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1、'3&&13&7*&8PrefaceANoteFromThePublishersOneafternoon—quitespontaneously,actually—aconversationoverIndiancurriestookanunexpectedturn:weshouldpublishmagicbooks!Theideawassimpleinconceptbut,wekneweventhen,difficultinexecution.Wewouldpublishthekindofmagicbookswewouldliketoread.Bydessert,w
2、ehadatarget:AbookonJonAllen’sbrandofmagicisaneasychoice.Hepossessesmanyqualitiesrarelyexhibitedinasingleperson.Consider:heisaprolificcreatoryetunderexposedtothemagiccommunity.Heisabusyprofessionalyetstillmaintainsarepertoireofalmostexclusivelyoriginalmagic.Jonisequallywellversedinclose
3、-upandstand-upformats.Heisamagicianofthehighestorder,andyetahumble,valuedfriend.Aboveall,heisapragmaticartist.Thatis,muchofhismaterialexhibitsunorthodox,methodologicallyinterestingmethodsthatonlywe,asmagicians,canfullyappreciate.Atthesametime,thisisnocollectionofpipedreams.Thesubtletie
4、sembeddedineachroutineshouldmakeapparenthowpracticalandtestedthismaterialis.Abookoforiginal,practical,andmostlyunpublishedmagic?Muchofitnon-card?Stand-upmagic,too?ThedecisiontopublishabookwithJonAllenwaseasy.Buthow?Firststep:wehadtoconvinceJon.Weusedbribery.“Publishingmagicbooksisnolon
5、geramulti-billiondollarindustry,”webegan,againoverIndiancurries,“butwecanmakeituptoyouinotherways.Wepromisethatyourbookwillbewrittenbyanauthorofthefinestform,andthattheillustrativephotographswillsetanewindustrystandard.”Bydessert,wehadadeal.InordertomakegoodonourpledgetoMr.Allen,weimme
6、diatelypropositionedJohnLovick(overthephone—hehatescurry).WeenjoyedhisworkinThePaperEngine(2002)andSWITCH(2006),andgivenhisperformingexperienceintheclose-upandparlorarenas,thetwoJo(h)nswereaperfectfit.AndNigelBydewasaneasychoiceforphotos;wehaveadmiredhisworkoutsideofmagicforyears.Theco
7、llectionyouareabouttoreadisthecollaborativeresultofthehardworkbythesegentlemen.Eachhasexceededourloftyexpectations,andwearepleasedbeyondmeasurewiththematerialandthemannerinwhichitispresented.Experience:TheMagicofJonAllenPagexiiiWefeelhonoredtopresentthemagicworldwithsuchathought-prov
