Bound to Please (collected early works)

Simon’s collected early works, compiled in one volume. Contains the complete texts of his first three books, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson (1978), A Stack to Remember (1979) and Shuffle-Bored (1980).

Includes Red See Passover, Simon’s Favorite Card Trick, Mis-mate,  Simon’s underground treatise on the memorized deck principles (that  started the current wave of memorized miracles), an entire chapter on  subtle uses of the advertising card, Under Cover Four Play, Ad-Jacent,  and the original presentation of the Aronson stack (with three  different poker deals, a perfect bridge hand, spelling combinations, a  blackjack deal, and more).

Shuffle-bored presents Simon’s self-working, totally hands-off  card miracle : without any questions, outs, gaffs, ambiguities or moves  – and without ever touching the cards – the performer announces exactly  how many cards are face up, in a spectator freely shuffled deck ! Plus  additional effects published in Kabbala and Hierophant.