It would have been called something more clever, like Railroaded Into Card Magic or Give My Hugards to Braue.

Or something more contemporary like 'Street Cards' or 'Card Magic for Street Magicians'. Maybe 'Royal Road to Street Magic'.

Monza · 31st December 2007, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by greymatters

Give My Hugards to Braue.

I love that title!

18th December 2007, 03:50 AM	#1
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18th December 2007, 01:39 PM	#2
Bob Klase Master Poster Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,445	Originally Posted by AgeGap If "The Royal Road to Card Magic" was published for the fist time today, what else would go into it and more importantly what would be left out? If it was published for the first time today it would never be published. Card College would have come first.

19th December 2007, 11:01 PM	#5
Bob Klase Master Poster Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,445	Originally Posted by greymatters With the penchant for clever names in magic today, the title Royal Road to Card Magic would have been left out. It would have been called something more clever, like Railroaded Into Card Magic or Give My Hugards to Braue. Or something more contemporary like 'Street Cards' or 'Card Magic for Street Magicians'. Maybe 'Royal Road to Street Magic'.