OICUFESP

THE BLURB:
Howard Adams, the well known author of our recent book
666Mentalism, has been known in the field of self working
magic and mentalism for years. Often published in Genii, and
by the likes of Karl Funlves, Howard is known for off-beat,
self working mentalism effects. In 666 Mentalism, he
presented you with a workshop of ideas many of which needed
you to breath life into them with a presentation.

Well, over 30 years ago, Howard's lecture series features a
self published set of manuscripts entitled OICUFESP. 10
volumes or chapters, if you will- each with 20 or so pages.

During our deal with Howard to publish his new works, we
also were pleased to secure the re-print rights to these
long out of print manuscripts. So, here, in a single, 200+
page volume, we offer you access to these historic routines.
Mentalism, psychic entertainment and mental magic- these
routines are clever and thought provoking and all have the
same criterea- they are FREE of all sleights!

Leaping Lizards Magic is pleased to be offering this reprint
of OICUFESP to be followed shortly my MINDESPA as part of
the magical preservation project!

HISTORY OF OICUFESP AND MINDESPA

OICUFESP and MINDESPA were all original effects and not
based on any columns or other books. Both were published so
Howard Adams could have material to sell at the lectures he
gave mostly in the Hollywood, California area (self
published in the 70's and 80's). His magician friend Bob
Wagner (now deceased) also used his books for his lectures.
Mr. Wagner took Howards material over to Japan where he gave
many lecture. There are only 200 copies of OICUFESP of each
of the 10 volumes. Another series Howard wanted to start was
to be called OGICUFESP but he never had time to do so.

Howard's column in Genii Magazine purposely ran for 27
issued (2+7=9) 9 is Howards lucky number. The MINDESPA
series ran for 12 issues and there were only 100 copies of
each self printed for his lectures.

Howard Adams was born in 1931 in Buffalo, New York. He
started magic around age 12. He answered an ad that Burling
Hall ran in (he thinks) the Conjurers Magazine asking for
writers to condense all the card effects ever published to
be put in many volumes. He condensed about 60 effects for
him but Mr. Hall stopped the project for unknown reasons.
Howard spent all his Saturday mornings in Gene Gordon"s
Magic Shop in downtown Buffalo and his afternoons watching
the serials at the Rialto and Victoria Theaters in Buffalo.
This led him in his later life to write the 12 volumes of
MINDESPA (a mental serial of 12 chapters). His effects have
appeared in many magazines including Genii, Conjurers,
Pentagram, Hugards Magic Monthly, The Phoenix, The New
Phoenix, Don Tanners The Mentalist and many different
magazines that Karl Fulves has published. Currently he and
his wife are retired from work and live in Laguna Niguel,
California near the Pacific Ocean. Howard is currently
spending most of his time going through his notes (thousands
and thousands of pages) and continues writing new series of
books called 888 Mentalism (88 tricks with 8 cards), 999
Mentalism (99 tricks with 9 cards), 101010 Mentalism (100
tricks with 10 cards) and their sequels, More 666 Mentalism,
More 888 Mentalism, More 999 Mentalism and More 101010
Mentalism.

Pages 200+ - Softbound, Photo-Illustrated

MY COMMENTS:
Like 666 Mentalism, this is a collection of mostly playing
card and ESP card routines, most of them mathematically
based and not requiring any sleights. Of the two, I enjoyed
OICUFESP more, since it mostly centers around ESP cards.
MINDESPA is 160 pages (9" x 11") and OICUFESP is 200+ pages
(there are no pages numbers; 8.5" x 11"). I wouldn't say
these books are must-have mentalism, but there are a lot of
fun and practical ideas within these pages and if you don't
mind using cards of any kind in mentalism, there are
hundreds of ideas to get your creative juices flowing.