CONTENTSNOVEMBER 2015VOLUME 25NUMBER 3Richard Wiseman - ExperimentalBy David BritlandHe's the man behind the magic show without a magician. Richard Wiseman is a psychologist, best-selling author, magician, and noted television and YouTube personality - and he combines these careers in fascinating, entertaining ways.Stars of Magic - A Dramatic HistoryBy Rory JohnstonIt is one of the best, most influential magic books of all time. Stars of Magic started as a series of manuscripts in the 1940s. Collected in a book, they have endured for seventy years, most recently being turned into a documentary show at MAGIC LiveWes Barker: Stunt MagicianBy Jamie D. GrantTurning down a well-paying career was just what he needed. Now billing himself as a "stunt magician," Wes Barker does magic, comedy, and sideshows feats. Read about this "inappropriate for all ages" performer, and learn his Bill to Light Bulb effect here.Billy Topit: Master MagicianBy Rory JohnstonFive years after retiring from the stage, Lance Burton is back in a theater - this time onscreen as the star, director, and co-writer of Billy Topit: Master Magician. A pet project for Lance and his friends, the movie finally premiered in Las Vegas this September.Plus Updates on... Justin Flom's arena-size close-up. SuperStars of Magic 4 in Malaysia. Peter Marvey's latest international shows. The 2015 Genii Convention. Fifty years of "The Chicago Session." MAGIC Magazine "Conventions at a Glance."Bonus Content for the November Issue... Scenes from Billy Topit: Master Magician. Performance and tutorial video of Tom Elderfield's Gum Warp from Influx. All eighteen of the products reviewed in the November issue, plus 504 reviews from previous issues, are all now available at the fully searchable "Marketplace"
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