Effervescent by Oliver Meech – PRE-ORDER!
Printed on Demand, ships within a couple of weeks.
Liam says…
It is great to be able to present Oliver Meech's magic to Kaymar – he is one of my favourite creators, and flies under the radar, due to a busy performing schedule and family life. It has been TEN years since his last book, and it shows – this book could easily be a 'Best of' and features magic that has obviously evolved over time.
If you like creative magic, you will simply love this – it is as simple as that.
Please note that there are a dozen copies ready to ship right away, and after that, other orders will be shipped when new stock arrives. Oliver's publisher says this will take a couple of weeks, but it will probably be much less than that if the speed I got the first lot is anything to go by!
The Official Blurb!
Prepare to have your brain bubbling with ideas. A decade on from Oliver’s bestsellers The Plot Thickens and Plot Twists, he’s back with a new book that celebrates creativity. Expect fresh plots, streamlined methods and playful audience interaction. Several of the tricks are also ‘scalable’, so they can play in both close-up and parlour performances.
Discover 19 tricks and 11 ideas (mostly cards, with a few exceptions), including:
- The Other Three Magi: you give three participants their own magic powers, so they can each experience being both audience member and magician.
- Kerchunk: a selection is found using a ‘tweezers card’ and ends up stapled to it.
- Synaesthesia: using magical means, you simulate a participant ‘seeing’ colours from music.
- Trick of the Months: an ingenious lead-in to Shuffle-Bored for more meaningful predictions (assumes knowledge of Aronson’s method).
- Drowning in Wallets: finally, a fun way to use all those wallets sitting in your drawer.
- On Point: a game spinner is used to eliminate cards and find a signed selection – literally.
- Pinky Perch: a walkaround workaround for when your audience has their hands full.
- Coin Jar: a chosen coin vanishes from a participant’s hand and penetrates a sealed jar of pasta sauce, with the safety button still down.
Plus two essays on creativity to inspire your own thought bubbles.
So pour yourself a drink (sparkling or otherwise) and dive into Effervescent.
“There’s always real joy in reading a new book by Oliver Meech, and he manages to be both creative and practical, a rare combination. His tricks use unique plots, novel methods, and I really enjoyed the theory he shares about creativity too. A great book, and an appropriate title, as it will make your brain fizz!”
Liam Montier
"The one word that best describes exploring Oliver Meech’s books and material over the years is simply “FUN!” And it must be all in capitals to emphasise just how fun it actually is!"
Nikola Arkane
“I’m a huge fan of Oliver Meech but there has always been one thing I didn’t like about his material – there simply wasn’t enough of it! Well, he has remedied that, and in spades. Let me be as clear as I can: Effervescent. Is. The. Bomb. There is so much brilliant material to read, study and learn here that it confirms what some of us have known for a while: Oliver is a genius when it comes to creating clever, offbeat and fooling magic. Put this on your ‘Buy Immediately’ list.”
Mark Elsdon
Hardback, colour cover, B&W interior, US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm), 180 pages.
