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The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't.
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The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet.
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Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".”
@Bad Storm
I did, but went on a different part, I learn to love the rule of three, the beginning middle and end, and the 3 act system, I went into screen writing movie making and ultimately became a graphic designer.... go figure...
That sounds cool and fitting though. I guess the thing that influenced me most was the way technology was incorporated into the magic. Like Arthur Clarke has said, "any advance technology is indistinguishable from magic".
Well, it just that one of the protagonist used a cloning machine made by tesla to do his trick, and I just found it awesome. Anyway, I recommend it. Haven't read the book yet but heard it was good too.
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