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Hiding the Elephant
Jim Steinmeyer · 初版 2003 年
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回顾了魔术界五十多年来的幻术创新、幕后趣闻、卓越表演技巧与激烈竞争，揭示了魔术师们是如何开发出他们那些最引人入胜的技巧和 slights of hand 的。
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Hiding the Elephant
Jim Steinmeyer · 初版 2003 年
回顾了魔术界五十多年来的幻术创新、幕后趣闻、卓越表演技巧与激烈竞争，揭示了魔术师们是如何开发出他们那些最引人入胜的技巧和 slights of hand 的。
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另一本关于胡迪尼（以及一大帮其他魅力十足的人物）的书是 Jim Steinmeyer 写的《Hiding the Elephant》，（听上去）它的侧重点和这本完全不同，我真是一生推。
Another book about Houdini (and a whole host of other fascinating characters) with a rather different focus to this one (by the sound of it) is 'Hiding the Elephant' by Jim Steinmeyer and I really can't recommend it enough.
……受人尊敬的职位。Jim 是第一份工作里最顶尖的人物之一（Teller 则是两手都抓）。除了作为魔术工程师的职业生涯外，Jim 还是一位重要的魔术历史学者。他的书《Hiding the Elephant》读起来太爽了。很有趣而且和这次讨论特别相关的一点是，《Hiding the Elephant》花了相当多的篇幅去梳理可以说是史上最著名的那起魔术失窃案……
…respected positions. Jim is one of the very topmost people with the first job (Teller does both). In addition to his career as an illusion engineer, Jim also is a major scholar on magic history. His book, "Hiding the Elephant", is an awesome read. Interesting, and particularly relevant to this discussion, is the fact that "Hiding the Elephant" spends a fair bit of time going over probably the single most famous theft of magic…
……被遗忘，或被弃之不顾。公开一个秘密会夺走它的光环，让它遭到忽视。我在本书中探讨过的每一个魔术，其实早就已经在书里被解释过了。——Jim Steinmeyer，《Hiding the Elephant》人生到头来就是一场阴差阳错的游戏。如果我们希望一件事保密，它必然走漏风声；如果我们想让大家知晓，却连半点风声都传不出去。这本非人所愿；然而……
…forgotten, or dismissed. Publishing a secret takes away its cachet and causes it to be overlooked. Every illusion that I’ve discussed in this book has already been explained in books. – Jim Steinmeyer, Hiding the Elephant Human life is so far a game of cross-purposes. If we wish a thing to be kept secret, it is sure to be transpire: if we wish it to be known, not a syllable is breathed about it. This is not meant; but…